December 19: Harm reduction in doula care // with Shay Bradford

Harm Reduction in Doula Care will be held Saturday, December 19 at 2pm EST / 11am PST**

**This workshop is a fundraiser for special BIPOC only full-spectrum doula trainings in Cleveland, OH. Upon registration, you will receive information about accessing the sliding scale model pricing.

Maternal harm reduction (also called perinatal harm reduction) is a public health and clinical framework that applies harm reduction principles to pregnant and postpartum individuals—particularly those who use substances, alcohol, or tobacco. Rather than using fear, judgment, or criminalization, the model focuses on safety, respect, autonomy, and meeting parents where they are to improve health outcomes for both parents and babies.

In this introductory workshop, educator Shay Bradford will incorporate foundational principles and evidence-based strategies of harm reduction, overdose prevention and trauma informed care. Looking through the doula lens, participants will leave with a solid understanding of how to incorporate harm reduction within their practice.  

Workshop goals:

• Learning the principles of harm reduction
• Develop strategies and tools to implement harm reduction into your doula practice (including how to use nasal & injectable naloxene)
• Bring awareness on the use & effects of substances on the pregnant, birthing and postpartum body
• Reduce stigma on birthing persons who use drugs
  

This workshop will be led by Shay Bradford

DaShayla Bradford (she/they) is a queer birth & postpartum doula and reproductive health educator serving Cleveland & northeastern Ohio families. She offers family planning/fertility support, sexual health education, birth & postpartum care.

Shay has a specialized focus & love for providing services to Black queer & trans families along their reproductive journey. She completed her training originally with the Commonsense Childbirth Institute back in December 2019 and has continued her education throughout the years attending trainings with Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings (BADT) as well as Doula Trainings International (DTI). Shay is excited to be able to train and teach Cleveland & Northeast Ohio doulas and create a hub specifically for Black, queer and trans folks to come and learn together and keep each other safe while improving our health outcomes.