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Sexual Health and HIV Prevention in Adolescents

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Southwest CHC
968 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06605
Starts at: June 8, 2023 12:15pm ET
Ends at: June 8, 2023 1:15pm ET
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Description

Gary Spinner, PA will present to the Pediatrics clinic at Southwest CHC

Objectives:

Identify the risk of HIV infection in adolescents

Understand the racial, ethnic and gender disparities for who is offered PrEP

Learn the importance of taking a sexual health history on every adolescent

Learn the 3 medications that can be used for PrEP and their implementation 

Become motivated to offer PrEP to adolescents under your care

 

Intended Audience

Southwest Community Health Center only

Contact

Person: sharen.mckay@yale.edu

Targeted Populations

A variety of the listed populations will be discussed at this event.

  • Children (ages 0 to 12)
  • Adolescents (ages 13 to 17)
  • Black or African American
  • Hispanic or LatinX
  • Gay, lesbian, bisexual
  • Transgender, Non-Binary, Other Gender

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

  • Behavioral Prevention
  • HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Sexual Health History Taking
  • Acute HIV
  • Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV Epidemiology
  • HIV monitoring and lab tests (i.e. CD4 ad viral load)
  • Pediatric HIV management
  • Non-infection comorbidities of HIV and viral hepatitis
  • Primary care screenings
  • Sexually transmitted infections
  • Pediatric risk assessment
  • Care coordination