Members of the Leadership SouthCoast
Class of 2017
spent
the entire day on April 12th at the UMass
Dartmouth Center
for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)
Conference Center exploring the
status of public health of
Fall River and New Bedford as part of their ten-month community
leadership program. The second session was devoted to the
participants' understanding of the current opioid epidemic on the South
Coast,
including its complexity, causes, effects, key implications, barriers to
change, resources, and promising interventions. Leadership
SouthCoast Executive Director Jennifer Downing introduced
Saint
Anne's Hospital Director of Community Benefits Tracy Ibbotson
who invited Colleen
LaBelle, Program Director of the STATE
OBAT at Boston Medical Center to
offer a short presentation before panelists Stephanie Perry of Saint
Anne's Hospital, Jennifer Bloom of Southcoast
Health, Fall River Police Captain
Joseph Cabral, and Robin Quinterno of Stanley
Street Treatment and Resources to respond.. Click here for a
19-minute  video of
Ms. LaBelle's presentation. Click
here for a presentation on public health in the South Coast by Dr.
Weed. Click
here for photos of the 2015 Leadership SouthCoast session. For more
information about Leadership SouthCoast, contact Executive
Director Jenniver Downing at 508-717-3274 |
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(Top row)
Following an earlier presentation on public health, participants take a
quick break before the presenters get ready and Saint
Anne's Hospital Director of Community Benefits Tracy Ibbotson
introduces the session on opioids. (Row two) Colleen
LaBelle, Program Director of the STATE
OBAT at Boston Medical Center,
makes a few last minute changes to her presentation before Fall
River Police Captain Joseph Cabral and the other panelists are
introduced. (Row three) Ms. LaBelle summarizes the opioid epidemic
across Massachusetts that has resulted in a steady
rise in overdose deaths over the past several years in the South
Coast. (Bottom row) Stephanie
Perry of Saint Anne's Hospital, Jennifer Bloom of Southcoast
Health, Fall River Police Captain
Joseph Cabral, and Robin Quinterno of Stanley
Street Treatment and Resources describe how these organizations are
responding to the crisis. |
