Starting ART: Dialogues on Optimizing Engagement in HIV Care
CCO Infectious Disease Podcast
English - December 18, 2023 19:37 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBCourses Education Science Life Sciences hiv covid-19 cme hepatitis b hbv id medical education coronavirus hepatitis c hcv Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Engagement in Care: Dialogues on Optimizing Engagement in HIV Care
In this podcast episode, Isolde Butler, MD, MPH, a healthcare professional caring for people living with HIV, and Marissa Gonzalez, an individual living with HIV, discuss strategies to improve healthcare professionals’ competencies in delivering optimal HIV care from the start to better support patients in overcoming barriers to sustained care engagement.
The topics they discuss include:
An introduction to the guidelines on ART initiation—start quickly and choose the therapy that is effective and tolerableThe patient experience, from initial diagnosis to treatment selection, noting that where people get diagnosed matters in determining the level of support they will receiveThe complete HIV care team: healthcare professionals, navigators, case managers, behavioral health providers, mental health providers, and so on. Smaller clinics may not be able to provide adequate support to meet all patient needsHow to navigate the first visit after an HIV diagnosis, including patient–provider treatment discussions on the available therapies that can help with stigmaHIV stigma education; navigating the miseducation and misinformationPresenters:
Isolde F. Butler, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Cresentcare
New Orleans, Louisiana
Marissa Gonzalez
Chair
Community Advisory Board
The Well Project
Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3TqVnl1