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Best of ACTHIV® 2024: HIV the Basics"Primary Care in HIV
Selected by attendees and the program planning committee as one of the best sessions of the ACTHIV® 2024 conference for the frontline HIV care team, this activity will focus on best practices for a new patient intake for someone diagnosed with HIV, including asking relevant medical, social and historical information, and ensuring appropriate lab tests, diagnostic imaging and vaccinations based on the history taken.
Learning Objectives
Complete a new patient intake for someone diagno... |
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Formalized Training Cascades for Pharmacy Teams: Becoming an LGBTQ+ Ally to Improve HPV Immunization
Health disparities faced by LGBTQ+ individuals include social stigma and discrimination that are associated with increased rates of mental health disorders, substance abuse, and suicide. Better understanding the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people throughout their lives has been prioritized in research of late; however, a paucity of HCPs who are culturally competent in LGBTQ+ healthcare threatens to undermine improvement efforts.
Because pharmacists and pharmacy technicians provide access... |
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Recognize and Respond: Developing Tailored Communications With Parents To Improve Pediatric Vaccination Coverage
Pediatric vaccination rates have been declining in recent years. A relatively small percentage of people take a strict anti-vaccination stance regardless of evidence or scientific consensus, but other individuals, classified as “vaccine-hesitant,” are moving toward anti-vaccination, or “vaccine refusal” practices for a variety of reasons, including aggressive misinformation campaigns, lack of understanding of vaccines, distrust of healthcare, and safety concerns. For clinicians, the ci... |
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