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Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Ryan White Community Collaborative

Effi Barry Training Institute’s Virtual Provider Summit 

Target Audience

This activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, social workers and other healthcare providers engaged in the care of patients with HIV.

Faculty

Michael Shankle

Senior Director of Capacity Building

Frank Hawkins, MS, ICGC-1, Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement, AIDS Delaware

Julia Hidalgo, ScD, MSW, MPHChief Executive Officer, Positive Outcomes, Inc.

Hanna Tessema, MPH, MSWTraining Consultant

Monica Ruiz, PhD, MPHAssociate Professor, George Washington University

Emmanuel Oppong-Adjei, MPHTrainer Educator III, Delaware Division of Public Health

Tamara Henry, EdDAssistant Teaching Professor, George Washington University

Natella Rakhmanina, MD, PhD, FAAP, FCP, AAHIVSProfessor with Tenure, George Washington University

 

Educational Objectives:

Session: Systems Coordination & Development

Identify the correlation and significance of HIV Continuum of Care and System Coordination

Define the gaps in service for PLWHA

Discuss the importance of communication between the various “systems”

Examine key standards of operation (SOPs) between various service providers

Session: Conducting a Gap Analysis

Discuss the framework for conducting a gap analysis in conducting Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE): A Plan for America activities in designing, implementing, evaluating, and improving HIV prevention and care services.

Examine HIV cascades to identify and interpret gaps in HIV Care Continuum.

Identify timely, accurate data sources to improve the accuracy of prevention and care cascades and gap analyses.

Apply prevention and care cascade data to design regional, local, agency-specific and population-specific cascades and gathering data to compute them.

Session: Building Organizational Capacity & Developing Leadership

Define organizational capacity

Practice assessing capacity

Discuss the building blocks of organizational readiness and partnership building

Compare the difference between leadership and management

Session: HIV Program Implementation & Improvement

Specify the specific Behavioral Objectives and Health Objectives associated with their programs

Identify the data that are needed to determine if their programs are successful in achieving the Behavioral and Health Objectives

Identify the data necessary to measure successful program implementation

Identify the areas in which program implementation can be improved

Identify the data necessary to determine successful program improvement

Session: Data Collection & Sharing

Brainstorm types of data most important to HIV/AIDS programs

Identify common data needs that would affect optimal client care

Discuss barriers to data collection and sharing

Explore protocols for your program to support data collection and sharing

Session: Leveraging Program Income to End the Epidemic

Identify what program income is and how it is generated under by Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) awards

Discuss when and how to spend program income

Discuss tracking and reporting program income earned and expended

Identify HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) requirements and resources regarding Policy Clarification Notice (PCN) 15-03 and related frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Determine with Federal requirements related to program income

Identify at least three methods for generating, accounting for, and reporting program income

Session: Population Engagement & Targeted Testing

Identify effective strategies to engage focus populations

Discuss the process for engaging focus populations

Review evidence based strategies that have been successful in focus populations

Session: Advancing HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment

Describe recent dynamics in the epidemiology of HIV infection regionally and nationally

Identify the principles of modern approaches to the HIV prevention

Identify the data sources necessary to determine whether or not structural factors affect program utilization by clients

Summarize current approaches to the HIV care and treatment

Apply the latest updates in the US HHS HIV prevention and treatment guidelines

Session: Care Coordination to Reach Viral Suppression

Identify sustained viral suppression as an ultimate goal of HIV management

Review current state of the HIV care continuum and viral suppression in the USA and Washington, DC metropolitan area

Identify factors associated with the failure to achieve viral suppression

Apply principles of care coordination to reach and sustain viral suppression into practice

Session: Treatment & Wellness Support to Reduce New Infections

Describe PrEP & TasP

Discuss the DC plan to end the epidemic

Explore HIV wellness and prevention measures

Become familiar with best practices for reducing new HIV infections

 

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Medical Education

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Continuing Physician Assistant Education

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 10.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Continuing Nursing Education

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 10.5 contact hours.

Continuing Social Worker Education

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 10.5 clinical continuing education credits.

