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Resources and Tools

Episode 4: Meeting Clients Where They Are: Providing HIV Prevention and Treatment on the Frontlines

For Boston Health Care for the Homeless nurse Megan Sonderegger, providing client-centered care means literally meeting her clients where they are.

Promoting Equity in Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatments and Supports: A Focus on Black Communities

In recent years, the gap in the rate of opioid overdoses among Black and white Americans has narrowed significantly, with increases in Black mortality driven in part by the addition of synthetic opioids to other drugs.

Episode 3: Reaching those who need it most: HIV prevention for people who inject drugs

There are so many factors that impact adherence and health outcomes. During this Connecting Care podcast, Drs. Alex Walley, Jessica Taylor, and Sim Kimmel discuss HIV prevention and treatment among people who inject drugs.

Episode 2: HIV Services for People Who Inject Drugs
When people learn there's a pill that's been available for many years, that will keep them safe from HIV. They are surprised and may want to know more. And when people are surprised and even upset, we know we need to do more.
Syringe Services Programs: A Technical Package of Effective Strategies and Approaches for Planning, Design and Implementation

This technical package, a collaborative effort between CDC and NASTAD, provides a broad framework as well as evidence-informed strategies and approaches to support the planning, design, implementation, and sustainability of new and existing syringe services programs (SSPs).

Virtual Session Summary: Let's Talk about SSPs as Essential Services

This virtual session summary describes key takeaways from the August 2020 Let's Talk about SSPs as Essential Services conversation.

Mental Health/Substance Use Care: Clinic/Health Center Readiness Assessment Tool

This tool contains information about recommended capacities to consider when implementing mental health/substance use care strategies in a clinic or health center.

Boston Harm Reduction Toolkit

This toolkit from the city of Boston, MA aims to facilitate the expansion of harm reduction services, and “help build a culture of harm reduction” in the city.