Tools for Providers

Program Brochure
Learn more about SPHERE in our  Program Brochure here.


Featured Resources:

SAMHSA's newly released:
TIP 53 "Addressing Viral Hepatitis in People with Substance Use Disorders"


2011 MDPH HIV Case Manager Listing


PAC-Net Meetings

Spring 2012 Meetings Schedule

  • May 8, 2012
    Northampton
  • May 10, 2012
    Boston - FULL. Registration is closed for the Boston meeting.
  • May 15, 2012
    Tewksbury
  • May 16, 2012
    Canton
  • May 17, 2012
    Worcester
  • May 18,  2012
    Brockton NEW DATE!


Online Registration for PAC-Net is here!

 

 

SPHERE
Health Imperatives
942 West Chestnut Street
Brockton, MA 02301
(800) 530-2770

PO Box 285
Amherst, MA 01004
(413) 256-3406

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Tools for Providers

SPHERE provides your staff with access to specialized materials and tools to support their efforts to integrate HIV, viral hepatitis, harm reduction and overdose prevention education, prevention, and services into their work.

These tools are:

  • easy to use
  • help to start conversations on these topics
  • developed in response to surveys and providers' needs
  • facilitate HIV and viral hepatitis integration
  • can be used in a variety of health and human service settings


Some of these tools you can download directly from this website, others will be mailed to you.  

If you want to request a resource or have an idea for a provider tool, let us know by emailing us at sphere@healthimperatives.org. 

Featured Resource:

The SPHERE website spotlights a resource(s) that deals with HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, harm reduction, overdose prevention and substance use. Our intention is to make online resources more accessible to interested individuals and to offer you an opportunity to review materials and websites of interest.

The Featured Resource does not necessarily represent the views of this project or its parent agency. An archive of past Featured Resources is provided for your convenience.


SPHERE's Tools for Providers include:

  •     Card Games
  •     Connecting the Dots: HIV Integration in Drug/Alcohol Treatment (brochure)
  •     Conversation Starter Posters
  •     Cue Cards - Assorted Topics
  •     Facts and Myths about Harm Reduction (brochure)
  •     Curriculum for Group Education
  •     Harm Reduction Menu - Welcome to the Harm Reduction Cafe (brochure)
  •     Hepatitis Vaccine Awareness
  •     HIV Risk Assessment Manual
  •     HIV Risk Assessment - Pocket Guide to Talking About HIV Risk
  •     HIV Risk Assessment Tool
  •     Program Integration Inventories
  •     Integrating Harm Reduction Into Your Work (brochure)
  •     OUTSPOKEN, SPHERE Newsletter
  •     Overdose Prevention
  •     Resource Referral Checklist
  •     Self Assessment Ruler - HIV Risk
  •     Stages of Change Wheel

For more information on any of these tools, or to download them, please go to the Providers Tools drop down menu above and select the topic you're most interested in.

If you need any assistance, please let us know.

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 For more information about Health Imperatives and other services provided by the agency, please visit Prevention & Community Services. For more information on The Statewide Homeless/HIV Integration Project (SH/HIP), click here.