Co-sponsored by the National Harm Reduction Coalition and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, this full-day session will focus on harm reduction practices to support people experiencing homelessness who use drugs. Taught by expert faculty from both the harm reduction and health care for the homeless communities, the day will include practical strategies […]
Alcohol, heroin, fentanyl, and a host of other substances compound the complexity of healing without having a place to call home. Substance use disorders are epidemic; overdoses are at an all-time high. The effects frequently lead to cycling from the streets to the hospital to jail to shelter to the streets and back to the
Speakers: Michael Mayer: Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program; Dr. Mary Lashley: Professor, Towson University Department of Nursing; Dr. Jason Worcester: Medical Director, Boston Accountable Care Organization; Andrew Maier: Executive Assistant, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program Consumer Advisory Board Session Materials: Download PowerPoint Presentation
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Our organization’s street outreach program comprises case managers (many of whom are social workers), physicians (psychiatry, internal medicine, and emergency medicine), interns (including social work and public health), students (including medicine, undergraduate, and social work), residents (internal medicine, family medicine, triple board), and people with lived experience with homelessness and intersectional concerns (not as discrete
Alcohol related mortality is increasing nationally. Latinx individuals experience worse alcohol- related health complications and mortality, face greater criminalization, and have limited access to treatment. In San Francisco, 26% of individuals with AUD receiving care within the behavioral health system identify as Latinx despite only comprising 15% of the overall population. Alcohol-attributable premature mortality ranks
Syringe services programs (SSPs), sometimes known as “needle exchange,” are a longstanding, evidence-based practice that is a core component of harm reduction services. Syringe access in the United States began in 1988 in an effort to stop the spread of HIV among people who injected drugs. In October 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and
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In 2022, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council chaired the development of the Caucus on Homelessness (CoH) program for the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo. The theme of the annual meeting was: “150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity.” Social equity is, as
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In our December Community Conversation, we will dive into the topics of syringe services and safer consumption. Syringe access is an important harm reduction strategy that can reduce the transmission of infectious diseases and increase linkages to substance use treatment and other health care services. We will start with an overview of the state of
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