CHES

Sponsored by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 10.5 total Category I contact education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours available are 10.5. Provider ID# 101879. Full attendance required to receive credit.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

Faculty

The faculty presenters have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Planners and Managers

The PIM planners and managers have nothing to disclose. The HealthHIV planners and managers have nothing to disclose.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Request for Credit

If you wish to receive acknowledgment for completing this activity, please complete the evaluation on www.cmeuniversity.com. On the navigation menu, click on “Find Post-test/Evaluation by Course” and search by course ID 15731. Upon registering and completing the activity evaluation, your certificate will be made available immediately.

Data to Care: Using health outcome data to demonstrate project effectiveness

Data to Care: Using health outcome data to demonstrate project effectiveness:

Jamie Shank, MPH
President & CEO of Organizational Empowerment, LLC
& Justin Britanik
Quality Management Specialist at District of Columbia Department of Health

Duration: 60 minutes total (45 presentation + 15min Q&A)

Learning Objectives: By the end of this training participants were able to
1. Describe a Data to Care (D2C) Strategy
2. Understand use of Surveillance data for D2C
3. Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative D2C practices
4. List examples of storytelling through data use data to drive change improvements in their organization

Brief Description: In this interactive session, an overview of the essential framework for Data to Care (D2C) was discussed. Participants were exposed to other mechanisms of storytelling
through data, sharing examples from other RWHAP jurisdictions. In particular, the use of surveillance data, photovoice, and integrated partnerships was explored.

Part 1 of Community Engagement Series: Authentic Coalition Building and Cultural Humility: Tools and Techniques 

Part 1:  Authentic Coalition Building and Cultural Humility: Tools and Techniques 

Community Engagement Series: Collaborating Effectively to Address HIV

Speakers: Dr D. Scott Batey,  PhD, MSW, LiCSW, PIP

&

Dr. Briana Woods-Jaeger, PhD

Learning Objectives:

  • Define community, explain basis for community engagement 
  • Provide specific context of working with communities affected by HIV
  • Provide case study demonstrating community engagement and/or a community-engaged focus
  • Understand the definition and core principles of cultural humility
  • Learn about translating cultural humility principles into practice  

Series Description:

This four part webinar series invited participants to deep-dive into strategies and theories behind community engaged work with populations affected by HIV. The series introduced participants to the nuance of community engagement and cultural humility, provided concrete examples and guiding principles for Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), and guided participants in implementing the results of CBPR in authentic and sustainable ways. Ultimately, this webinar series encouraged participants and organizations to explore ways to re-focus on community members as key partners and decision-makers, and to collaborate and innovate effectively with these stakeholders while prioritizing them each step of the way. This was an interactive webinar series complete with case studies, etc, for optimal participant engagement. Health care professionals, social workers, educators and advocates for justice are encouraged to attend this webinar series.

Part 2 of Community Engagement Series: How To: Building and Conducting Community Based Participatory Research

Part 2: Building and Conducting Community Based Participatory Research

Community Engagement Series: Collaborating Effectively to Address HIV

Speaker: 

Dr. Angulique Outlaw, PhD

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Discuss the rationale for a CBPR approach in public health research.
  2. Develop collaborative partnerships to engage in CBPR.
  3. Explain the process and challenges of forming and maintaining CBPR
  4. partnerships.
  5. Understand the importance of CBPR partnerships in the dissemination of research findings and community change 

Series Description:

This four part webinar series invited participants to deep-dive into strategies and theories behind community engaged work with populations affected by HIV. The series will introduce participants to the nuance of community engagement and cultural humility, will provide concrete examples and guiding principles for Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), and will guide participants in implementing the results of CBPR in authentic and sustainable ways. Ultimately, this webinar series encourages participants and organizations to explore ways to re-focus on community members as key partners and decision-makers, and to collaborate and innovate effectively with these stakeholders while prioritizing them each step of the way. This is an interactive webinar series complete with case studies, etc, for optimal participant engagement. Health care professionals, social workers, educators and advocates for justice are encouraged to attend this webinar series.

 

Part 3 of Community Engagement Series; Community Based Participatory Research in Action

Part 3: Community Based Participatory Research in Action

Community Engagement Series: Collaborating Effectively to Address HIV

Speaker: 

Dr. Rasheeta Chandler, PhD RN

Learning Objectives: 

  • Describe strategies to effectively implement CBPR in minority communities.
  • Contrast best practices and pitfalls in conducting CBPR in minority communities.
  • Restate community based participatory research (CBPR) in the context of their project/study.

