Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
This training explores the prevalence of substance use in pregnant persons and related risks of use throughout pregnancy, postpartum, and while breastfeeding. We will also focus on interventions to reduce associated harms and engage pregnant and postpartum persons in care without stigma.
Intended audience
The entire multidisciplinary team providing treatment for substance use disorders in an office-based setting as well as anyone in a clinical or non-clinical position that is interested in learning about harm reduction.
Speakers
Phaedra Moore, BA, CARC
Phaedra is a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach at Boston Medical Center in Project RESPECT, an outpatient clinic within OB-GYN that uses a multi-disciplinary approach to substance use disorder treatment for pregnant and postpartum persons. She has worked closely with this population in residential treatment settings and through one-on-one peer coaching. She is a mother who uses her lived experience to understand those with substance use disorders and help others find their own pathway to healing and recovery.
Nancy Regan-Brooks, MSN, FNP, CNM, CARN-AP (she/her)
Nancy is a clinical nurse educator for Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, a nurse practitioner board certified in family medicine and midwifery, and clinically practices at the Community Health Center of Cape Cod. Nancy received a master’s in nursing from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, a master’s in midwifery from Frontier Nursing University, and is certified as a Certified Addiction Registered Nurse – Advanced Practice (CARN-AP) through the Addictions Nursing Certification Board.
Objectives
Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:
- Describe the prevalence of substance use in pregnant persons.
- Recognize potential risks related to substances of use during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
- Recall two practical interventions to minimize adverse outcomes.
- Identify at least three harm reduction strategies to engage treatment and reduce risks for pregnant and postpartum persons with substance use experience.
Sponsored by
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)
Funding for out of state attendees is provided by the Opioid Response Network (ORN).
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI085588-02 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Accreditation information
REQUIREMENTS for credit
- Register for training.
- Arrive/log into the Zoom meeting with the same email address associated with your addictiontraining.org user account no more than 10 minutes after designated start time for program.
- Identify yourself by typing your full name, ensuring your zoom name matches that used to register for training (or you cannot be marked on attendance).
- Be present through the end of the activity (i.e. until the designated end time of training).
- Complete evaluation within 2 weeks of program completion.
Please note this policy is strictly enforced for accreditation purposes. Participants will forfeit collection of credit and certificates of completion if more than 10 minutes of the training is missed.
