OVERVIEW

The Effects of Climate Change on our Health & The Opioid Epidemic and Social Determinants of Health (Opioid) is organized by Texas Osteopathic Medical Association (TOMA).

Description:
The Effects of Climate Change on our Health:
This session will provide an overview about climate change and a discussion regarding how it affecting the health of our patients as well as solutions to improve climate health.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Provide an overview of climate change and why it is relevant to health
Discuss Texas-specific challenges with climate health
Discuss an overview of policy changes needed to improve climate health

The Opioid Epidemic and Social Determinants of Health (Opioid):
This session provides an overview of the opioid epidemic and the reasons behind it. Between demand and supply of opioids, supply has always been emphasized. Controlling supply by tighter prescribing and dispensing policies, as well as stricter regulatory and professional guidelines was unable to decrease opioid-related overdose deaths. In this presentation, we explore social determinants of health, the primarily overlooked player in the development of the opioid epidemic, and the role they play in susceptibility to substance use, access to appropriate pain management, overdose emergency care and addiction treatment programs, as well as the success of these programs.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Identify the opioid epidemic burden, waves, and factors influencing the opioid prescribing and overdose deaths.
Define social determinants of health and recognize health generators influencing individual and societal health.
Characterize the effects of health inequities on the opioid epidemic.