Series Description:

This four part webinar series invited participants to deep-dive into strategies and theories behind community engaged work with populations affected by HIV. The series will introduce participants to the nuance of community engagement and cultural humility, will provide concrete examples and guiding principles for Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), and will guide participants in implementing the results of CBPR in authentic and sustainable ways. Ultimately, this webinar series encourages participants and organizations to explore ways to re-focus on community members as key partners and decision-makers, and to collaborate and innovate effectively with these stakeholders while prioritizing them each step of the way. This was an interactive webinar series complete with case studies, etc, for optimal participant engagement. Health care professionals, social workers, educators and advocates for justice are encouraged to attend this webinar series.

 

Part 4 of Community Engagement Series; Implementation Science with Communities: Creating Outcomes

Part 4: Implementation Science with Communities: Creating Outcomes 

Community Engagement Series: Collaborating Effectively to Address HIV

Speaker:

Dr. Abigail Baim-Lance, PhD MA

Learning Objectives:

  • Define the core principles of Implementation Science research, and the benefits of using a participatory research approach
  • Distinguish Implementation Science and the role of participation from other research (e.g. RCTs) and measurement (e.g., program evaluation, quality improvement) endeavors
  • Describe how to apply participation strategies to engage a range of stakeholders to design and conduct Implementation Science projects within healthcare settings

Series Description:

This four part webinar series will invite participants to deep-dive into strategies and theories behind community engaged work with populations affected by HIV. The series will introduce participants to the nuance of community engagement and cultural humility, will provide concrete examples and guiding principles for Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), and will guide participants in implementing the results of CBPR in authentic and sustainable ways. Ultimately, this webinar series encourages participants and organizations to explore ways to re-focus on community members as key partners and decision-makers, and to collaborate and innovate effectively with these stakeholders while prioritizing them each step of the way. This is an interactive webinar series complete with case studies, etc, for optimal participant engagement. Health care professionals, social workers, educators and advocates for justice are encouraged to attend this webinar series.

 

 

Black Women’s Health Across the Lifespan Part 3: Promoting Health and Wellness for Black Older Women

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About the Learning Series
Black adolescent and adult women in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by HIV, STIs, COVID-19, intimate partner violence, stigma, and poor maternal and child health outcomes. The impact of these inequities on Black adolescent and adult women can accumulate across the lifespan, undermining their overall health outcomes.

During this three-part collaborative learning series, panelists discussed pressing issues in the lives of Black adolescent and adult women, covering the following topics:

  • HIV Prevention and Care, Including Biomedical Approaches
  • Health Promotion and Wellness
  • COVID-19
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Healthy Relationships
  • Stigma and Racism
  • Psychosocial Determinants
  • Resilience and Self-Care

Following the presentations, faculty engaged in a moderated panel discussion.

Learning Objectives

After participating in the collaborative learning series, participants will:

  • Discuss the unique perspectives of health inequalities on the lives of Black youth-, young adult-, middle-, and older-aged Black women
  • Understand the common socioeconomic determinants associated with lack of access to health care and vulnerability to intimate partner violence in Black women of reproductive age.
  • List the health inequities that drive disparate rates of HIV and STIs among Black women across the life course.
  • Describe the comorbidities in older Black who are or have experienced menopause.
  • Detail the health care access barriers created by provider bias and stigma
  • Analyze the factors that foster resilience in Black women across the lifespan.

Free continuing education credits are available (AMA, AAPA, ANCC, ASWB, CPH, CHES), which are jointly provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Learn more here.

Session 3: Promoting Health and Wellness for Black Older Women

Panelists
Tonya Taylor, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Department of Medicine

Michelle Lopez
Healthy Aging Specialist, GMHC

Moderators
Hanna Tessema, DrPH(c), MPH, MSW
Lecturer, George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public HealthHIV

Lisa Frederick
Capacity Building Manager, HealthHIV

Download Session 3 Slides here: https://tinyurl.com/y5bmw6jh.

 

Black Women’s Health Across the Lifespan Part 2: Black Women and Sexual and Reproductive Health (Webinar)

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About the Learning Series
Black adolescent and adult women in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by HIV, STIs, COVID-19, intimate partner violence, stigma, and poor maternal and child health outcomes. The impact of these inequities on Black adolescent and adult women can accumulate across the lifespan, undermining their overall health outcomes.

