World AIDS Day Boston 2009
Presenting Late to Care: Changing the Dynamic
HIV Update
Part of the "NEHEC-MAI" series.
This program "Presenting Late to Care: Changing the Dynamic" will bring together the greater Boston community of clinical providers, administrators, policy makers, community leaders and people living with HIV (PLWHIV) to examine the complex issues involved in addressing the Late to Care phenomenon that is deeply rooted in the minority and immigrant populations in Massachusetts. The program will discuss the roots of this critical issue and develop ways to continue to build bridges between the health care system and the community in order to disseminate the message that "everyone should know their HIV status" and promote the idea of routine HIV testing. The program will also provide an update on state of the art HIV treatment. Improving access, increasing HIV testing and providing early treatment will have a significant impact on quality of life and overall long term survival.
AGENDA
7:30 - 8:30 Registration
8:30 - 9:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Donna Gallagher
9:00 - 9:15 Framing the Day
Introduction on Late to Care:
Kevin Cranston
9:15 – 10:15 HIV Update
State of Science
Cal Cohen
MA Epidemiology
Dawn Fukuda
10:15 – 11:15 Panel Discussions on Late to Care Factors
Facilitator: Donna Gallagher, Neil Cronin,
Richard Iandoli, Rhoda Johnson-Tuckett, Glory Ruiz, Sethia
11:15 –11:45 Ryan White Care Act Update
Henia Handler
11:45 – 12:00 Jubilee Singers
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Topic Discussion Tables
1:00 – 3:00 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Session I: Testing Issues
Facilitator: Kevin Cranston, Sharon T. Callender,
Jon Hall, Monique Tula
Session II: Immigration, Racism & Stigma
Facilitator: Durrell Fox, Chioma Nnaji, greg-eugene
Session III: Clinical Challenges
Facilitator: Leonard Alberts, Marcy Gelman,
Helene Hardy, Carole Hohl, Mylene St. Pierre
Lunch Table Discussions
There will be topic specific tables available for people interested in having a facilitated discussion about some of the important topics in HIV/AIDS. Lunch topics include the following:
HIV Over 50
Dentistry & HIV
Youth & HIV
Immigration & HIV
Media's Perspective on HIV/AIDS
Reproductive Issues
Consumer Table
Research
HIV in the Faith Community
Innovation Prevention Using Social Networking to Reach Outlying Populations.
POSTER SESSION
The co-sponsors of the World AIDS Day: Presenting Late to Care and Changing the Dynamics conference invite conference participants to submit posters describing an aspect of their work or recent accomplishments in HIV prevention, treatment, and care. Examples include a particular problem or issue and how it was addressed, a description of an innovative program or project, an analysis and the results of a research project, or other information which may be useful to colleagues and conference attendees.
All interested individuals are encouraged to take this opportunity to share their work with colleagues and submit a poster for display. Although all poster submissions will be considered by the conference poster review committee, those which describe projects related to the theme of this year’s conference – the challenges of care and treatment of people with HIV presenting late to care – will be prioritized.
Guidelines for Submission
If you would like to exhibit a poster at the World AIDS Day conference on December 1, please submit the following:
Title of poster (please consider choosing a title brief enough to be printed in an extra large font, readable from a distance.
An abstract of 200 words or less (plain-text only, no formatting) describing the poster.
Author's first and last name
Affiliation
Street address
City, State, Zip Code
E-mail Address (contact author only)
Phone number (with area code)
Fax number (with area code)
Poster submissions will be accepted through November 20, 2009. Notifications of selected posters will be made by November 24, 2009.
If you have questions about the status of your submission, please e-mail Kiger Lau at kiger.lau@umassmed.edu
EXHIBITS
If you are interested in exhibiting at this event, please email kiger.lau@umassmed.edu
Learn more about this event: download
the flyer/brochure.
Sponsorship & Funding
Jointly sponsored by: University of Massachusetts Medical School Office of Continuing Medical Education
New England AIDS Education and Training Center
UMMS Planning Committee: Jennifer Daly, MD, Donna Gallagher, RN, MS, ANP, FAAN, MA
Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The University of Massachusetts Medical School and New England AIDS Education and Training Center. The University of Massachusetts Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement: The University of Massachusetts Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses: Under the auspices of the New England AIDS Education & Training Center, this offering meets the requirements for a maximum of 3.0 contact hours, as specified by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244-CMR 5.04). Each nurse should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Policy on Faculty and Provider Disclosure: It is the policy of the University of Massachusetts Medical School to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all activities. All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School are required to present evidence-based data, identify and reference off-label product use and disclose all relevant financial relationships with those supporting the activity or others whose products or services are discussed. Faculty disclosure will be provided in the activity materials.
Funding: The New England AIDS Education and Training Center is one of fifteen education centers funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, and sponsored regionally by Commonwealth Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center , Worcester, MA, through a grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration, Federal Grant No.5 H4AHA00050-08-00.
Phone:
(617) 262-5657