Syphilis and Drug User Health Webinar Series: “You Can’t Screen Patients Who Won’t Come in”: Taking a Harm Reduction and Whole Person Approach to Care for Pregnant People Who Use Drugs and Promising Practices

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NASTAD, in partnership with AIDS United, NACCHO, NCSD, and the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, held the “You Can’t Screen Patients Who Won’t Come in”: Taking a Harm Reduction and Whole Person Approach to Care for Pregnant People Who Use Drugs and Promising Practices webinar on April 25th. This is the second in a five-part webinar series regarding the intersection of syphilis, congenital syphilis, and drug user health. In this session, presenters discussed perinatal harm reduction and promising care practices for pregnant people with a history of substance use that have achieved greater retention and improved health outcomes for participants.

The webinar series convenes on the last Tuesday of each month from 3:00 to 4:30 PM ET, March 28, 2023 through July 25, 2023. All recordings and registration links for this webinar series can be found on NASTAD’s "Syphilis and Drug User Health Webinar Series" resource page.

Please contact DrugUserHealthTA@nastad.org for further questions.