Keeping clients engaged in care
Julia Hidalgo, of George Washington University, outlined lessons learned from the HIV Care Collaborative, and best practices to keep patients in care. She included a case study of a patient who dropped out of …
Targeted interventions for men who have sex with men, trans women, and people who inject drugs
Healthy relationships for men who have sex with men
Starting a dialogue on chemsex
As part of a panel on mental health and addictions, David Stuart, of Dean Street Health, spoke about strategies to start conversations about chemsex with men …
Unpacking stigma and building resilience
Calling for more interventions that address intersectional stigma
Carmen Logie, of the University of Toronto, reviewed the impact that different types of stigma have had on communities affected by HIV. Explaining that stigma and discrimination can be found in community …
Understanding how violence impacts health
Addressing intimate partner violence at HIV clinics
Reed Siemieniuk, of McMaster University, described research done at the Southern Alberta HIV Clinic investigating links between intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV, depicted in the flowchart below.
Strategies for responding to colonization and oppression
Resilience after colonization
Speaking on a panel about resilience, Janet Smylie, of St. Michael’s Hospital, explained that, while resilience models are a step forward from problem and illness-based approaches, “If the adverse situation is oppression, maybe it’s not so good …
An Introduction to syndemics and intersectionality
“Syndemics” and “intersectionality”
“Syndemics” is a word that describes multiple and overlapping epidemics – such as HIV and hepatitis C. Although the OHTN loosely extended the term “syndemics” to include social and cultural factors in HIV Endgame: Stopping the Syndemics …
Strategies and interventions to manage brain impairments
Strategies for cognitive impairment: Non-pharmacological behavioural interventions
Behavioural and other non-pharmacological therapies have a potential role in managing HIV associated cognitive impairment, as Dr. Jose Muñoz-Moreno, of Spain’s Lluita contra la SIDA Foundation, outlined in this presentation.
Psychotherapeutic approaches
Cognitive …
HAND Diagnostic Issues
HAND diagnostic issues
Dr. Robbins of Columbia University shared his perspective on HIV associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) diagnostic issues as a clinical psychologist and clinical neuropsychologist, and discussed research on HAND screening tools.
Typically, providers see patients with concerns about …
Aging, comorbidities, and the brain
Ten years ago, few people over 50 were being treated for HIV; today they make up one third of the HIV- positive population. Dr. Alan Winston, with the Department of Medicine at Imperial College of London, noted that this is …
How can we win the Endgame?
Integrated care for people living with HIV
Dr. Claire Kendall, of the University of Ottawa, talked about the opportunities for improving HIV care in Ontario and particularly about the potential for a more integrated model of community care.
We know …