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Burnout: Knowing When and How to Take Breaks | April 2, 2024

Date of Presentation: April 2, 2024

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  Community  

Program: Harm Reduction  

Keywords: #burnout  #fight or flight  #general adaptation syndrome  #harm reduction  #self care  #trauma response  

In this presention Blue Valentine discusses the importance of taking intentional breaks for sustainable harm reduction work. She reviews trauma responses, General Adaptation Syndrome (Hans Selye), considerations for people working in Harm Reduction, Harm Reduction work and stress management, knowing when to take breaks, and discusses what it can look like to take a break.

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Presented by:

Blue Valentine, CHW

Blue Valentine, CHW, is a Harm Reduction Peer Specialist that currently works as part of a cross-program team of communicable disease, health navigation, and harm reduction staff at the Benton County Health Department, as part of the End HIV Oregon Project. Her work includes street and camp outreach, rapid testing, syringe services, client advocacy, naloxone distribution, and HIV and STI education. She coordinates a regional harm reduction group for the Linn, Benton, Lincoln, and Siletz region that has a focus on overdose prevention and naloxone access. Blue is also a member of the Measure 110 Accountability and Oversight Council. She started working in harm reduction in Los Angeles in 1992, and has extensive experience providing HIV/STI prevention and testing and syringe services to diverse communities, including people who use drugs, people experiencing homelessness, sex workers, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people living with HIV.

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Date added: April 2, 2024