NH AHEC Health Equity Scholars Recorded Events
1. Delivering SUD Treatment During COVID-19
Stacie Leclerc and Jill Gregoire of Friendship House (a residential and outpatient SUD treatment facility and part of the NH North Country Health Consortium) discuss their experiences delivering rural intensive treatment services in the midst of a pandemic.
Recorded May 5, 2020
2. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and SUDs
Studies show that ACEs are significantly associated with the development in young adulthood of the most severe forms of SUDs. This session will give learners the most current framework for understanding this connection.
Recorded January 21, 2021
3. The Link Between Trauma and Substance Misuse
Studies show that ACEs are significantly associated with the development in young adulthood of the most severe forms of substance use disorders. This session—from DHMC staff members working to address it at both a macro and micro level—gives learners the most current framework for understanding this connection.
Recorded September 7, 2021
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4. PARENTAL SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND CHILD TRAUMA
CTN Northeast Node
Children exposed to parental substance misuse suffer from high rates of abuse, neglect, traumatic loss and post-traumatic sequelae. Moreover, an estimated 40-80% of families involved with child protection services due to child abuse or neglect involve substance abuse in the home. This talk provides an overview of the effects of parental substance misuse on children and youth, with special focus on the association between parental substance misuse and child trauma. Models for treating traumatized children that have high relevance and utility for children and youth coming from substance misusing families will be discussed.
5. Best Practices for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Reducing Stigma and Understanding Multiple Pathways of Recovery
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the basic science of addiction, especially related to how substances like opioids affect brain chemistry.
- Identify how the language one uses in communicating with someone experiencing a Substance Use Disorder (SUD), specifically a perceived or presented stigma, may become a limiting factor in decision-making for the patient seeking treatment.
- Recognize any biases you bring to the table when treating someone with an SUD.
- Describe different pathways of recovery and support services a clinician can recommend for a patient with SUD for successful recovery.
6. Using Project ECHO to Address the Opioid Epidemic in Rural Northern New England
Clinicians can often find it both challenging and daunting to identify their role in addressing the epidemics of opioid misuse and drug overdose deaths facing the nation, particularly in the hard-hit area of northern New England. In this session Jeanne Ryer (NH Citizens Health Initiative at UNH) and Lisa Letourneau (Maine Quality Counts) provide an introduction to the ECHO model of web-supported, case-based learning, and describe how their organizations have used ECHO programs to engage and support clinicians and communities in addressing the opioid epidemic.