Hosted by: NAHEWD

Session Topic: Law & Disorder: How the War on Drugs Impacts Drug User Health

Presenter: Drew Gibson, MSW

Description: This presentation will provide an overview of the ways in which the criminalization of drug use and HIV status disrupts relationships between providers and clients, and outline ways of providing care in hostile policy environments.

Event Type: Webinar

Continuing Education Credit: CEs will be offered.

Registration: https://nahewd-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rOy3Fw6USSWO2EvbEl_Xrg

Hosted by: NAHEWD

Session Topic: Xylazine and HIV in the Era of Synthetic Street Drugs

Presenter: Fernando Montero, PhD

Description: This presentation will review the history of US street drug markets since the early 1990s to explain the emergence of xylazine, fentanyl, and crystal methamphetamine in regional markets formerly dominated by heroin and cocaine. It will examine the relationship between each of these newly prevalent synthetic substances and describe what we know so far about their impact on HIV and related comorbidities. Finally, it will assess how the public health impact of recent transformations to the US narcotics supply relates to the experience of drug consumption and the actual way that people use drugs in their everyday lives.

Event Type: Webinar

Continuing Education Credit: CEs will be offered.

Registration: https://nahewd-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_04evZE98QfCybThWSfTQ5A

Hosted by: New England AETC

Session: Substance Use Disorders and Oral Health

Presenters: Samantha Rawlins-Pilgrim, MD, MSc, &  Tara Prasad, DMD

Description: This presentation will discuss substance use disorders, HIV, and their oral health implications as encountered in their practice at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. These oral health implications are not unlike those seen in other patients with SUD.

Event Type: Webinar

Continuing Education Credit: None.

Registration: https://www.neaetc.org/events/view/22949

Hosted by: NAHEWD

Session Topic: parTy Planning: Treatment and Management of Chemsex and HIV

Presenter: Justin Alves, FNP-BC, MSN, ACRN, CARN, CNE

Description: This presentation will provide an overview of the syndemic relationship between chemsex and HIV. It will provide practical screening and evaluation strategies. Additionally, the presentation will provide treatment strategies to address the chemsex phenomenon as well as biomedical intervention considerations for the treatment and prevention of HIV. Real de-identified patient cases will describe strategies for promoting wellness in the population described.

Event Type: Webinar

Continuing Education Credit: CEs will be offered.

Registration: https://nahewd-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sZiigziGQrSmEcx4f-TRuA

Hosted by: NAHEWD

Session: The role of overdose prevention centers in responding to the overdose and infectious disease crises in the United States

Presenter: Brandon Marshall, PhD

Description: In this webinar, Dr. Marshall will discuss how overdose prevention centers are an evidence-based strategy to prevent overdoses and reduce HIV/HCV transmission among people who use drugs.

Event Type: Webinar

Continuing Education Credit: CEs will be offered.

Registration: https://nahewd-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BHEwJtmZQauII3-A5gnS5A

Hosted by: NAHEWD

Session: Combating the opioid crisis through inter-organizational partnership: A unique academic, EMS, and public health collaboration

Presenter: Thomas J. Stopka, Ph.D., MHS; Shikhar Shrestha, Ph.D.; Jon Kelley

Description: The presentation will focus on the collaborative efforts to develop and implement harm reduction, HIV, and overdose prevention efforts in Lowell, Massachusetts. The speakers will discuss their partnership among EMS, public health, and academic partners across different implementation and research projects.

Event Type: Webinar

Continuing Education Credit: CEs will be offered.

Registration: https://nahewd-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nlah6QW4QcyhGMEh6wD6tA