Podcast Episode 9: "Harm Reduction in Action: Broward County's Opioid Safety Initiative"

Host: Anna Morgan-Barsamian, MPH, RN, PMP, Senior Manager, Training & Education, NaRCAD

A conversation with Alexandria Stevenson, MPH, Academic Detailer, Florida Department of Health in Broward County.

​Tag: Podcast Series, Harm Reduction, ​Opioid Safety

​How can meaningful conversations impact the opioid crisis?

Academic Detailer Alexandria Stevenson from the Florida Department of Health in Broward County discusses her team’s important work on opioid safety and overdose prevention. Funded by the CDC's Overdose Data to Action Local Grant, Alexandria shares how her team collaborates with clinicians and community partners to promote harm reduction, distribute free naloxone kits, and educate the community.​

​(Click here for the audio transcription.) 

​"So often I'll hear comments and stories from attendees at our presentations or at community events about someone they know or how something I explained changed their way of thinking. That’s my goal with community events and detailing — to truly connect with people."

-Alexandria Stevenson, MPH
Academic Detailer
Florida Department on Health - Broward County

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​Alexandria M. Stevenson serves as the Lead Academic Detailer and Health Educator for the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) LOCAL grant at the Florida Department of Health in Broward County. Since joining the Department in 2015, she has worked in various programs, including the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), in Broward and Brevard counties. She also has interned at Office of Health Promotion and Education in Seminole County. Alexandria has been with Broward County’s OD2A-L initiative since 2020, where she has excelled as an academic detailer for the past two years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of South Florida and a master’s degree in public health from Rollins College.

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