Prevention, Harm Reduction and Health Promotion Interventions
| Course Code | AMHW-303 |
|---|---|
| Lecture hours per week | 3 |
| Lab hours per week | 3 |
| Course Availability | Open |
| Description | This course introduces learners to a holistic approach to addiction and mental health work across a continuum of risk, recognizing that preventing issues with substance use and furthering issues with mental health and promoting wellness are key aspects of addiction and mental health work. Diverse, illustrative case studies will be drawn from prevention and health promotion initiatives among First Nations, Metis, Inuit communities, as well as from specific populations identified as being at higher risk, including racialized and/or 2SLGBTIQ/Q communities to promote applied learning and analysis. Learners will examine specific examples of prevention and health promotion initiatives in their own communities, and will critically reflect on and critique these examples through the lens’ of anti-oppressive practice (AOP), Anti-Colonial and Anti-Racist frameworks. Learners will also explore and reflect on a range of harm reduction approaches and interventions, recognizing and affirming clients’ self-determination and the multiple paths to recovery and healing. Learners will have an opportunity to engage in course activities individually and in groups to address these case studies, health promotions and harm reduction approaches. |