The Nation's First State-Authorized Overdose Prevention Center: Legal and Public Health Updates
How do overdose prevention centers work, and what impacts do they have on people who use them on the communities in which they're located?
Course Information
- Audience: Public health professionals and anyone providing services to people who use drugs (e.g., harm reduction, treatment, recovery supports)
- Format: Webinar
- Date/Time: January 14th, 2025
12:00 - 1:00 PM EST - Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hour. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hour is 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_11102021.
If you are not seeking CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
- Competencies: Analytical and Assessment Skills, Policy Development and Program Planning Skills, Public Health Science Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings: None
- Supplemental materials:None
- Pre-requisites None
About this Webinar
In this webinar, the presenters will discuss what overdose prevention centers are and how they fit into a broader continuum of care for people who use drugs. Attendees will learn about the services provided at an overdose prevention center, and how these facilities aim to positively influence the health and well-being of people who use them. Finally, the presenters will highlight the existing scientific evidence base examining the impacts that overdose prevention centers have on the communities in which they are located.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
● Define an overdose prevention center, and how they function within a broader continuum of care for people who use drugs;
● Evaluate the services provided at an overdose prevention center and how they connect people who use them to other health and social services;
● Appraise the existing scientific evidence base supporting the public health impacts of overdose prevention centers.
Subject Matter Expert
Brandon Marshall-
Colleen Daley Ndoye -
Brandon Marshall is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health. He is also founding director of the People, Place and Health Collective at Brown University. Dr. Marshall’s research focuses on substance use epidemiology, with a specific emphasis on harm reduction and overdose prevention. He is passionate about conducting research that improves the health and well-being of people who use drugs.
Colleen Daley Ndoye is the founding Executive Director of Project Weber/RENEW, an innovative nonprofit organization providing peer-based recovery, harm reduction and support services in Rhode Island. She brings almost 20 years of experience creating and directing peer-based programming. Project Weber/RENEW’s work is guided by individuals who have engaged in sex work, substance use, or who have experienced homelessness and who are trained to deliver peer-based support, basic needs, and advocacy services to the client population. She has dedicated her career to serving low-income communities, communities of color, and communities at highest risk of adverse health outcomes including HIV, hepatitis C, and overdose.
Registration
Select the Enroll Me button below to register for this webinar. If you have any trouble accessing the webinar, contact support@nephtc.org.
Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
* Yale School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice, a New England Public Health Training Center partner, is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. All CHES credit inquiries are managed by YSPH