Do No Harm: Incorporating Harm Reduction Strategies into Patient-Centered Care
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This workshop was for front-line staff looking to enhance their use of harm reduction strategies in practice. Participants discussed harm reduction and its role in patient-centered care, explored organizational workflow and competency in working with active drug users, and practiced implementing harm reduction tools through hands-on demonstrations.
Learning Objectives:
- Examine how personal beliefs about people who use drugs affect service delivery
- Define the components of harm reduction
- Discuss the components of patient-centered care
- Describe what a needle/syringe exchange program is and how it relates to harm reduction
- Identify 5 harm reduction ‘tips and tricks’ to use with clients