Oral presentation by Sheldon D. Fields, National Black Nurses Association, Inc. that discusses provider’s issues with medications and experimental treatment related to Covid-19 and understand how to approach these issues with their clients to foster trust. The presentation discusses the impact of medical mistrust on poor health outcomes in Black communities specifically with Covid-19 and the context of telemedicine and mistrust.
To help end the stigma around HIV/AIDS and empower people from around the world who are living with the virus, a new exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA will highlight the stories and images of HIV-positive individuals and their perspectives on the epidemic. The exhibition is cocurated by David Gere, UCLA Professor of World Arts and Cultures, who, with photographer Gideon Mendel, co-founded Through Positive Eyes, which is an art project and an exhibition created in collaboration with people living with HIV/AIDS.
Poster presentation by Melissa Medich, UCLA DGSOM Department of Family Medicine that describes a growing interest in engaging men and boys in health and development programs targeting the intersection of HIV risk, substance abuse, and violence. Masculinities or masculine identities shape both behaviors and provide opportunities for interventions. This paper examines an intervention using soccer and job training to engage and deliver activities for HIV prevention, substance abuse, and gender-based violence in a South African township in the Western Cape.
Poster presentation by Loc Q. Pham, Center for Community Health, the University of California, Los Angeles that provides an overview on a cross-sectional study was used to investigate the association between social support and motivation to change among people who use drugs (PWUD) living in community. The poster presentation also discusses methadone treatment status, and how social support is correlated with PWUD’s motivation to change.
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.
The SAFETY COUNTS program offers a proven intervention for out-of-treatment drug-using persons that will enable them to reduce their risk of becoming infected with or transmitting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis viruses such as hepatitis C. The SAFETY COUNTS intervention is appropriate for HIV-positive as well as HIV-negative drug users. SAFETY COUNTS is based on research that found this intervention to be effective in reducing high-risk sex and drug-use behaviors among both injection and noninjection drug users.