Exploring Harm Reduction Strategies for People Who Use Drugs. Learners can expect to learn about harm reduction, which is a philosophy, practice and approach to working with people who use drugs that focuses on prevention, risk-reduction and empowerment to let patients lead healthier and self-directed lives. The program will discuss examples of harm reduction strategies, evidence behind harm reduction and practical strategies for implementing harm reduction.
To discuss Harm reduction, we’ve invited one of Ohio State University’s Internal Medicine and Addiction experts. We’re pleased to introduce Associate Professor of Internal medicine Dr. Martin Fried. Marty is the founder and director of Ohio State University’s Primary Care Addiction Medicine clinic. He is also the co-founder of the CORE IM podcast.
What you’ll learn in this webcast
As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:
- Define Harm Reduction as a philosophy and multilayered set of strategies to promote the health, safety, autonomy, and dignity of people who use drugs (PWUD)
- Identify public health approaches to Harm Reduction
- Describe evidence-based harm reduction strategies to implement immediately in a primary care or hospital medicine practice
You’ll also learn about the following:
- Incorporating into practice
- Sustained Behavior Change
- Monitoring for Benefit
- Local Resources
- Legal Matters
You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.
Call our MedNet21 Webcast Producer at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.
