Presentation by Khadesia Howell that aims to better understand intersectional stigma and discrimination and its effects on mental health, as well as to improve intersectional stigma assessment tools. It is a qualitative study executed by doing in-depth semi-structured interviews as a way for Black SMM to ‘think aloud’ and tell their stories and experiences. From this we were able to better understand how this marginalized group responds to stigma and discrimination and how they interact with intersectional stigma assessment tools.
Presentation by Dr. Toluwani Adekunle that highlights the experiences of Black and Latine HIV care consumers that foster medical mistrust. These are experiences as pertaining to care consumers’ perceptions of healthcare provider behaviors that invoked feelings of stigma/discrimination, thereby influencing care consumers’ levels of trust and mistrust.
The purpose of this study is to collaborate with the local Asian Pacific American with HIV (APAWH) community to adapt and evaluate the appropriateness, acceptability, and feasibility of a 4-session, 4-week Social-justice Oriented, Family Informed self-management intervention to promote health among APAWH in Southern California, particularly Orange counties (SOFIAA). The scientific premise is that APAWH experience systematic barriers in healthcare delivery and policies, resulting in poor health outcomes. Additionally, regardless of ethnicity, APAs often prioritize their responsibilities to their families over their own individual needs. Our hypothesis is that APAWH will perceive SOFIAA as acceptable, feasible, and appropriate and a future study will demonstrate SOFIAA may be used to promote family support, decrease the effects of structural racism and HIV-related stigma, and achieve better outcomes in APAWH. This study addresses the critical need to optimize an intervention to promote self-management skills among APAWH by simultaneously addressing the reality and effects of structural racism and discrimination against APAWH from both the mainstream U.S. society and the APA communities.
Oral Presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Chenglin Hong held on January 2022. The presentation examines the effect of HIV stigma, which might be pronounced among Black sexual minority men living with HIV due to the Intersectionality and multiple minority stressors. Findings underscore the critical associations between HIV stigma and patient-reported mental health outcomes and quality of life.
National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Reflection by Wei-Ti Chen that discusses the importance of providing culturally sensitive family-centered self-management interventions for Asian Pacific Americans living with HIV. The reflection also focuses on how acculturation had an impact on patient-healthcare and was contributing to HIV stigma and stress.
Watts Healthcare – Impact of Systemic Racism on PrEP Uptake in Black and Latinx Communities – Slides
Oral presentation by Larry Banda (Watts Healthcare) that discusses the impact of systemic racism on PrEP uptake in Black and Latinx communities and exploring solutions-oriented approach for future service delivery.
Oral presentation by Felipe Findley (WATTS Health Center) that discusses the history of race and racism in the United States and the impact on medicine/healthcare system. The presentation describes how Systemic racism is a contributing factor to unequal risk of HIV infection and access to care.
Flyer for an upcoming townhall on the Impact of Systemic Racism on Current PrEP Uptake in Black and Latinx Communities on May 11, 2021, from 11am-1pm PT. The townhall will discuss systemic racism within healthcare settings and how it impacts PrEP access and uptake in Black and Latinx communities. The conference will provide key steps and resources to address systemic racism and implement the necessary changes at the provider-level.
Report Summary by Laura M. Bogart that describes medical mistrust as a key contributor to racial/ethnic health and healthcare disparities in the U.S, the serious health consequences for people living with and at risk for HIV, and how medical mistrust also can affect views about HIV.
Oral presentation by Joanna L. Barreras that discusses HIV-related inequities affecting Latinx communities, especially Latina transgender women (LTGW), the experiences they face are related to violence, stigma, and discrimination, which may lead to increased HIV risk behaviors. The presentation describes proposed intervention that relate to linking LTGW to resources through law enforcement and create spaces for positive interactions between LTGW + LAPD, to build trust.