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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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A
conference planned by the Power2Save
Lives Coalition, the New
Bedford Overdose Prevention Coalition, and Seven
Hills Behavioral Health specifically designed for consumers was
held at White's Restaurant in Westport on June 25, 2010. entitled
"Pathways and Partners", the half-day event included workshops
on opioid overdose prevention and education, health and recovery and
Narcan education. A lunchtime session featured recovery stories from
those affected by opiate overdoses. There were 205 nonfatal
overdoses and 60 fatal ones due to opiates in the City of Fall River,
and 12 fatal opiate-related overdoses a week occur in the Commonwealth. The
Power2Save
Lives Coalition is working on a variety of strategies to reduce fatal
overdoses in Fall River including education and outreach to users,
bystanders and healthcare providers. Click
here
for photos of their meetings. For more information about the project, contact Project Coordinator
Jenna Lagasse at 508-324-2415. (Center
photo courtesy of Monica DaSilva)
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(Top row, left) Power2Save
Lives Coalition Coordinator
Jenna Lagasse chats with Sarah Parmenter and Andy Robinson of the Southeast
Center for Healthy Communities. (Top row, center) Carl Alves of Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction
(PAACA) and Roger Dextradeur of Habit
OPCO stand next to
the conference
poster. (Top row, right) Melissa Tracy gets instruction in how to
administer the Narcan kit from Seven
Hills staff member
Natasha Pereira who works with the Narcan
program. (Middle
row, left) Conference attendees take a break outside between sessions.
(Middle row, center) Connie Rocha-Mimoso of Seven Hills speaks at the
conference plenary. (Middle row, right) Seven Hills staff members Daisy Jorge, Jill Shanahan,
Natash Vera,and Michele Nogueira talkk with Chuck Williams. (Bottom row,
left) Timothy Hernandez |
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