HIV Testing and Beyond: Promoting Linkage, Retention and Adherence to HIV Care

Wednesday, February 15, 2012      12:00 - 1:30 p.m. (CST)

Faculty: Michael J. Mugavero, MD, MHSc, Associate Professor of Medicine; Clinical Cohort Director, Center for AIDS Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Program Overview: 
This program will describe the discrete processes across the continuum of HIV care.  Information will be presented in the context of the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which includes explicit goals for serostatus awareness, linkage and retention in HIV medical care. Operational definitions will be reviewed along with synthesis of the state of the science regarding testing and engagement in HIV care.  Model programs will be reviewed with emphasis on integrated, interdisciplinary programs relevant to individuals working in HIV in community, public health and clinic-based settings.

Program Objectives:

• Explain the individual and public health implications of success across the continuum of HIV care, including testing and engagement in care.
• Distinguish and illustrate the processes of engagement in HIV care: linkage, retention and re-engagement in care.
• Describe the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy measures and goals for testing linkage and retention in care.

Continuing Education:

Nursing, Social Work (applied for)
The Alabama Department of Public Health is an approved provider of continuing education by the Alabama State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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