Engagement with adolescents and young adults in health care and prevention in general can be difficult and challenging, but even more so with sexual health and HIV care and prevention.  This talk will focus on interventions and strategies that may help to connect youth with the HIV care continuum.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

• Identify and describe barriers that may impede adolescent and young adult engagement in health care and prevention.
• Describe strategies that may help engagement focusing on unique issues to this population of people.
• Discuss specific interventions to help increase retention into HIV care and access and utilization to PrEP.

Featured Speaker: Dr. Neil Rellosa, Nemours Children’s Hospital-Delaware’s HIV Program Director 

Intended Audience

We aim to engage any health workforce team member interested in the topic, including clinicians, clinic staff, care team members, community workers, and pharmacists who work with key populations.
For example:

• Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistant
• Nurses, Medical Assistants
• Social Workers, Case Managers
• Community Health Workers
• Pharmacists
• Mental health providers
• Substance abuse professionals
• Public Health&a

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