11/11: BUSSW Doctoral Candidate Corinne Beaugard Shares Research on Overdose Confidentiality and Addiction Treatment for Black Patients
Corinne Beaugard, a doctoral candidate at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), leads two presentations at the annual conference for the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), a non-profit professional organization that aims to improve health and well-being through interdisciplinary leadership in substance use education, research, clinical care and policy.
Her first session is an oral presentation on findings of a review of literature on the effect of race concordance (shared racial identity) in addiction treatment for Black patients. Contributors to the project, which is housed at Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction, include BUSSW’s Prof. Christina Lee and doctoral student Daniel Do (SSW’13, SPH’14). The project seeks to improve health care delivery and outcomes for people with substance use disorders, particularly Black individuals.
Beaugard will also present a poster about privacy and confidentiality for overdose survivors receiving outreach from public health public safety teams in Massachusetts. Based on a study examining the management of information related to overdoses, her presentation highlights the need for protocols to protect the privacy of overdose survivors.
CONFERENCE DATE & LOCATION
November 10-12, 2022 | Boston
DETAILS & REGISTRATION
Conference registration has closed. Details on the conference and presentations can be found here.