Collaboration with Community Partners to Promote Harm Reduction and Decrease Stigma

Hutchinson Regional Medical Center is a 190-bed rural hospital in Hutchinson, Kansas with a population of 40,000 residents. The hospital, along with the Reno County Health Department, identified that there was an increase of overdoses and substance use disorder related to the opioid epidemic within the county. Through community collaboration with various organizations and community members with lived experience, the hospital and their partners have been able to promote harm reduction and decrease stigma surrounding opioid addiction within the community. Join this webinar to find out more about how they were able to be successful in establishing relationships with community partners, best practices and lessons learned.

Objectives:

• Analyze how community collaboration can help to reduce stigma and promote harm reduction
• Explore how to be successful in establishing relationships with community partners, best practices and lessons learned
• Examine the incidence of overdose in Reno County, Kansas