Author: jessica
Bio:
Jessica was hired as an assistant at IRETA in 2010 and has risen in the ranks to lead the Communication and Health Promotion team. During her tenure at IRETA, she received a Master of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh and has found her voice as local advocate for addiction recovery and harm reduction services. At IRETA, Jessica creates online content and other educational materials, in addition overseeing IRETA’s training initiatives for health and human service providers. No matter what she’s working on at IRETA, Jessica welcomes the opportunity to shine a light on all who have struggled personally with addiction.
Posts by jessica:
- The Feasibility & Effectiveness of Drug Using Peers Distributing Naloxone & Injection Equipment, 22 Apr 2019
- A Medication-First Approach Can Blend Harm Reduction and Ongoing Treatment As Needed to Save Lives, 27 Mar 2019
- Medication First: Integration of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Across the Healthcare System, 22 Mar 2019
- Why Don’t We Do a Better Job with the Overlap Between Eating Disorders and Addiction?, 23 Jan 2019
- Concrete Ways to Shift from Punitive to Therapeutic Responses to Addiction, 26 Nov 2018
- What’s So Great About the Pittsburgh Recovery Walk? This Amazing Video Says It All, 12 Oct 2018
- How Not to Talk About Addiction, 17 Sep 2018
- Let’s Say You Run a Mayoral Campaign Focused Solely on Addiction. You Win. Then What?, 25 Oct 2017
- What It Means When People Show Up For Recovery, 06 Oct 2017
- Updates on a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in Pennsylvania, 09 Jun 2017
- Safe Injection Spaces Save Lives and Money, But Will They Make It in America?, 01 Jun 2017
- Finding Support for Patients in Medication-Assisted Treatment, 30 Oct 2015
- Residential Treatment Facility Allows Clients to Keep Cell Phones, World Doesn’t End, 17 Sep 2015
- To Be a Better Social Worker, Practice with Fake Clients, 06 Aug 2015
- A person experiencing an opioid overdose needs oxygen and/or naloxone to survive, 13 Feb 2015
- A Look at Treatment History: The Narcotic Farm, 11 Sep 2014
- Could collaborative documentation be the next big—and effective—thing in behavioral healthcare?, 13 Jun 2014
- We can’t ignore the social aspects of substance use, addiction and treatment, 16 May 2014