Techniques and Education on Self-Testing Services for the South

Tecnicas y Educación sobre Servicios de Autoprueba para el Sur

TESTS 2021 will provide information, best practices, and shared resources and experiences on initiating, implementing, and/or sustaining HIV Self-Testing in the nineteen CDC-funded Southern regional jurisdictions and beyond. There is no cost to attend.

TESTS 2021 proporcionará información, mejores prácticas y recursos y experiencias compartidas sobre cómo iniciar, implementar y / o mantener la autoprueba del VIH en las diecinueve jurisdicciones regionales del sur financiadas por los CDC y más allá. No hay ningún costo para asistir.

Overview

In this webinar, Dr. Cheryl Case Johnson will discuss the latest global systematic review and metaanalysis of HIV Self-Testing she co-authored for the World Health Organization published in December 2020.

Following this presentation, Lisa Diane White, Deputy Director of SisterLove, Inc. will offer a response and recommendations for Southern HST services, while highlighting work that their own organization is doing in this regard.

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You can find the WHO Global HIV Self-Testing Review article here.

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You can learn more about SisterLove, Inc, here.

Descripción General

En este seminario web, la Dra. Cheryl Case Johnson discutirá la última revisión sistemática global y metaanálisis sobre autopruebas de VIH que ella coautor para la Organización Mundial de la Salud y que se publicó en diciembre de 2020.

Después de esta presentación, Lisa Diane White, Directora Adjunta de SisterLove, Inc, ofrecerá una respuesta y recomendaciones para servicios de autoprueba de VIH en Sur, mientras tanto, destacando el trabajo que está realizando su propia organización al respecto.

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In this webinar, Dr. Rob Stephenson and Kieran Todd from Project MOXIE will discuss their HIV Self-Testing protocols for recruiting and retaining Transgender and Nonbinary participants.

Following their presentation, Evonné Kaho, Executive Director and Founder of Love Me Unlimited for Life, will offer a response and recommendations for Southern HST services, while highlighting work her own organization is doing to support Trans communities.

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You can find out more about Project MOXIE’s TGNB HST protocols here.

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You can learn more about Love Me Unlimited for Life, Inc. here.

Descripción General

En este seminario web, el Dr. Rob Stephenson y Kieran Todd de Project MOXIE hablarán sobre sus protocolos de autoprueba de VIH para reclutar y retener a participantes transgénero y no binarios.

Después de su presentación, Evonné Kaho, directora ejecutiva y fundadora de Love Me Unlimited for Life, ofrecerá una respuesta y recomendaciones para los servicios de autoprueba de VIH en el Sur, mientras destaca el trabajo que está haciendo su propia organización para apoyar a las comunidades trans.

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In this webinar, Dr. Iván C. Balán will offer reflections on a recently published systematic review of HIV Self-Testing in the context of Intimate Partner Violence across the US and Puerto Rico.

Following his presentation, Mónica Drasal-Hinton and Florence Simán from El Pueblo, Inc., will offer a response while highlighting work their organization is currently doing to address IPV and Sexual Health. 

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You can find Dr. Balán’s recently co-authored article on HST and IPV here.

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You can learn more about El Pueblo, Inc. here.

Descripción General

En este webinar, el Dr. Iván C. Balán ofrecerá reflexiones sobre una revisión sistemática publicada recientemente sobre la autoprueba del VIH en el contexto de la violencia de pareja íntima en los Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico.

Después de su presentación, Mónica Drasal-Hinton y Florence Simán de El Pueblo, Inc., ofrecerán una respuesta y destacarán el trabajo que su organización está realizando actualmente para abordar la violencia de género y la salud sexual.

Overview

In this roundtable, representatives from the Virginia Department of Health, Tennessee Department of Health, and the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board based out of Oklahoma will share about their HIV Self-Testing program development and implementation strategies and best-practices, beginning prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Speakers will particularly focus on the collaborative nature of HST programming and experiences managing HST services across distinct regions within the same and in distinct jurisdictions.

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You can learn more about HST Services at the VADOH here.

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You can learn more about HST Services at the TNDOH here.

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You can learn more about the HST Services at the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board here.

Descripción General

En esta mesa redonda, representantes del Departamento de Salud de Virginia, el Departamento de Salud de Tennessee y la Junta de Salud Tribal de las Llanuras del Sur con sede en Oklahoma compartirán sobre las estrategias y mejores prácticas de desarrollo e implementación del programa de autoevaluación del VIH, comenzando antes de la Pandemia de COVID-19.

Los oradores se centrarán particularmente en la naturaleza colaborativa de la programación de HST y las experiencias en la gestión de los servicios de HST en distintas regiones dentro de la misma y en distintas jurisdicciones. 

Overview

In this roundtable, representatives from the Alliance of Services - Carolina (North Carolina), the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition (Georgia), and the Knights & Orchids Society (Alabama) will share about their HIV Self-Testing program development and implementation strategies and best-practices.

Speakers will particularly focus on the collaborative nature of HST programming while highlighting how they have integrated or plan to integrate HST into their current menu of services amidst evolving client concerns.

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You can learn more about the Alliance of AIDS Services - Carolina here.

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You can learn more about The Knights & Orchids Society here.

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You can learn more about the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition here.

Descripción General

En esta mesa redonda, representantes de Alliance of Services - Carolina (Carolina del Norte), Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition (Georgia) y Knights & Orchids Society (Alabama) compartirán estrategias de implementación y desarrollo y mejores prácticas sobre programación de Autoprueba de VIH.

Los oradores se centrarán especialmente en el carácter colaborativo de la programación de autoprueba de VIH y destacarán cómo se han integrado o planean integrar autoprueba de VIH en su menú actual de servicios en medio de las preocupaciones cambiantes de los clientes.

Overview

Risk screening and assessments are essential components of HIV testing and prevention services.

Risk screening is an ongoing practice that we are most familiar utilizing in person and face-to-face with our clients and community members to help guide our provision of services, referrals, and health education efforts.

Given the unexpected shifts in service delivery due to the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, many HIV testing and prevention programs in nonclinical settings have had to quickly adapt testing strategies and community engagement to best meet the needs of their communities in a new “virtual” world. How have we best transitioned the practice of risk screening in the Telehealth encounter?

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Who should attend?

Providers actively offering HIV/STI/HCV testing in nonclinical settings, virtually guided HIV self-testing, and HIV prevention services, including PrEP and/or PEP.

Learning Objectives

Overview

In this webinar, Kendrell Taylor from NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors) will discuss their survey of HIV Self-Testing amongst their members, while sharing best-practices that can sustain HIV Self-Testing services in and beyond COVD-19, and address integrating HIV Self-Testing alongside other Self-Testing services.

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You can learn more about NASTAD and their HIV Self-Testing work here.

Descripción General

En este seminario web, Kendrell Taylor de parte de NASTAD (Alianza Nacional de Directores de SIDA Estatales y Territoriales) discutirá la encuesta de NASTAD sobre Autoprueba de VIH entre sus miembros, mientras tanto compartiendo mejores prácticas que pueden sustentar servicios de Autoprueba de VIH en y más allá de COVD-19, y abordando la integración de Autoprueba de VIH con otros servicios de autoprueba.