Opening Session of the Provider Series and the Nurse Series

10.29.2020

Hepatitis C Elimination – the Key Role of Jails and Prisons

Presented By: David de Gijsel, MD, Assistant Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine

Brief overview/description: The United States government has endorsed the World Health Organization’s goal of eliminating hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030. Most new hepatitis C infections in the United States occur among people who use drugs. The criminalization of drug use has led to a large population of people infected with hepatitis C in prisons and jails throughout the United States. Successful and efficient elimination strategies focus on testing and treating of hepatitis C in people who are incarcerated.

Structural Inequity, Racial and Ethnic Disparities & Infectious Diseases

Presented By: Bisola Ojikutu, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Global and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Associate Physician, Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Faculty Member, Infectious Disease Divisions, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Brief overview/description: This talk will focus on structural factors, such as structural racism, promoting risk for infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and HIV. Public health and clinical strategies to addressing these factors within underserved communities will be highlighted.

2^nd Session of the Nurse Series

11.5.2020

HCV Screening and Treatment for Correctional Facility Nurses

Presented By: Marguerite Beiser, ANP-BC, Director of HCV Services, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Brief overview/description: We will review the recommendations and clinical considerations around screening, diagnosis and
treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV). We will discuss the nursing role in facilitating and supporting successful HCV treatment in the correctional
setting.  

Meeting People Where They Are At to Reduce Drug Related Harm 

Presented By: Kerry Nolte, Ph.D., FNP-C, Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of New Hampshire; Chair, New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition 

Brief overview/description: Health care providers have opportunities to engage and support clients who use drugs in collaborative goal setting to reduce risk for overdose and infection. This primer will discuss how harm reduction strategies can be utilized with incarcerated persons and provide resources for additional learning

3rd Session of the Nurse Series

11.12.2020

Trauma-Informed Care and Sexual Health Assessment in the Correctional Setting

Presented By: Solomon Hallal, MA, LICSW

Brief overview/description: This presentation will first cover the basic tenets of trauma-informed care (TIC), making the case for its application as a best practice in the correctional setting. Next, the value of applying TIC when taking sexual and mental health histories will be explored, with emphasis on the importance of using TIC when interviewing or examining sexual minorities to include LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, genderfluid, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, and intersex) inmate patients.

 Voices from Lived Experiences

Krissy Nikitas, BS, CMA, Moderator

4th Session of the Nurse Series

11.19.2020

HBV Prevention, Screening and Management for Correctional Facility Nurses

Presented By: Marguerite Beiser, ANP-BC, Director of HCV Services, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Brief overview/description: We will review the recommendations for prevention, screening and management of hepatitis B virus (HBV). We will demystify HBV test results and discuss clinical scenarios in which HBV can impact other medical care.  

STDs in the Corrections Setting: An Opportunity for Sexual Health

Presented By: Ann Goulbourne, RN, BSN, Sexual Health Nurse Specialist, Infectious Disease Prevention, Investigation & Care Services

Brief overview/description: Discussion of sexual activity in the corrections setting, as well as opportunities for sexual health best practices.  Clinical syndromes of chlamydia, gonorrhea, & syphilis including symptoms, screening recommendations (including extra-genital testing), interpreting lab results, and syphilis staging. STD Treatment guidelines, including information on Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT). STD reporting to NH DHHS and working together with Public Health.

5th and Final Session of the Nurse Series

12.3.2020

Overview of HIV Care in 2020

Presented by: Rebecca Thal, NP-C, AAHIVS

Brief overview/description: This presentation will provide an introduction to HIV epidemiology, screening, management, prevention, and special considerations.

ECHO Project Team

Prison Peer Education Project: NMPEP

 Presented By: Daniel Rowan, CPSW, Program Manager, the New Mexico Peer Education Project, ECHO Institute™

Prison Peer Education Project: INPEP

Presented By: Andrea Janota, Interim Director, Center for Public Health Practice & IUPUI ECHO Center, Adjunct Faculty

Brief overview/description:
Prison Peer education provides an effective method for disseminating vital health information to the general prison population while providing meaningful opportunities for incarcerated men and women to develop marketable skills and build self-efficacy