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PHR 2: What's Perinatal Harm Reduction?
Tue, Dec 23
|PHR 1: Understanding the Evidence
If safety was the goal, drug war tactics would have changed sometime during 50 years of increasing availability, contamination, potency, and overdose. We 'treat' with shame and control, as we allow punishment and surveillance to invade healthcare, targeting ever more of us. Is that the real goal?
Time & Location
Dec 23, 2025, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
PHR 1: Understanding the Evidence
About the event
During this session, we will discuss how scientific information is produced, including concepts such as case-control matching, statistical significance, and the difference between association and causation. These concepts will guide our discussion of the scientific evidence around 6 kinds of commonly used substances: alcohol, benzodiazepines, cannabis, opioids, stimulants, and tobacco/nicotine.
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Participants will...
report improved confidence in critical analysis skills and understanding of perinatal substance exposure.
practice holistic care planning that identifies substance exposure as one of many intersecting factors influencing health.
recall at least 3 individual level interventions to reduce risk/harm associated with substance exposure for the dyad.