During this three-part collaborative learning series, panelists discussed pressing issues in the lives of Black adolescent and adult women, covering the following topics:

  • HIV Prevention and Care, Including Biomedical Approaches
  • Health Promotion and Wellness
  • COVID-19
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Healthy Relationships
  • Stigma and Racism
  • Psychosocial Determinants
  • Resilience and Self-Care

Following the presentations, faculty engaged in a moderated panel discussion.

Learning Objectives

After participating in the collaborative learning series, participants will:

  • Discuss the unique perspectives of health inequalities on the lives of Black youth-, young adult-, middle-, and older-aged Black women
  • Understand the common socioeconomic determinants associated with lack of access to health care and vulnerability to intimate partner violence in Black women of reproductive age.
  • List the health inequities that drive disparate rates of HIV and STIs among Black women across the life course.
  • Describe the comorbidities in older Black who are or have experienced menopause.
  • Detail the health care access barriers created by provider bias and stigma
  • Analyze the factors that foster resilience in Black women across the lifespan.

Free continuing education credits are available (AMA, AAPA, ANCC, ASWB, CPH, CHES), which are jointly provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Learn more here.


Session 2: Black Women and Sexual and Reproductive Health

Panelists

Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS
Former Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of HIV
New York City Health Department

Kimberly Canady
Love Heals

Moderators
Hanna Tessema, DrPH(c), MPH, MSW
Lecturer, George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public HealthHIV

Lisa Frederick
Capacity Building Manager, HealthHIV

Download Session 2 Slides

Black Women’s Health Across the Lifespan Part 1: Black Adolescent & Young Women: Sex Positivity and Healthy Relationships (Webinar)

Effi Barry Training Institute Banner

About the Learning Series
Black adolescent and adult women in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by HIV, STIs, COVID-19, intimate partner violence, stigma, and poor maternal and child health outcomes. The impact of these inequities on Black adolescent and adult women can accumulate across the lifespan, undermining their overall health outcomes.

During this three-part collaborative learning series, panelists discussed pressing issues in the lives of Black adolescent and adult women, covering the following topics:

  • HIV Prevention and Care, Including Biomedical Approaches
  • Health Promotion and Wellness
  • COVID-19
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Healthy Relationships
  • Stigma and Racism
  • Psychosocial Determinants
  • Resilience and Self-Care

Following the presentations, faculty engaged in a moderated panel discussion.

Learning Objectives

After participating in the collaborative learning series, participants will:

  • Discuss the unique perspectives of health inequalities on the lives of Black youth-, young adult-, middle-, and older-aged Black women
  • Understand the common socioeconomic determinants associated with lack of access to health care and vulnerability to intimate partner violence in Black women of reproductive age.
  • List the health inequities that drive disparate rates of HIV and STIs among Black women across the life course.
  • Describe the comorbidities in older Black who are or have experienced menopause.
  • Detail the health care access barriers created by provider bias and stigma
  • Analyze the factors that foster resilience in Black women across the lifespan.

Free continuing education credits are available (AMA, AAPA, ANCC, ASWB, CPH, CHES), which are jointly provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Learn more here.

Session 1: Black Adolescent and Young Women: Sex Positivity and Healthy Relationships

Panelists
Yaphet Bryant, PhD
Director of Mental Health Services, Children’s National Hospital

Adrienne Barksdale, MSW, LMSW
Program Coordinator, DC Department of Health, HAHSTA

Moderators
Hanna Tessema, DrPH(c), MPH, MSW
Lecturer, George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public HealthHIV

Lisa Frederick
Capacity Building Manager, HealthHIV

 

Ryan White Case Management Operating Committee (CMOC) training: Engaging and Retaining Clients in Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment During COVID-19

The training covered how mental health and substance use services are being delivered in DC during COVID-19, recent trends in mental health and substance use treatment, and treatment challenges and solutions during COVID-19.

  • Understand how behavioral health services are being provided on the ground during COVID-19
  • Recommendations for working with clients with behavioral health needs
  • The above effects on the delivery of HIV care in DC

This was a mandatory virtual (via Zoom) case management training for Ryan White-funded case managers.

Continuing education credits (CEUs) were available for social workers and nurses.