Bevel Up: Drugs, Users & Outreach Nursing

Passing along this invite:

Dear Colleagues,
Re: An Invitation to the Launch of a New Report We are writing from the Urban Health Research Initiative at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS to invite you to the launch of our new report on Vancouver’s illicit drug use epidemic. The report entitled: ‘Drug Situation in ...Vancouver’ contains more than 10 years of prospective data on drug use and behavioural trends among some of the city’s most vulnerable illicit drug users, with a focus on the so-called “hard” drugs: cocaine, heroin, crack and crystal methamphetamine. The launch event will feature a presentation highlighting key findings from the new report.
This will include detailed information on:·
Drug use trends·Use of addiction treatment service: Harm reduction programs and reductions in risky behaviours· Law enforcement, drug availability, and drug prices· Trends in housing status, public drug use, and engagement in street-based sex work· HIV rates and mortality rates
Date: Tuesday, November 24th 2009
Time: 9:30 – 10:00 am –Presentation of key findings (Drs Kerr & Wood) 10:00 – 10:30 am –Questions & feedback from audience Location: Theatre Room, Carnegie Centre
401 Main Street, Vancouver
RSVP: f you are able to attend please RSVP to uhri-list@cfenet.ubc.ca
This is an open event and we hope you will consider forwarding this invitation to others that might be interested in attending. We hope to see you on November 24th at the Carnegie Centre!
Sincerely,
Thomas Kerr and Evan Wood Co-Directors of the Urban Health Research InitiativeBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDSDivision of AIDS, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia St. Paul's Hospital608-1081 Burrard StreetVancouver, British ColumbiaCanada, V6Z 1Y6(Tel) 604-806-9116(Fax) 604-806-9044Email: uhri@cfenet.ubc.caWebsite: http://uhri.cfenet.ubc.ca/Read More

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We had a great visit in Chicago and were able to share Bevel Up at the AJN conference and at the University of Illinois. it was interesting to hear about the challenges and situations that other health care professionals and community workers face across the US. Rooted in the conver...sations were the US debate on the health care system and just how many people cannot access healthcare There were some definte misperceptions about the Canadian system.Read More

Moderators: Fiona Gold, BA,RN,; Juanita Maginley, RN,BSN,MA

Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing
is an educational kit (including a DVD, subtitled in French, with special features and a bilingual Teaching Guide) created to share knowledge not found in nursing schools and teaching hospitals. It shows how registered... nurses working with the BC Centre for Disease Control's Street Nurse Program provide health care to the people living in the alleys and hotels of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

Designed and produced by the street nurses themselves in collaboration with community members, Bevel Up offers instructors and students access to the experience of an entire community of health care practitioners who work with drug using populations.

About Bevel Up
“Compassionate and thoroughly professional… Bevel Up belongs in nursing colleges and medical schools across the country.”
– Dr. Perry Kendall, BC Provincial Health officer

“As a recovered addict who spent time on the streets of Toronto, I have never seen a more accurate or compassionate documentary about addictions.”

– Anonymous

"Overall fabulous… What a diverse and engaging way to deliver many messages and information"

– PHN Prenatal Educator, Nova Scotia

"It taught me how much more I need to learn about substance use and misuse and how I might integrate it into teaching."

– Nurse Educator, University of Toronto
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Moderator: Fiona Gold, BA, RN
Outreach/Street Nursing Program
BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC

Bevel Up is a dynamic and groundbreaking
documentarywhich follows a teamof experienced
outreach nurses working in the back alleys and
hotels of Vancouver’s inner city. Produced by
nurses from British Columbia Centre for ...Disease
Control’s Outreach/Street Nursing Program,
together with theNational FilmBoard of Canada
in collaboration with Canada,Wild Productions,
BevelUp explores howto deliver themost effective
—and least judgmental—health care to peoplewho
use drugs. Student nurses, seasoned healthcare
professionals,nursing instructors,outreachworkers
and policy makers can benefit from the footage,
startling in its intimacy, compassion and real-life
drama. Popcorn will be served!Read More