Webinar: Integrated Treatment Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Women who use Substances
Event date: -
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
You will learn:
- About the unique mental and physical health service needs of pregnant and parenting women using substances
- What the researchers have uncovered about what works best when providing integrated treatment for this population
- From other audience members about their experience providing interventions for mothers who use substances
Who should attend?
Service providers who are interested in multi-sectoral collaboration, including those from substance use, mental health, child protection, and public health sectors.
Presenters
Dr. Karen Urbanoski is a Scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and Assistant Professor in Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria. She holds the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Substance Use, Addictions and Health Services Research (2015-2020). Prior to coming to the University of Victoria in 2015, she was a Scientist at CAMH, where she still holds a position as a Collaborator Scientist. Dr. Urbanoski’s research program is focused on the social determinants of substance-related problems and how these affect the accessibility, equity, and effectiveness of substance use services and, in turn, health outcomes.
Dr. Karen Milligan is a registered clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University. Her research program explores cognitive and emotional factors that impact on parenting and mental health outcomes of mothers and children. She has a specific interest in women parenting in the context of problematic substance use and its associated harms and engages in community participatory research to assist in the development and evaluation of integrated treatment programs to improve outcomes for this population.
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Sharing Together
This webinar emerged as a response to Sharing Together, an EENet initiative that aims to promote the use of evidence to improve the health care experience, quality of care, and overall health and wellbeing of all Ontarians. The two evidence priorities it addresses are effectiveness of services and integrated healthcare.
Charlene
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I am trying to register for this session but cannot remember by password. Tried to reset it but am not receiving the email EENet says it has sent. Tried to sign up again but it won’t let me. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Carol Lee
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