Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
This training explores sexual health-related risks associated with substance use disorder (SUD). We will focus on the impact of survival sex and sex work on the well-being of persons, including strategies to reduce violence and infections in this population. The training will review pharmacological interventions for HIV prevention, including nPEP, PrEP, and the concept of U=U. Participants will be able to define sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing strategies for the SUD provider and treatment considerations for patients on medication for addiction treatment.
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.
Speakers
Justin Alves, MSN, FNP-BC, ACRN, CARN, CNE (he/him)
Justin is a clinical nurse educator with Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, a Family Nurse Practitioner in General Internal Medicine at BMC, and co-medical director of BMC’s Stimulant Treatment and Recovery Team (START) clinic. Justin earned a master’s in nursing from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, a Post-Master's Family Nurse Practitioner certificate from the University of Massachusetts-Boston and is certified as a Certified Addiction Registered Nurse through the Addictions Nursing Certification Board.
Mary Wheeler, Harm Reduction Specialist
Mary began working in the HIV prevention field in 1999 as a volunteer outreach worker for JRI Health in Boston. From 1999-2001, Mary worked as the street outreach coordinator for an outreach program that provided services to sex workers and people who use substances. Between 2001 and 2005, Mary worked for both the Cambridge and Boston syringe services programs prior to working in Lynn. In 2005, she took a position at Healthy Streets Outreach Program in Lynn, which provides services to sex workers and people who use substances. Healthy Streets is one of the first Massachusetts Department of Public Health Naloxone Distribution sites, serving towns on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Mary is currently the Program Director at Healthy Streets Outreach Program, which is now a program of Health Innovations Inc., where she has been for almost 10 years.
Objectives
Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:
- Illustrate the correlation between substance use and higher-risk sexual activity.
- Assess the sexual health history of patients using substances.
- List at least two medical interventions to reduce the risk of infections associated with higher-risk sexual activity.
- Identify the increased risk of violence associated with people who engage in survival sex or sex work and review strategies to mitigate these risks.
Sponsored by
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)
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.
Accreditation information
REQUIREMENTS for credit
- Register for training.
- Arrive/log into the Zoom meeting with the same email address associated with your addictiontraining.org user account no more than 10 minutes after designated start time for program.
- Identify yourself by typing your full name, ensuring your zoom name matches that used to register for training (or you cannot be marked on attendance).
- Be present through the end of the activity (i.e. until the designated end time of training).
- Complete evaluation within 2 weeks of program completion.
Please note this policy is strictly enforced for accreditation purposes. Participants will forfeit collection of credit and certificates of completion if more than 10 minutes of the training is missed.
