2019 OVHEC Conference

Current Trends in Community Health

Conference Details

Training Objectives

Narcan Administration & Awareness Training

Wayland Harris,  Director of Threat Preparedness – Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department

• General overview of Narcan and Opioids
• Overdose issues in West Virginia
• Narcan Training

Hepatitis & HIV Prevention Training

Howard Gamble, Administrative Director – Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department

• Overview of HIV and Hepatitis
• Disease in West Virginia
• Prevention and Protection

The Icelandic Model: Preventing Teen Opioid Abuse

Alfgeir L. Kristjansson, PhD, Msc, Associate Professor, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Director of PhD Program – School of Public Health, West Virginia University

• Discussion about how youth substance use can be prevented before it actually begins.
• Review of ground breaking results from Iceland and how the results can potentially be replicated in WV.

Supporting Kinship Fostering

Diana Bell, LSW, MAEd, Case Management Supervisor – Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center

• Participants will gain practical knowledge of the program
• Participants will have the opportunity to share insight and offer suggestions
• Examination of roadblocks caregivers may experience and discuss possible solutions
• Discussion of the reasoning for targeted programming on this issue
• Answer the question “Can benefit all levels of social work, therapy, and counseling?”

Pending CEUs

• Addiction
• Counseling
• Domestic Violence Advocate Certification
• Law Enforcement
• LPC
• Nursing
• Prevention
• Social Work
• WV STARS