Meeting People Where They Are–Intersection of Cultural Humility & Harm Reduction

Meeting People Where They Are–Intersection of Cultural Humility & Harm Reduction

The California Prevention Training Center, in partnership with National Harm Reduction Coalition, held a syringe services programs (SSP) workshop on March 18 and 19, 2021.

Facilitator Carsen Beckwith explores culture and the principles of cultural humility while reflecting on the issues of implicit bias to help providers build more meaningful and respectful relationships with SSP participants.

Watch all recorded videos from the event on our YouTube Syringe Services Programs Workshop playlist.

Backwoods Harm Reduction Syringe Services Program

Backwoods Harm Reduction Syringe Services Program

The California Prevention Training Center, in partnership with National Harm Reduction Coalition, held a syringe services programs (SSP) workshop on March 18 and 19, 2021.

Facilitator James Wilson discusses the challenges that Pluma County’s syringe services program faced while providing services in rural areas, as well as some of the solutions they’ve developed to address them.

Watch all recorded videos from the event on our YouTube Syringe Services Programs Workshop playlist.

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Public Health Vending Machines – From Conceptualization to Implementation

Public Health Vending Machines – From Conceptualization to Implementation

The California Prevention Training Center, in partnership with National Harm Reduction Coalition, held a syringe services programs (SSP) workshop on March 18 and 19, 2021.

Facilitators Chelsi Cheatom and Jessica A. Johnson share steps and lessons learned around community engagement, planning, and implementation when utilizing vending machines for harm reduction, public health, and syringe services.

Watch all recorded videos from the event on our YouTube Syringe Services Programs Workshop playlist.

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Provider Perspective on Syringe Services Programs

Provider Perspective on Syringe Services Programs

The California Prevention Training Center, in partnership with National Harm Reduction Coalition, held a syringe services programs (SSP) workshop on March 18 and 19, 2021.

Panelists Loris Mattox, Stephanie Cole, and Heather Bush highlight the current state of SSP services by sharing what’s working and where change needs to happen. Moderated by Emma Roberts of National Harm Reduction Coalition.

Watch all recorded videos from the event on our YouTube Syringe Services Programs Workshop playlist.

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Syringe Services Programs Workshop Video Playlist

Syringe Services Programs Workshop Video Playlist

The California Prevention Training Center, in partnership with National Harm Reduction Coalition, held a syringe services programs workshop on March 18 and 19, 2021.

Speakers and participants discussed the provider and consumer perspectives, public health vending machines, Pluma County’s syringe services program, the intersection of cultural humility and harm reduction, radical syringe access, the intersectionality of harm reduction and spirituality, and mobile harm reduction.

Watch the complete workshop on our YouTube page!

Medical Mistrust Symposium

Medical Mistrust Symposium

In March 2021, The California Prevention Training Center, UCLA HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services, and Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC) held an impactful symposium on medical mistrust.

Building on the momentum, in March 2022 CAPTC and Denver Prevention Training CenterOpens in a new tab, along with important partners hosted See All of Me: The Intersections of Medical Mis/Distrust and the Impact on Transgender Health, HIV Care & Prevention Summit.

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Meaningfully Engaging the Tribal Community

Meaningfully Engaging the Tribal Community

Session three of the medical mistrust symposium hosted by the California Prevention Training Center, UCLA HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services, and Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center on March 10 and 11, 2021.

Speaker Michael Allison presents “Engaging and Working with Tribal Nations and Communities”. JaDawn Wright of Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center moderates.

Watch all recorded videos from the event on our YouTube Medical Mistrust Symposium playlist.

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Impact of Racism on Black and LatinX Communities

Impact of Racism on Black and LatinX Communities

Session two of the medical mistrust symposium hosted by the California Prevention Training Center, UCLA HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services, and Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center on March 10 and 11, 2021.

Speaker Agripina Alejandres-Ceja presents ”Discrimination Against Latin X Community Contributes to Medical Mistrust” and speaker Dante King presents “Rooted in Enslavement: How American Medicine Was Built on the Oppression, Experimentation and Commodification of the Black Body”. Dr. Nina Harawa of UCLA HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services moderates.

Watch all recorded videos from the event on our YouTube Medical Mistrust Symposium playlist.

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Medical Mistrust and the LGBTQ+ Community

Medical Mistrust and the LGBTQ+ Community

Session one of the medical mistrust symposium hosted by the California Prevention Training Center, UCLA HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services, and Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center on March 10 and 11, 2021.

Panelists George Jackson, Janelle Luster, and Shawn Demmons participate in an enlightening discussion about medical mistrust and the LGBTQ+ community. Duran Rutledge of the California Prevention Training Center moderates.

Watch all recorded videos from the event on our YouTube Medical Mistrust Symposium playlist.

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Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Mistrust

Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Mistrust

Second plenary of the medical mistrust symposium hosted by the California Prevention Training Center, UCLA HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services, and Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center on March 10 and 11, 2021.

Speaker Raniyah Copeland presents “Medical Mistrust in the COVID Era: Challenges & Opportunities”.

Watch all recorded videos from the event on our YouTube Medical Mistrust SymposiumOpens in a new tab playlist.