Novel Strategies for Harm Reduction from a Community Health Center

MA OBAT ECHO®: Novel Strategies for Harm Reduction from a Community Health Center

As part of the twice-monthly MA OBAT ECHO® series, Kelly Celata, MS, LADC I, and Steven Coulombe will identify harm reduction strategies that can be used at community health centers (CHCs), discuss the role of harm reduction in addressing health disparities, examine the integration of harm reduction into primary care services, explore legal considerations to harm reduction services, and discuss how to develop strategies for funding harm reduction work in CHCs. The didactic will be followed by a de-identified patient case presentation from an ECHO® participant and recommendations from the panel of experts and attendees.

Description
Boston Medical Center's (BMC) 12-part Massachusetts Office Based Addiction Treatment ECHO® (MA OBAT ECHO®) offers training and support in addiction treatment, with a focus on comprehensive care for patients with substance use disorders (SUDs). The free, case-based tele-mentoring program is designed to increase the capacity of primary care teams to integrate addiction treatment using a multidisciplinary care model.

Learning Objectives

• Identify harm reduction strategies that can be used at health centers.
• Recognize the role of harm reduction in addressing health disparities.
• Examine the integration of harm reduction into primary care services.
• Explore the legal considerations to harm reduction services.
• Develop strategies for funding harm reduction work in health centers.

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