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Resources and Tools

Episode 5: Understanding Structural Racism within HIV and OUD Care

This month’s Connecting Care episode discusses the impact of structural racism at the intersection of HIV and OUD care and opportunities to think outside of the box to effect change.

Glossary of HIV and Opioid Use Disorder Service Systems Terms

This glossary includes terms describing key concepts and components of the HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD) care and treatment systems.

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.

HIV and OUD Service and Funding Matrices Template

The HIV and OUD Service and Funding Matrices Template supports state health departments in identifying opportunities for enhanced coordination between HIV and OUD funding and service provision.

Webinar Companion Guide: Building Relationships with your Medicaid Agency to Improve HIV and OUD Care
This webinar companion guide provides information for the April 2021 Building Relationships with your Medicaid Agency to Improve HIV and OUD Care webinar.
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.

Substance Use Screening Tools for HIV Service Delivery Settings
This library provides an opportunity for staff to efficiently review multiple validated screening tools and identify those that are most appropriate for their settings.
App Provides Information, Guidance for Treating OUD

Clinicians can now access up-to-date evidence-based office-based addiction treatment recommendations for treating opioid use disorder (OUD) on a smartphone app.

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.
Legal Interventions to Reduce Overdose Mortality: Naloxone Access Laws

Because of naloxone’s ability to reverse opioid overdose and its ease of use, by July 15, 2017, all 50 states and the District of Columbia had passed legislation to improve naloxone access, as one strategy to reduce opioid overdose morbidity and mortality.