Ending the Opioid Epidemic Webinar Series: Webinar 6.

Webinar Title: Legal Intervention: Using the Judicial System to Impact Mortality/Morbidity Rates for Opioid Misuse

Adults incarcerated following arrest for drug misuse are a vulnerable population. Historically, the role of courts in these cases is to impose sanctions and protect society from future harm. Problem solving courts are public health interventions that refer arrested individuals to treatment. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health are studying specific characteristics of individual problem solving court policies, procedures, and practices and their impact on morbidity and mortality rates.

At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will have learned to…

• Describe the process for acceptance into a problem solving court program;
• Identify three (3) interventions that problem solving courts typically provide to individuals arrested for drug misuse or for crimes associated with drug misuse; and
• Compare recidivism rates for individuals sentenced to traditional correctional facilities with those who are deferred to problem solving courts.

Speaker

Audience

This webinar series is appropriate for physicians, nurses, social workers, case managers, public health practitioners, and other health professionals who would benefit from the information.

Disclosure(s)

Planners have no conflicts of interest relative to this educational activity. Speaker has no conflicts of interest.

Ending the Opioid Epidemic Webinar Series

Series Description:

The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center have created a six-part interactive webinar series which has been designed to introduce diverse strategies for success in ending the opioid epidemic. Participants will hear from legal, social, medical, and community intervention experts in a strategy-gathering information exchange. The webinars will be an hour in length and will include Q&A as well as audience interaction via polling. We welcome you to join us for the entire series or for individual webinars such as this one!