Oral presentation by Oni J. Blackstock (Health Justice) that addresses medical mistrust in Black Communities and describes the implications for COVID-19, HIV, Hepatitis, STIs and other conditions. The presentation provides an understanding of the racist policies and practices that have contributed to medical mistrust in the Black community and characterizes the relationship between medical mistrust and select health care outcomes.
Flyer for the upcoming conference entitled “Addressing Medical Mistrust in Black Communities: Implications for COVID-19, HIV, Hepatitis, STIs and Other Conditions” that will take place on November 19, 2019. The conference aims to improve understanding of the historical foundations of medical mistrust in Black communities, describe the effects of medical mistrust on health care behaviors, HIV and other health outcomes in Black communities, and discuss clinic and system level changes that foster patient trust.
Oral presentation by Kate Powis, Harvard University at the Learning Session: HIV Exposed Children and Early Child Development on March 7, 2019 that describes the evolving epidemiology of HIV exposed uninfected children. The presentation provides information regarding HEU children in global context, HEU child risk factors, HEU child outcomes, and the long-term view.
Poster presentation by Benjamin Jones, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences that examines the effectiveness of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing HIV infection when used as prescribed; however, PrEP uptake among high-risk youth has been suboptimal. The presentation discusses the many public health interventions have focused on raising awareness of PrEP, particularly among high-risk groups, including youth at risk for HIV
Oral presentation by Sabrina Smiley, UCLA CHIPTS that discusses YBGBM motivations to use Jack’d, the experience meeting sexual partners on Jack’d, including partner preferences (i.e., age, physique) and offline sexual encounters, and how the experiences reflect HIV risk behaviors.
Oral presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Steve Shoptaw held on January 2018. The presentation examines the association between drug use and risky sex and poor HIV management. If any association, do these associations show a dose-response patterns?