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WEBINAR: Community Health Worker ECHO #1: HIV Basics

Details

Starts at: September 14, 2021 12:00pm ET
Ends at: September 14, 2021 1:30pm ET
Free Admission

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Description

Presenter: Sharen McKay, PhD

Expert Panelists: F. Cintron, L. Tyson, K. Taylor, M. Moranino

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After this session learners will be able to:

-Describe viruses as compared to cells and organisms.

-Define the latent and lytic viral activities in host cells.

-Understand the unique activities in Human Immunodeficiency Virus compared to other viruses.

-Describe the relationships between HIV, viral load and CD4 T-cells.

-Point to the different ways that anti-retroviral therapies work to reduce viral load.

 

This learning session is open to members of the CHW ECHO only, it is not open to the public.

Targeted Populations

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

  • Adolescents (ages 13 to 17)
  • 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
  • People with Incarceration Experience

Topics

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

  • Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
  • Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
  • Basic science
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV Epidemiology
  • Health literacy