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Safe Consumption Facilities As Harm Reduction, Christina Jäderholm, Dana Crossby, Rachel Greim, Chelsea Peterson, Dawn Richardson

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Annual Conference

Overview/Issue

Substance use disorder (SUD) is one of the largest public health challenges in Oregon, with approximately 1-in-10 Oregonians living with SUD and some experiencing overdose annually. Safe Consumption Facilities (SCF) have been shown to facilitate entry into treatment programs and prevent fatal overdoses and needle sharing, but have not yet been implemented.

Challenges

SCFs have succeeded in Canada and Europe; yet several barriers exist to implementation in the U.S. The most common challenges include: low public support and a lack of understanding regarding SUD and harm reduction strategies; limited funding and research in the United States; and the complexities …

Defining Stress Among Oregon Corrections Professionals, Jessica T. Ballin

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Annual Conference

Corrections professionals experience some of the highest levels of chronic stress compared to other occupations. This leads to poor mental and physical health, increased mortality, negative job performance, and increased economic costs, such as work-related injuries, sick leave, worker’s compensation claims and disability. Improving health and safety among this occupation requires identifying the factors contributing to stress and the associated economic impact. We assessed corrections professionals (n=296) working at six different Oregon Department of Corrections facilities near the Portland-area of varying security levels. Participants completed a cross-sectional survey, including demographics, work history and validated stress and occupational constructs. The outcome …

Water 4.0, Arthur Preston

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Annual Conference

A review of local drinking water quality/technologies, and strategies to improve water quality using emerging next generation technology.

National Death Rates From Firearms Due To Legal Intervention For Native Americans, Hanrui Huang

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Annual Conference

According to the CDC, deaths from legal intervention are defined as deaths caused by injuries inflicted by law enforcement officers. Although some studies have examined high rates of fatal legal intervention shootings among African Americans, rates for Native Americans have not been adequately examined, despite similar racial biases and stereotypes. This study aims to examine national data and examine the association of fatal legal intervention shootings and Native communities.

The available data provided on legal intervention (CDC) was studied to understand death rates for different races. The data was then analyzed to examine changes over time between 2008 and 2018. …

The Epidemiology Of Firearm-Related Injuries Presenting At The Two Level-1 Trauma Centers In Oregon From 2009-2019, Kamil Narayan, Kathleen F. Carlson, Susan Defrancesco

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Annual Conference

Injury is an important clinical and public health problem worldwide. Firearm-related injury is an important source of trauma-related morbidity and increases the risk of death. The CDC reports that in 2017, 74.5% of homicides deaths and 50.6% of suicide deaths were caused by firearms. The purpose of our retrospective chart review is to describe the epidemiology of firearm-related injuries presenting in the emergency department of two level-1 trauma centers in Oregon over a 10-year period. The study involves victims of gunshot injuries of all ages who were treated in the OHSU and Legacy Emanuel Emergency Department during the calendar years …

Associations With Early Intervention Evaluation, Eligibility, And Services Engagement In A Multi-Site Sample, Mohadeseh Solgi, Katharine Zuckerman, Alicia Feryn

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Annual Conference

TITLE: Associations with Early Intervention Evaluation, Eligibility, and Services Engagement in a multi-site sample

Background: Parental concerns are usually highly predictive of child developmental delays; however, the relationship of parent concerns with Part C Early Intervention (EI) service use is unclear.

Objective: The goals of this project were to test the associations of parent concern presence, age of child at time of parent concerns, number of concerns, type of parental concern, and recency of parental concerns, with EI evaluation, eligibility, and services engagement after referral.

Design/Methods: We collected survey data on parent concerns, EI service use data, and family demographics …