2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
8/02/2018 | 12:45 PM - 2:45 PM | Cultural Competency, Stigma, and Working with People who use Drugs (PWUDs). | Wasatch Room
Cultural Competency, Stigma, and Working with People who use Drugs (PWUDs).
Cultural Competency, Stigma, and Working with People who use Drugs (PWUDs) “This session will examine social determinants related to people who use drugs, best practices when working with this group, and creating a unified framework to guide programmatic efforts. Topics include cultural competency when working with PWUDs, stigma and its effect on health outcomes, and infectious diseases related to PWUDs.”
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Laura Pegram
(), lpegram@nastad.org;
Laura Pegram is the manager of the Drug User Health program at NASTAD. Laura works across teams to ensure a drug user health perspective is incorporated into NASTAD’s focus areas and to improve health outcomes for persons who use drugs. She provides technical assistance to state health departments and promotes state and local reforms shown to improve drug user health. Laura has spent the last decade working as a harm reduction service provider, consultant, and advocate in New Orleans, Colorado, Massachusetts, and North Carolina. She holds Master’s degrees in Social Work and Public Health from Tulane University in New Orleans and a B.A. in Cross-cultural Relations from Simon’s Rock College of Bard.
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Tanagra Melgarejo
(), melgarejo@harmreduction.org;
Tanagra M. Melgarejo has over 20 years of experience in the fields of organizational and program development, evaluation, technical assistance, community organizing, and direct service with under-served/vulnerable communities, particularly communities of color. She also has knowledge and experience in training curricula development and capacity building. Before moving to Oakland, she was working in Puerto Rico with women who are survivors of gender based violence, focusing her work and activism around economic/human rights of women and LGBTQI persons. Tanagra holds a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Puerto Rico and was a lecturer for social work students at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus and the University of Turabo in Gurabo.
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