Ecological Perspectives for Deconstructing Medical Mistrust in Transgender Health.

Panel speakers Valerie Spencer, Cecilia Gentili, and Jenna Rapues describe how an ecological perspective can combat the negative impacts of medical mistrust, identify and discuss the tools, actions, and policies needed to create gender-affirming clinical programs, and discuss advocacy efforts to address institutional barriers to gender affirming clinical care and treatment programs. Moderated by Shawn Demmons

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Decolonizing Transgender Health

Dr. Sand Chang describes how colonization influences western healthcare systems, and its impact on transgender health care, the importance in decolonizing transgender health, when providing affirming care to transgender communities of Color, and explores strategies in implementing a decolonized framework in clinics.

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In Sickness and Health: Exploring the Diversity of Gender in Patient-Centered HIV Care

Panel members Tyree Williams, Octavia Lewis, Levi Maxwell, Marcus Arana and Victor Motherwell explore the diversity of gender identity, discuss the importance of gender identity in the provision of HIV prevention, care, and treatment services, describe how to repair distrust and affirm gender diverse folx in HIV care. They identify tools and resources to foster continued learning and self-reflection.

Moderated by JaDawn Wright-Morgan.

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An Intersectional Look at Providing Transgender Health

Dr. Tatyana Moaton discusses the importance of including transgender people in their own medical care. She describes how an intersectional approach fights medical mistreatment of the transgender community and identifies implementation strategies for ending medical mistrust.

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Mobile Harm Reduction, Street Medicine as a Medical Home

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 Braunz E. Courtney discusses impactful engagement of people who actively use drugs, chaotic use versus abstinence, and working in the spectrum of harm reduction.

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Unconditional Positive Regard–Intersectionality of Harm Reduction & Spirituality

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 Jason Norelli explores the intersectionality of the faith-based community and syringe services by highlighting the successful work that Glide Foundation has provided through its HIV/Hep C and Harm Reduction Services Program.

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Radical Syringe Access – Harm Reduction without Barriers

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 Sam Junge and Elona Dellabough-Gormley provide an overview of the principles and practices that can help traditional syringe services programs advance to a radical version of harm reduction that is committed to eliminating barriers to access and centered on the voices and needs of people who use drugs.

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Consumer Perspective on Syringe Service 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 Sam Junge, Angie Pittaluga, and Tommy Rayes highlight what makes an effective syringe services program by sharing what’s working and where change needs to happen. Moderated by Tanagra Melgarejo of National Harm Reduction Coalition.

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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.

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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.

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