New user? Sign up here |

Postponed - Our Community Together: A Collective Impact on HIV in WV

Details

DoubleTree by Hilton Huntington
1001 3rd Ave, Huntington, WV 25701
Starts at: March 26, 2020 7:30am ET
Ends at: March 26, 2020 4:00pm ET
Free Admission
Get Driving Directions

Description

Due to travel restrictions and the safety of everyone, this conference has been postponed until September 2020. Please check back here at various times for updates. Again thanks for you patience.

 This conference is designed for the community as one. The aim of this conference to to decrease the stigma that continues to be associated with HIV and to provide the most recent information regarding HIV prevention models. The afternoon will have two breakout sessions:

Session 1: Focusing on burnout and on the importance of harm reduction. 

Session 2: Focusing on HIV case-finding and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).

Target audience:  health care providers and first responders

This conference is co-sponsored by the West Virginia University Office of Continuing Education. 

 

Targeted Populations

A variety of the listed populations will be discussed at this event.

  • Rural populations

Materials

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Treatment as Prevention (e.g., U=U)
  • Acute HIV
  • Basic science
  • Clinical manifestations of HIV disease
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV Epidemiology
  • HIV monitoring and lab tests (i.e. CD4 ad viral load)
  • Linkage to Care
  • Mental health disorders
  • Opioid use disorder
  • Stigma or discrimination
  • Community linkages
  • Confidentiality/HIPAA