Epi Doctoral Student Leah Shaw will present at the APHA EPI Research Webinar: 'Place and Health' on Thursday, April 25th via Zoom! Register at: https://t.co/pdF1FGg7lj
This International Overdose Awareness Day, I want you to look at these 2 graphs.
The huge rise in overdose we've seen isn't due to increased use, but to an increasingly dangerous & unpredictable drug supply.
If we want to end overdose, we need a safe supply. #IOAD#IOAD2023
POLICY BRIEF: A growing body of evidence shows that supervised consumption sites:
☑️reduce overdose deaths
☑️ improve access to healthcare
☑️Reducing public drug use & litter
Download here: https://t.co/xkwnJTWUDD
#harmreduction#overdoseprevention#drugconsumptionrooms
Public health crises require public health solutions.
We must adopt evidence-based harm reduction services.
H.1981 | S.1242 would save lives, expand harm reduction strategies, and link people to treatment and recovery support services.
#MA4OPC
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Researchers from @Brown_SPH will collaborate with colleagues from @nyulangone to study the impact of the first publicly recognized overdose prevention centers in the United States, located in Providence, R.I., and NYC. https://t.co/hm56T5DdnB @pph_collective
High quality, peer reviewed research published in a prestigious academic journal, using *Denver-specific data* suggests that constant encampment sweeps lead to more overdose and infectious disease-related deaths among people experiencing homelessness.
The policy is indefensible.
Breaking down barriers to #HCV treatment for homeless individuals in Boston. @BHCHP integrates services at 40+ sites, including shelters, motels & addiction treatment programs.
Learn more about their unique model of #HepatitisC care: https://t.co/qmV7keXNg3
"Results from the study, published Wednesday in the @nejmunofficial show patients were 72% more likely to continue #treatment for a month at a pharmacy than patients who received the same care in a more typical outpatient program." @WBUR
Read more here🔽
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"This is what we do while we're waiting for the world to change." Thank you @NYTmag for this amazing look into Tracy Kidder's new book that follows the work of Dr. Jim O'Connell and his team caring for the unhoused. "Rough Sleepers" will be out January 17! https://t.co/cbOKeNjpns