Webinar Title: Decreasing Systemic Barriers Along the Public Health Care Continuum for Individuals with HIV and Substance Use Disorders
The purpose of this webinar is to enable participants to increase their knowledge regarding decreasing systemic barriers for patients with HIV and substance use disorders.
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe common systemic barriers faced by individuals with substance use and HIV risk when navigating the HIV and Behavioral Health Care Continuums.
- Explain how systemic barriers affect individuals with substance use disorders and HIV along the HIV and Behavioral Health Care Continuums.
- Discuss steps providers can take to decrease systemic barriers, and increase bi-directional integration of BH and HIV public health interventions.
Speaker
Holly Ireland, LCSW-C
Co-Program Director, Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC)
Audience
The audience for this event includes physicians, nurses, social workers, case managers, public health practitioners, and all other health professionals working with individuals with HIV and/or Substance Use Disorder.
Accreditation
PSNA: The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center is an approved provider of continuing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity qualifies for 1.0 contact hours.
CME: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care profesionals are awarded 0.1 continuing education units (CEU's) which are equal to 1.0 contact hours.
CEU: The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, awards Continuing Education Units to individuals who enroll in certain educational activities. This program is awarded 0.10 continuing education
credits.
Disclosure(s)
Planners and speaker have no conflicts of interest relative to this educational activity.
