Episode 3: Insights from the Front Line: Harm Reduction Interventions in an Urban Hospital

Featuring:
Sophie Zhai
B.A. Public Health - University of California, Berkeley
Patient Navigator, Addiction Care Team at UCSF

Patricia “Patty” Moreno
B.S. Global Disease Biology - University of California, Davis
Patient Navigator, Addiction Care Team at UCSF

Hosted by:
Amelia Goff, NP
Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland Oregon
Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT), HRBR Clinic

Episode three introduces San Francisco’s first ever hospital-based harm reduction program, led by Sophie and Patty with the Addiction Care Team at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Together, they’ll reflect on the challenges they experienced with changing culture around addiction care in the hospital, and address strategies to combat stigma and staff burnout. They will share real-life impacts of patients who participated in their program, and explore exciting new projects for hospital-based harm reduction in the near future!

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