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WEBINAR: HIV & PrEP Update, PWH Case Study

Details

Starts at: June 18, 2020 9:00am ET
Ends at: June 18, 2020 12:00pm ET
Free Admission

Invite Only: Password Protected

Description

Participants will be able to:

  • Understand HIV disease process, treatment, and diagnosis
  • PrEP as an HIV prevention tool
  • Identify key risk populations for PrEP
  • Understand PrEP protocol: clinical lab testing, HIV screening, and follow-up screening for maintenance Rx
  • Understand PWH experience with medical care

 

THIS EVENT IS OPEN ONLY TO SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY PA STUDENTS, IT IS NOT A PUBLIC EVENT

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
  • Gay, lesbian, bisexual

Topics

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

  • HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Treatment as Prevention (e.g., U=U)
  • Other biomedical prevention
  • Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
  • Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
  • Basic science
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV Epidemiology
  • HIV monitoring and lab tests (i.e. CD4 ad viral load)
  • HIV resistance testing and interpretation
  • Retention and/or re-engagement in care
  • Cervical cancer screening, including HPV
  • Immunization
  • Non-infection comorbidities of HIV and viral hepatitis
  • Opportunistic Infections
  • Cultural competence
  • Stigma or discrimination
  • Cultural Competency/Cultural Humility