Description
December 4, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Addressing the Impact of Substance Use Stigma in Maine
Description:
Stigma towards people with substance use disorder is a significant barrier to access to treatment and to communities and environments that support recovery. This webinar will review findings from a study to understand the impact of stigma in Maine, how it can be reduced, and opportunities for future collaboration to reduce stigma for youth and adults. Development of this report was supported through the Maine Health Access Foundation to CCSME and through collaboration with MCD Global Health.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of the presentation, participants will be able to:
- Describe the impacts of stigma about opioid use disorder
- Identify at least one strategy to reduce substance use disorder stigma
- Name at least one resource for reducing substance use disorder stigma
Presenter: Patricia Hart, MS, CPH
Patricia Hart, MS, has years of experience conducting program evaluation, facilitating groups, writing grants, and analyzing data for a variety of organizations covering a range of topics. Patricia is well versed in management consulting, evaluation design, methods, data collection, analysis, reporting, and presenting findings. She is highly skilled at managing complex projects, keeping clients informed and team members on-task to provide high quality products. She has extensive experience evaluating multi-stakeholder, federally and privately funded grant projects.
Emma Mohney, BA
Emma supports all aspects of research and evaluation projects at Hart Consulting, working with clients to collect and analyze data and report on findings. She has a background in writing and communications, and has worked in secondary and postsecondary educational settings in teaching and development roles. She is fluent in French. Her projects at Hart Consulting focus on education, public health, and behavioral health.
Continuing Medical Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
This course has been approved by Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving Maine (CCSME), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 1 educational credits. NAADAC Provider #324712, CCSME is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
Contact Hours 1 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category 1 Contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contract hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
