Trainings for Case Managers in Pennsylvania: HIV and Special Populations: HIV Care in Communities with Specific Needs
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Description
Goal:
Speaker:
Raghavendra Tirupathi, MD, FACP, FRCP, FIDSA
Medical Director, Keystone Infectious Diseases/HIV
Clinical Assistant Professor, Drexel College of Medicine
Chair, Infection Prevention, Wellspan Chambersburg and Waynesboro hospitals
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss special considerations in preventing and treating HIV in women, adolescents, those who live in rural areas, and those who experience homelessness or unstable housing
- Review trend and statistics related to HIV risk, prevention and treatment in women, adolescents, those who live in rural areas, and those who experience homelessness or unstable housing
- Identify patient-centered approaches to enhance client care for special populations/communities with specific needs
- Describe outreach methods for engaging specific communities and populations in relation to HIV risk, prevention and treatment
ACCREDITATION
You are only eligible for continuing education or a certificate of attendance if you register, attend the full program, and then complete all required evaluations within 1 week of the program.
Social Work: This training is co-sponsored by the Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research for maximum of 1.5 credit hours. As a CSWE accredited program, Bryn Mawr College GSSWSR is a pre-approved provider of continuing education for Social Workers in Pennsylvania and many other states. Supported by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau, Office of Program Support.
Continuing Education credits issued for participation in CE activity may not apply toward license renewal in all states. It is the responsibility of each participant to verify the requirements of their state licensing board(s).
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE:
Please complete a post-evaluation, which will be sent to you via email within 24 hours after the completion of this program from maaetc@pitt.edu. Please note that after completing the evaluation, your general certificate of attendance will be automatically generated and stored in your profile on our website. Simply click my profile, post-event evaluations, and once the training’s evaluation has been completed, you should be able to click the certificate button next to the event to download.
Questions:
Email Tiania Warner, M.S.- twarner@healthfederation.org
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
DISCLAIMER:
Funding for this presentation was made possible in part by TR7HA53201 from the Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Any trade/brand names for products mentioned during this presentation are for training and identification purposes only.
Intended Audience
***Please note this event is intended for Pennsylvania Ryan White Case Managers, SNNLP Navigators, PA Dept of Health Employees and CMHD Employees***
If you are interested in attending or holding a similar event for your team please contact us at maaetc@pitt.edu.
Materials
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Topics
A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.
- Behavioral Prevention
- HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
- Treatment as Prevention
- HIV epidemiology
- Retention and/or re-engagement in care
- Care coordination
- Case management
- Adolescents (ages 13 to 17)
- Women
- Rural communities
- Unstably housed
