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Food, Mood & Substance Use Symposium

The Food, Mood, and Substance Use Symposium brought together nutrition and behavioral health professionals who practice in rural areas to provide services through SNAP-Education, Cooperative Extension, Prevention, Harm Reduction, Treatment and/or Recovery Support organizations. Leading experts from the fields of nutrition and behavioral health disciplines facilitated presentations and discussions to foster a greater understanding of how to address opioid/stimulant use in rural communities; understand how food, nutrition, trauma and stigma impact treatment and recovery; and how each discipline can work collaboratively to inform each other’s work in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Pacific Jurisdictions.

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Nutrition, Food Security, and Support:Essential Information About Women and Stimulant Use in Rural Communities for SNAP-Ed Implementers

SNAP-Ed implementers are in a unique role as they regularly encounter women needing/receiving substance use treatment services and those in recovery. As such, understanding the impact of stimulant use on women and how to provide strength-based and trauma-informed approaches that promote recovery are important, especially since recovering from stimulant use is a complex process.

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