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Harm Reduction in the Black Community
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2.5 Days
Participants limited to 30
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African Americans
are over represented in statistics outlining the negative
aspects of substance use, abuse and availability.
Conservatism, cultural context, and history are strong factors that prevent
African Americans from seeing Harm Reduction as a useful strategy.
This workshop examines the
realities of the urban Black community and within this context, introduces
the reduction of drug related harm.
The special
needs of African Americans are explored, identified and developed.
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HIV Prevention and Education for Heterosexual
Men of African Descent
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2-3 days
HIV Prevention and Education
training for
providers working with African American men who have sex
with men – but are not apart of the gay community.
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Topics include:
- Historical context
- HIV in the Black Community
- Drug Use Abuse and Availability
- The Criminal "injustice" system
- Harm Reduction and Black Folks - "The Palliative Effect"
- VIDEO - re: Prison and African American Men
- Drug Addiction and Drug Related Health Practices
- Sex, Sexuality and self-concept
- Communication Styles in Conflict
- The Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Dilemma
- Confusion & Concern
- Values: Yours, Mine,
Theirs & Ours
- Breaking the chains
: Video & Discussion
- Interventions and
Sub-Populations
- Community
Participation
- Community Leaders
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The 12 Steps of Harm Reduction
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4 hours
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A workshop for providers or planners that work with active drug users,
particularly those who do not wish to stop using drugs.
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Educating Communities About Harm Reduction
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2 day Training
Maximum number of participants: 30
*Prerequisite: A working definition of harm reduction and some experiences with harm reduction in ethnic and economically diverse communities.
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Harm reduction requires the ability to engage communities. Communities devastated by drugs are often reluctant to accept information about the "problem". As the identified culprit, drug use and abuse serves as the indisputable problem. How then do harm reductionists introduce "safer use"? Historical perspective and psychological conditioning will be examined. Participants are required to work in groups and give a presentation. |
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Reducing Harm in a Treatment Context
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Maximum number of participants: 40
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This course encourages professionals to apply selected risk and harm reducing applications with substance using clients. The intent of a conceptual framework called "useful function" is to provide social service providers with a harm reduction procedure that can be integrated into existing programs; and to establish a system of care for drug users that will justify the integration of harm reduction procedures within existing programs. |
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