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Program

Times are in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)/Vancouver, BC Time.

Sunday, October 16, 2022

  • 08:00 09:45

    Session V: Health Policy and AUD/ALD

    The Learning Objectives are:

    • Describe the current situation of alcohol-related liver disease and alcohol use disorder associated burden
    • Provide information regarding the effect of the implementation of public health policies to reduce ALD and AUD
    • Learn the definitions and epidemiology of harmful alcohol consumption alcohol use disorder (AUD) alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD)
    • Understand steps needed to impact future trends in alcohol harm to Canadians
    • Describe how partnership-driven research with the health system can be leveraged for decision making.
    • Explain how whole-population data can be used to understand trajectories of health service use among people who use alcohol.
    • Learn how Canada’s Low Risk Drinking Guidelines were updated
    • Learn how the updates guidelines can be used in clinical settings

    Moderator: Abdel-Aziz Shaheen, University of Calgary, AB

    8:05 - 8:25: Leveraging whole-population linked data to generate evidence to inform Alcohol Policy, Nathan Nickel, University of Manitoba, MB

    8:25 - 8:45: Building Effective Population-Based Alcohol Policies: Canada’s new Guidance on Alcohol and Health, Catherine Paradis, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addictions, Ottawa, ON

    8:45 - 9:05: Alcohol and Public Health Policy: Global Priorities, Juan Pablo Arab, Western University, London, Ontario

    9:05 - 9:25: Improving Integration of Public Health and Hepatology: Where the Hepatologist Can Go from Here, Tasha Kulai, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

    9:25 - 9:45: Panel Discussion/Q&A

  • 09:45 10:05

    AM Break & Exhibits

  • 10:05 10:50

    Session VI: Indigenous Cultural and Community‑Based Models in the Management of AUD/ALD

    The Learning Objectives are:

    • Describe the importance of multidisciplinary care in managing alcohol use disorder and alcohol-associated liver disease
    • Explain how about social Determinants of Health are relevant in the liver care context
    • Examine Harm Reduction Approaches to liver care
    • Review resources for learning about the history and impacts of colonization    
    • Consider approaches to addressing alcohol use for Indigenous people in Canada

    Moderators: Elizabeth Lee, Toronto, ON & Nabiha Faisal, Winnipeg, MB

    10:05 - 10:35: Indigenous populations and AUD, Erin Knight, University Of Manitoba, MB

    10:35 - 10:50: Q&A

  • 10:50 11:50

    Session VII: Community Models in the management of AUD/ALD

    The Learning Objectives are:

    • Describe the importance of multidisciplinary care in managing alcohol use disorder and alcohol-associated liver disease
    • Explain how social Determinants of Health are relevant in the liver care context
    • Explain how about social Determinants of Health are relevant in the liver care context

    Moderators: Elizabeth Lee, Toronto, ON & Nabiha Faisal, Winnipeg, MB

    10:50 - 11:10: Management of ALD in remote and rural communities, Steven Pi, Royal Columbian Hospital, Fraser Health Authority

    11:10 - 11:30: Harm Reduction: Managed alcohol consumption programs- perspectives working with hepatology providers, Tracy Warne, Community Health Worker- UHN Liver Clinic, Toronto, ON

    11:30 - 11:45: Q&A Discussion

    11:45 - 11:50: Closing Remarks