The Northeast Alliance for LGBTQ+ Health: In-Person Event
Details
229 George St. New Haven, CT 06510
Description
This regional conference serves as an annual meeting point for healthcare providers who treat and serve the LGBTQ+ Community throughout the Northeast. The 1-1/2 day conference will take place June 1st at 10 a.m. and conclude on June 2nd at 2 p.m. at the New Haven Hotel, located in downtown New Haven, CT.
Over the course of the conference, participants will be able to attend sessions in-person or remotely to learn and discuss a variety of health topics concerning the LGBTQ+ Community's health, such as HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Viral Hepatitis, Substance Use Disorders, Stigma, and Mental Health.
Sessions will be recorded and comprised of both didactic and panel-style presentations.
Contact
Person: dante.gennaro@yale.eduTargeted Populations
A variety of the listed populations will be discussed at this event.
- Adolescents (ages 13 to 17)
- Young Adults (ages 18 to 24)
- Older Adults (ages 50 and over)
- Asian
- Black or African American
- Hispanic or LatinX
- Women
- Gay, lesbian, bisexual
- Transgender, Non-Binary, Other Gender
- People Experiencing Homlessness
- People with Incarceration Experience
- People Who Inject Drugs (PWID)
Materials
Topics
A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.
- Behavioral Prevention
- Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
- HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
- Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP, occupational and non-occupational)
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Treatment as Prevention (e.g., U=U)
- Aging and HIV
- Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
- HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
- HIV Epidemiology
- Linkage to Care
- Retention and/or re-engagement in care
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Immunization
- Mental health disorders
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Substance use disorders
- Opioid use disorder
- MPOX
- Stigma or discrimination
- Cultural Competency/Cultural Humility