AIR CARES Webinar Series: Social Determinants of Addiction
The 4Ps—People, Policy, Programs, and Practice
The AIR Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES) is offering a webinar series featuring experts in the addiction field and focusing on specific social determinants of health and their relationship to substance use disorder and overdose.
Each webinar in the series highlights perspectives from experts in policy, practice, programs, and people to support a more holistic response to the overdose epidemic and to examine the interactions between social structures and the people they are designed to support.
Webinars
Social Determinants of Addiction 101
Healthcare Access and Quality as a Social Determinant of Addiction
Employment as a Social Determinant of Addiction
The Criminal Legal System as a Social Determinant of Addiction
Housing as a Social Determinant of Addiction
Preventing Intergenerational Transmission of Substance Use Disorder
Year in Review and Looking Ahead
Social Determinants of Addiction 101 (Webinar 1)
Social Determinants of Addiction 101 provided an overview of the series, beginning with a focus on how the social determinants of health are related to addiction. Our panelists reviewed the key policies that play a role in the field of addiction, discussed the importance of centering the needs of people who use drugs, and provided results from research connecting the social determinants of health to overdose.
Event Summary and Recording
Social Determinants of Addiction 101 Event Summary (PDF)
The webinar was moderated by AIR CARES Director Amanda Latimore, and the panelists were:
- Regina LaBelle, J.D.
Director, Addiction & Public Policy Initiative Distinguished Scholar, O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center - Anthony Salandy, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Managing Director of Programs, Interim Executive Director National Harm Reduction Coalition - Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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Healthcare Access and Quality as a Social Determinant of Addiction (Webinar 2)
This webinar focused on policy efforts to improve healthcare access and treatment for substance use disorder, the lived experience of barriers to treatment, and racial equity in addiction treatment. Panelists discussed harm reduction as treatment, sourcing sustainable harm reduction services, and healthcare financing for harm reduction organizations.
Event Summary and Recording
Healthcare Access and Quality as a Social Determinant of Addiction Event Summary (PDF)
BIG IDEAS–The Social Determinants of Addiction: Policies to Address Health Care Access and Quality (Policy Brief) (PDF)
The webinar was developed with the help of AIR staff Maliha Ali, Sarah Mossburg, and Susan Heil and moderated by AIR CARES Director Amanda Latimore. The panelists were:
- Shelly Weizman, J.D.
Associate Director, Addiction and Public Policy Initiative O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center - Ayana Jordan, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, NYU Langone Health, Department of Psychiatry
Pillar Lead for Community Engagement, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Langone Health, Department of Population Health - Hiawatha Collins
Community and Capacity Building Manager National Harm Reduction Coalition
Co-director, Peer Network of New York - Tracy Pugh, M.H.S.
Senior Technical Advisor Overdose Prevention Program, Vital Strategies
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Employment as a Social Determinant of Addiction (Webinar 3)
This webinar focused on efforts to provide workplace accommodations for those with substance use disorder and best practices for retaining valuable employees irrespective of their drug use. Panelists represented employee and employer perspectives and shared practical solutions for how employers can create spaces that are conducive to individuals with substance use disorder.
Event Summary and Recording
Employment as a Social Determinant of Addiction Event Summary (PDF)
BIG IDEAS–The Social Determinants of Addiction: Employment (Policy Brief) (PDF)
The webinar was developed with the help of AIR staff GeMar Neloms and Lori Collins and moderated by AIR CARES Director Amanda Latimore. The panelists were:
- James Potts, M.Sc.
Senior Consultant, Cognitive/Neurological Team
Job Accommodations Network - Joy Rucker
Harm Reduction Consultant
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The Criminal Legal System as a Social Determinant of Addiction (Webinar 4)
This webinar focused on effective drug policy, the collateral consequences of punitive criminal legal approaches for people who use drugs, strategies to assist returning citizens, and the approach that one state is taking to reverse the harms of the war on drugs and restore communities.
Event Summary and Recording
Employment as a Social Determinant of Addiction Event Summary (PDF)
BIG IDEAS–The Social Determinants of Addiction: The Criminal Legal System (Policy Brief) (PDF)
Reflections on Disenfranchisement: Voting Rights in 2022 by Adam Troy (PDF)
The webinar was developed with the help of AIR staff Kelly King and moderated by AIR CARES Director Amanda Latimore. The panelists were:
- Scott Burris, J.D.
Professor of Law, Director of Center for Public Health
Temple University - Antoin Quarles
Founder
Helping Oppressed People Excel (HOPE) - Alejandro Raygoza, M.A.
Grant Specialist and Program Lead
California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)
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Housing as a Social Determinant of Addiction (Webinar 5)
This webinar focused on gaps in funding for programs to address homelessness and housing instability, the collateral consequences of punitive housing policies for people who use drugs, and strategies to assist people experiencing homelessness.
Event Summary and Recording
Housing as a Social Determinant of Addiction Event Summary (PDF)
BIG IDEAS–The Social Determinants of Addiction: Policies to Address Homelessness and Housing Instability (Policy Brief) (PDF)
The webinar was developed with the help of AIR staff Barbara Broman and moderated by AIR CARES Director Amanda Latimore. The panelists were:
- Courtney Pladsen, DNP, FNP-BC, RN
Director of Clinical and Quality Improvement
National Healthcare for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) - Anna Bailey, MSW, JD
Senior Policy Analyst
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
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Preventing Intergenerational Transmission of Substance Use Disorder (Webinar 6)
This webinar reviewed the evidence to support an increased focus on parental social determinants of health in the child welfare system in response to parental substance use. We provided considerations from the perspective of policy, programs, and a mother with lived experience to support parents with substance use disorder and interrupt the intergenerational transmission of trauma.
Event Summary and Recording
Preventing Intergenerational Transmission of Substance Use Disorder Event Summary (PDF)
The webinar was developed with the help of AIR staff Taletha Derrington and Gina Sgro and moderated by AIR CARES Director Amanda Latimore. The panelists were:
- Nikki Tierney, J.D., M.S.
Peer Recovery Specialist, CPC Behavioral Healthcare
In-Community Clinician, AutonoMe Counseling Center - Linda Richter, Ph.D.
Vice President, Prevention Research and Analysis, Partnership to End Addiction - Phyllis Ottley, Ph.D.
Associate Chief of Program in the Prevention Practice and Translation Branch, within the Division of Violence Prevention at CDC
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Year in Review and Looking Ahead (Webinar 7)
This webinar addressed the thoughtful questions we heard from webinar attendees over the course of the series and discussed pressing topics from the field. Panelists highlighted practical strategies and next steps to address the social determinants of addiction and improve outcomes for people who use drugs.
Event Summary and Recording
Year in Review and Looking Ahead Event Summary (PDF)
The webinar was developed with the help of AIR staff Brett Kellett and Gina Sgro and moderated by AIR CARES Director Amanda Latimore. The panelists were:
- Sheila Vakharia, Ph.D.
Deputy Director of Research and Academic Engagement, Drug Policy Alliance - Ayana Jordan, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Health’s Department of Psychiatry; Pillar Lead for Community Engagement, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Langone Health’s Department of Population Health - Kimberly Sue, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine - Shelly Weizman, J.D.
Project Director, Addiction and Public Policy Initiative, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center; and person in long-term recovery
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