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HIV Overview - Case Studies - Part 2

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Wheeler Health Center
74 East Street, Plainville, CT 06062
Starts at: February 6, 2019 8:30am ET
Ends at: February 6, 2019 9:30am ET
Free Admission
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Description

LEARNING OBJECTIVES THROUGH THE USE OF CASE STUDIES:

  1. Discussion, based on DHHS guidelines, the process to determine a patient's HIV health status: CD4, Viral Load, relevant screening and bloodwork
  2. Discuss the prescribing ART therapy using current guidelines
  3. Discuss the potential drug interactions and management of common comorbidities

Targeted Populations

A variety of the listed populations will be discussed at this event.

  • Young Adults (ages 18 to 24)
  • Older Adults (ages 50 and over)
  • Black or African American
  • Hispanic or LatinX
  • Gay, lesbian, bisexual
  • People Experiencing Homlessness

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

  • HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Acute HIV
  • Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
  • Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
  • Basic science
  • Clinical manifestations of HIV disease
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV monitoring and lab tests (i.e. CD4 ad viral load)
  • HIV resistance testing and interpretation
  • Cervical cancer screening, including HPV
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Immunization
  • Opportunistic Infections
  • Primary care screenings
  • Sexually transmitted infections
  • Tuberculosis