Syringe Services Program Workshop
March 18 and 19, 2021
Hosted by The California Prevention Training Center in partnership with the National Harm Reduction Coalition
Workshop Sessions
The goals of this workshop were:
- Enhance best practices for health jurisdictions in the west geographic region of the United States in harm reduction & SSPs during COVID-19
- Incorporate effective & genuine involvement of priority populations in program development & delivery
- Discuss delivery of HIV and SSP services in nontraditional venue spaces, including telehealth
Panel Discussion 1: Provider Perspective
Loris Mattox, Stephanie Cole, and Heather Bush
Public Health Vending Machines – From Conceptualization to Implementation
Chelsi Cheatom and Jessica A. Johnson
Breakout Session 2: Backwoods Harm Reduction
James Wilson
Breakout Session 3: Meeting People Where They Are–Intersection of Cultural Humility & Harm Reduction
Carsen Beckwith
Panel Discussion 2: Consumer Perspective
Sam Junge, Angie Pittaluga, and Tommy Rayes
Breakout Session 4: Radical Syringe Access – Harm Reduction without Barriers
Sam Junge and Elona Dellabough-Gormley
Breakout Session 5: Unconditional Positive Regard–Intersectionality of Harm Reduction & Spirituality
Jason Norelli
Breakout Session 6: Mobile Harm Reduction, Street Medicine as a Medical Home
Braunz E. Courtney