Background

A significant percentage of people living with HIV report fear of or experiencing discrimination and bias, including in health care settings. In relation to HIV, the fear of and actual experience of discriminatory or biased care can create a barrier to accessing and utilizing HIV services. For example, people living with HIV who are marginalized because of their age, ethnicity or race, or gender identity, may delay medically necessary care thus jeopardizing their health and well-being including and beyond HIV outcomes. Health care professionals can minimize negative experiences for their patients living with HIV by learning about and integrating culturally responsive care into clinical environments to create culturally affirming environments for all people living with HIV.

 

Program

Culturally Responsive Care to Optimize HIV Outcomes will provide an overview of current evidence-based strategies to address the implicit role that culturally specific barriers play in limiting universal access to and utilization of HIV services by key populations. The information will be provided to clinicians through a webinar delivered across three modules:

  1. The first module defines culturally specific barriers in relation to accessing and utilizing HIV services, including culturally related patient preferences and values, patient literacy, language, and affordability.
  2. The second module identifies approaches to integrate culturally responsive standards into clinical practice to eliminate age, gender identity, and racial as well as ethnic biases.
  3. The third module defines strategies to operationalize continuous quality improvement plans to address gaps in culturally responsive care delivery in clinical practice.

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of HIV care providers and other healthcare professionals providing HIV care and treatment such as physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

 

Planning Committee

This educational activity was developed by a course director, an activity manager, and an activity coordinator:

Course Director: Sheldon D. Fields, PhD, RN, CRNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN (PennState Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, University Park, PA, USA)

Content Developer: LaTunja Sockwell, MA (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA)

Activity Manager: Jonathon Hess, MPA, LLM (International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, Washington, DC, USA)

Activity Coordinator: John Charles (International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, Tampa, FL, USA)

 

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this activity, learners should be able to:

  1. Understand the implicit role that culturally specific barriers play in limiting universal access to and utilization of HIV services by key populations
  2. Identify approaches to integrate culturally responsive standards into clinical practice to eliminate age, gender identity, and racial/ethnic biases
  3. Define strategies to operationalize continuous quality improvement plans to address gaps in culturally responsive care delivery in clinical practice

 

Disclosure

This activity is supported through educational grants from Janssen Therapeutics and Merck & Co. The content for this activity was developed by and reflects the views of the activity’s planners, not those of the commercial entities providing educational grants.

 

Course Content

This activity’s three modules are covered in the video link below, which should be fully reviewed prior to completing the knowledge assessment. If you encounter any issues, please contact Jonathon Hess, IAPAC Senior Director of Education, at jhess@iapac.org.

 

Course Content

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