Substance Use

Improving HIV Prevention and Treatment Access: Case Report from Knox County, TN

This case report highlights collaborative efforts undertaken in Knox County, TN to address an identified HIV cluster that began in 2021 and disproportionately impacted people experiencing homelessness and people using drugs intravenously. The Knox County Health Department coordinated response efforts and worked with local government entities, community organizations, federal partner agencies, and the National Health […]

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Novel and Replicable Overdose Prevention Program from Boston Health Care for the Homeless

In 2016, the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP)—a health center that served over 11,000 patients last year—started a unique, on-site response to overdoses. Program staff recognized that the availability of on-site substance use disorder treatment and more traditional in-clinic engagement were not sufficiently impacting on-site overdoses, or overdoses in general. Staff and

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Opioid Overdose and Buprenorphine Access – 2024 Update

This brief is intended to provide an update on the current state of opioid overdose and outpatient buprenorphine treatment in the United States. The brief will focus on disparities in treatment access and fatal overdose, as well as on opportunities to close care gaps and make buprenorphine treatment more accessible to people experiencing homelessness. Download

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LL – HHRC Advanced Care Planning for People Who Use Drugs

Speakers: Devora Keller, Director of Clinical Quality Improvement, National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Michael Light; Jessica Naugle; Tanya Majumde; Melanie Bien; Rana Gardner, Lead Services Navigator, Pathways to Housing PA Session Materials: ACP PWUD.pdf 5 wishes.pdf Light_2024_Trauma-Informed Skills to Start ACP Conversations.pdf Emergency Contact HER templates for Discussion and Documentation.docx MI Communication Skills.pdf

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A New Syndemic Approach: Domestic Violence, Homelessness and Harm Reduction

This workshop seeks to engage participants in reflection and conversation about the intersection of domestic violence, substance use, and homelessness while also identifying concrete and practical intervention strategies providers can begin to implement to best serve all our participants, and in this case specifically intimate partner violence survivors. Speaker: Tanagra Melgarejo, Author, MSW, National Learning

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Engaging consumers and clinicians in what works for substance use in people who are homeless

People experiencing homelessness die prematurely compared to their stably housed peers. Increasingly deaths are due to substance use. Yet national data confirms people experiencing homelessness have lower access to publicly funded substance use treatment programs and are less likely to receive medication-assisted therapy for opioid use disorder. This workshop will be led by facilitators with

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Addiction and Medical Respite Care

Speakers: Raven Scrivner, Interfaith Works; Carol Benner, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program; Meg Martin, Interfaith Works; Elizabeth Yearsley, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program; Joanna D’Afflitti, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program; Hannah Matheson Session Materials:  CAT presentation NHCHC final.pptx Challenging Behaviors ppt NHCHC.pptx REST NHCHC 2024.pptx HCH2024 slides.pptx  

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