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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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The
Power
2 Save Lives Coalition in Fall River teamed up with with Pathway to
Prevention in New Bedford to sponsor a day-long Addictions Symposium at
Bristol Community College on March 5, 2010. The event brought nearly 100
professionals to participate in two sessions, one focused on
understanding addition and one focused on understanding opioid overdose.
The session on addiction covered office-based opioid treatment. The
presentation on overdose explored myths about overdoses, identifying overdose risk factors, and
ways to prevent and effectively respond to the crisis. The event was
sponsored by the Massachusetts
Department of Public Health Bureau for Substance Abuse Services. For more information about the project, contact Project Coordinator
Jenna Lagasse at 508-324-2415. |
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(Top row, left and right) New Bedford's Pathways to Prevention executive director Carl Alves and Fall River's Power 2 Save Lives Coalition coordinator Jenna Lagasse welcome participants to the day-long event at Bristol Community College. (Top row, center) Christen Benevides of the Center for Business and Industry helps to register more than 100 participant for the symposium. (Middle row, left) Colleen LaBelle, R.N. of the Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) program and State Director for the Department of Public Health’s OBOT sites at Boston Medical Center. talks about "Addiction: The Brain and Treatment Options." (Middle row, right) Jim Hogan, Assistant Director of SPHERE in Brockton talks about "Understanding Opioid Overdose Basics." (Bottom row) Bob Joseph of the Rogers Unit at St. Luke's Hospital and his wife, Margie Joseph of Stanley Street Treatment and Resources Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services, listen to Mr. Hogan's presentation along with Sam Medeiros and Cindy Jorge of the Department of Children and Families in Fall River. |
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