2025 Northeast Alliance Mid-Year Meet-Up
Details
Description
The Northeast Alliance is hosting it's first Mid-Year Meet-Up! After convening at our last annual conference, the group felt meeting only once a year wasn't enough. On May 16th, the Northeast Alliance will hold a 1-day event packed with engaging panel discussions, networking opportunities, and interactive breakout sessions and activities!
The event is geared towards healthcare professionals dedicated to the health and wellness of communities whose identity attributes increase their risks to acquiring HIV.
This 1-day gathering will be taking place at The Beatrice Hotel, located in Downtown Providence, RI.
A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Attendees are expected to cover the costs of their transportation, as this is an in-person meeting. Upon registration, participants will receive an email with detailed information where they can book their stay, should they decide to drive down the night before.
Please Note: Due to the limited training space, we politely ask agencies to limit the number of staff representing their agency to 1 or 2 attendees. Attendees registering with an agency that already has 2 participants will be placed on a waitlist and removed from the event's registration to allow space for other attendees.
For more information, please reach out to the director of the NEAETC Connecticut Local Partner Site, Dante Gennaro, at Dante.Gennaro@yale.edu.
Intended Audience
Frontline healthcare workers who provide direct healthcare services to clients whose population categories put them at the highest risk of acquiring HIV.
Targeted 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
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
- Women
- Gay, lesbian, bisexual
- Transgender, Non-Binary, Other Gender
- People Experiencing Homlessness
- People with Incarceration Experience
- Immigrants or Refugees
- 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 C
- Medication-assisted therapy for substance use disorders (i.e. buprenorphine, methadone, and/or naltrexone)
- Mental health disorders
- Primary care screenings
- Reproductive health, including preconception planning
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Substance use disorders
- Opioid use disorder
- Health or Wellness Maintenance
- Stigma or discrimination
- Community linkages
- Care coordination
- Organizational infrastructure
- Organizational needs assessment