Harm Reduction: Laying the Groundwork

Virtual meeting

Via Zoom

Description

This training reviews the medical ethics and tenets of harm reduction and their importance in expanding the care continuum for people who use drugs. It provides examples for devising policies influenced by harm reduction. Further, it explores the legalities of harm reduction practices in different healthcare settings, including considerations for licensed providers.

Intended audience

The entire multidisciplinary team providing treatment for substance use disorders in an office-based setting as well as anyone in a clinical or non-clinical position that is interested in learning about harm reduction.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:

1. List the four ethical principles for harm reduction as a practice and a philosophy.
2. Describe harm reduction as a set of practical skills to reduce harms associated with substance use.
3. Describe harm reduction as a philosophy to create equity in healthcare and promote wellness throughout populations of vulnerable people.
4. Integrate harm reduction as a philosophy into clinical practice.
5. Integrate harm reduction into clinical practice.

Sponsored by

Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction TTA

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)

This project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $2,710,074.00 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Funding for out of state attendees is provided by the Opioid Response Network (ORN).

Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI085588-02 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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