Federal partner update on PrEP awareness and engagement efforts by Michelle Sandoval-Rosario (PACE Region 9) and panel discussion by Reina Hernandez (San Francisco AIDS Foundation), Terry Smith, (Sexual Health and HIV Prevention Services, and Sergio Velasquez (APLA Health) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 9. The presentations focused on strategies to engage, support, and retain communities at risk for HIV in PrEP care.
Key note presentation by Brian R. Wood from UW & Mountain West AETC at the Delivery of Telehealth in Clinical Care and Research Interventions: Challenges, Barriers, Success, and Future Considerations conference on June 2021. The presentation discusses the benefits of telemedicine that include avoiding public transportation, waiting rooms, etc and preventing missed work, child or other family care needs. The presentation further introduces the idea of telemedicine needs – social determinants of digital health, these determinants include device with sufficient data, reliable broadband, technical literacy, etc.
Oral presentation by Sunil Suhas Solomon at UCLA HIV Grand Rounds on June 2021. The presentation describes a research trial that examines the impact of integrated delivery of HIV prevention and treatment services in a non-discriminatory setting on uptake of HIV testing among PWID and MSM in India.
Panel discussion by Michelle Sandoval-Rosario, Jose Ortiz (Region IX PACE), and Alonso Bautista (AltaMed Health Services), Demisha Burns (WORLD), Adriana Kimbriel (CRIHB), Jason Norelli (GLIDE Foundation), and Mallery Jenna Robinson, (The LGBTQ Center Long Beach) that discusses the importance of community engagement in hardly reached communities to reduce viral suppression rates, reduce HIV Transmission rates, and improve linkage/retention in care.
Panel discussion by Leroy Blea (Facente Consulting), Dr. Sophy Wong (East Bay Getting to Zero), David Coleman (Black AIDS Institute), Reyna Perez (CAL-PEP), Dr. Toni D’orsay (Borrego Health), Karla Torres (San Ysidro Health) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 2. The panel focused on effective strategies to engage hardly reached communities as we work together to end the HIV epidemic.
Oral presentation by Angel B. Algarin that’s examines regional differences in the HIV care cascade among MSM in Mexico, some of the variables that measures care cascade are related to HIV counseling at diagnosis, linkage to care, lab results, access to ART, currently on ART. The presentation also describes how lower resources, increased stigma, and accessibility issue could be driving regional disparities.
Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 3 – kick off part 3 hosted on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, from 10-11:30 a.m. PST. The third session of this series describes the EHE initiative, current and future EHE efforts in California, and opportunities to engage. The session discusses the integrated HIV surveillance, prevention and care plan. The presentation also describes EHE strategies and planning in San Bernardino, San Diego, and San Francsico County.
This factsheet describes contingency management (CM) as a behavioral intervention that promotes healthy behavior using positive reinforcement in the form of rewards. CM was adopted by public health practitioners and policymakers to help bring about a variety of positive health outcomes, including employment seeking behaviors, starting and continuing to take prescribed medications for the prevention of HIV and remaining engaged in HIV care.
This report summarizes the preliminary findings and next steps emerging from the “Technology-Based PrEP Delivery and Retention Services for Black and Latino MSM, Black and Latina Transgender Women, Black and Latina Cisgender Women, and Persons Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles County” community consultation. The report includes a description of the study procedures, preliminary results, and recommendations for future implementation.
Dr. Nina Harawa reflected on today’s panel in honor of NBHAAD she raised a range of issues, concerns, and solutions. Among other points, the stellar group of committed provider/advocates highlighted the changing healthcare landscape and workforce training needs. The latter issue particularly drew my attention. It is on days like these that I realize I have been in the HIV fight, in this corner of the epidemic, for a long time. Others have been in it even longer and will soon retire.