Targeted Access to Community Knowledge, Linkage to treatment and Education for HIV/HCV in people of color
(TACKLE HIV/HCV in people of color)
Presented by: Wari Allison, MD, PhD
Session 1 Objectives:
- Overview of TACKLE HIV/HCV project goals, partnerships, data flow
- Outline of Year 1 planning and project infrastructure
- Detailed description of TACKLE HIV/HCV project implementation findings including:
- HIV/HCV Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO)
- HIV/HCV surveillance
- AETC national HIV/HCV co-infection curriculum evaluation
- Description of TACKLE HIV/HCV sustainability & dissemination & next steps for final project year
Visualizing Health Disparities:
Using storytelling and visualizations to make data accessible
Presented by: Ann Dills, MSW
Session 2 Objectives:
- How to build trust using data
- Challenge mythology
- Build data literacy
- Make it accessible and engaging
- Make space for community to be part of the story
- Show them pathways for next steps, including prioritizing populations for care service systems adaptations
- Actively reflect anti-stigmatizing language/messaging
Treating HCV in Persons with Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders
Presented by: Jeffrey J. Weiss, PhD, MS
Session 3 Objectives:
- Understand how a substance use disorder diagnosis is relevant to the HCV care cascade
- Conduct PREP-C assessment
- Discuss evidence for efficacy of PREP-C
Hepatitis C Surveillance in Texas
Presented by: Carlos Alvarez, MPH, CPH & Vittoria Criss, MS
Session 4 Objectives:
- Incorporate viral hepatitis prevention activities into existing public health, clinical care, and community settings.
- Educate the public, partners, and stakeholders on relevant policies including state-mandated hepatitis B and hepatitis C reporting, and public/private insurance reimbursement for recommended testing and treatment.
- Work with state agencies to improve hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing, detection, and linkage to care and treatment in all settings.
- Monitor and evaluate how policies impact testing, care, and treatment of hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
HIV Care for Incarcerated Individuals
Presented by: Ank Nijhawan, MD, MPH, MSCS
Session 5 Objectives:
- Epidemiology
- Incarceration
- HIV and Incarceration
- HIV Care Cascade in Criminal Justice System
- HIV Testing
- HIV Prevention
- Engagement and retention in care
- Treatment and viral suppression
- Future Directions