Public Health Vending Machines
January 8, 2024 11:00AM - 12:00PM 11:00 - 12:00 PM EST.
Online via Zoom
Contact: Liz Williams - josaitis@msu.edu
Public Health Vending Machines
Join us for a webinar about an innovative way to reduce the harms of substance use and overdose: public health vending machines. These machines provide the community with access to harm reduction supplies, including sterile injection equipment, naloxone, and drug testing strips.This webinar will describe
- The state of the science on public health vending machines
- Installation of public health vending machines in northern Minnesota in collaboration with the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.
- Lessons learned implementing machines
Presenters: Sean Allen, Laura Palombi, Pamela Hughes
The Great Lakes ROTA-RC is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide training and technical assistance (TA) to the rural communities of Health and Human Services Region 5: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Collaboratively, we develop and strengthen community capacity to prevent, treat, and support recovery for opioid use disorder and other mental health and substance use disorders, using a whole family/whole community approach to provide culturally appropriate educational opportunities. For more information, please visit the Michigan Substance Use Prevention Education and Recovery (MiSUPER) website.
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