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The Trans Experience: Pride in Our Health

Transgender and gender-diverse people seek preventive health care and health screenings less often than do other people due to a variety of factors including lack of insurance coverage, being refused care, difficulty finding a health care provider with expertise in transgender care or fear of discrimination in a health care setting. This webinar will address the need for accurate comprehensive data on transgender health, as well as how to provide specialized, culturally competent care to transgender individuals in a non-stigmatizing environment.

Faculty

Jasmine Ford LPN, BA, HIV Care Services Clinical Coordinator, VDH

Earline Budd, Non Medical Case Management Specialist, HIPS

Panelists

Sherri Meeks, Whitman-Walker

Tyree Williams, Brothers of Bonds

Kaniya Walker, Heart to Hand

Achim Howard, Trans Men Rising

Kym Gordon, Damien Ministries

The Trans Experience: Pride in Our Health

Transgender and gender-diverse people seek preventive health care and health screenings less often than do other people due to a variety of factors including lack of insurance coverage, being refused care, difficulty finding a health care provider with expertise in transgender care or fear of discrimination in a health care setting. This webinar, presented at the HAHSTA Ryan White Case Management Operating Committee Quarterly Training, will address the need for accurate comprehensive data on transgender health, as well as how to provide specialized, culturally competent care to transgender individuals in a non-stigmatizing environment.

Routine HIV Testing to End the HIV Epidemic

HIV testing is one of the core pillars of the US national Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative. It is also the first critical step in the HIV care continuum. This webinar will review national data on HIV testing, including the availability of testing and existing HIV testing policies and programs. This webinar also will discuss multi-level barriers and challenges to testing uptake and identify effective strategies to overcome these challeges and improve engagement in HIV testing.

La Fé en Acción: Empoderando a las Organizaciones de Fé Hispanas en la Prevención del VIH

En este curso se examinará la importancia y la necesidad de colaborar con grupos y organizaciones religiosas, especialmente en el entorno de la comunidad hispana. Se explorarán los grupos y organizaciones religiosos existentes centrados en la comunidad hispana en el área de Washington.  Se compartirán diversos recursos que servirán de base tanto para el proceso de evaluación personal como para el desarrollo de planes estratégicos de compromiso religioso personales u organizativos.  Al final de la formación, los participantes dispondrán de las herramientas necesarias para establecer relaciones de colaboración efectivas con diversos grupos y organizaciones religiosas con el fin de promover su labor de prevención del VIH.

HIV and HCV in DC: Epidemic Intricacies and Inclusive Approaches for Substance-Using Populations

Among persons living with HIV in the United States, an estimated 15 to 30% have HCV coinfection. For persons living with HIV who have HCV coinfection, liver-related morbidity and mortality is a prominent non-AIDS-related complication—up to 80 to 90% of liver-related deaths in persons living with HIV are attributable to HCV infection-and proper treatment remains a priority. This webinar will discuss HIV/HCV co-infection in DC, particularly among people who inject drugs, and evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies.

Equity in Action: Empowering BIPOC Healthcare via Community Engagement and PrEP Advocacy

This webinar will discuss how to promote equity, improve access, and increase retention in HIV prevention and care among BIPOC communities. The faculty will identify barriers and dispel myths relating to PrEP use in BIPOC communities in order to encourage patients’ use of PrEP while emphasizing strategies for fostering a strong patient-provider relationship. Additionally, the faculty will describe innovative healthcare delivery methods and initiatives to improve patients’ knowledge of PrEP and to increase PrEP uptake.

Faith in Action: Empowering Hispanic Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention

This course will discuss the importance and need for engagement with faith groups and organizations specifically within the Latino/a/x community. There will be an exploration of the existing Latino/a/x focused faith groups and organizations in the Maryland area.  Various resources will be shared that will inform both the personal assessment process as well as the development of either personal or organizational Strategic Religious Engagement plans.  At the conclusion of the training, participants will be armed with tools to effectively form collaborative relationships with diverse Latino/a/x faith groups and organizations in order to further their HIV prevention work.

PrEP: Preventing HIV in Women Across the Lifespan

PrEP is highly effective for preventing HIV, yet PrEP use among women is very low. Barriers that women face include lack of awareness, negative experiences with providers, lack of confidence that providers know about PrEP, adherence to a PrEP regimen, and negative responses from partners.

This webinar will highlight the importance of engaging women in HIV prevention at each stage of life, including strategies for engagement and barriers to care.