Practical Applications: A 4-Module Conference Series

Join Us in February 2021 for this special virtual event!

Build your knowledge of comprehensive screening protocols across primary care, substance use, sexual health, and infectious disease!

This conference will focus on the integration efforts that support practical applications of comprehensive screening. Professionals working in these areas will be able to increase their knowledge of logistics updates in an interprofessional environment. These case-based logistical updates are designed to assist in creating comprehensive screening protocols in primary care, substance use treatment, and infectious disease and sexual health clinics.

This program has been designed for health professionals in Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. See each module's registration page for more information.

Module 1: Integrated Screening Processes | February 2, 2021 | 8:45am-11:30am

REGISTRATION

• Integrated Behavioral Health Screening for Substance Use, Mental Illness and Suicidality
  Raylette Pickett, Chief Operating Officer, SheRay's & Associates, LLC

• Setting Up Your Sexual Health Screening Protocol: STI Screenings and Vaccinations
  Barbara Wilgus, MSN, CRNP, Program Administrator, STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins

Module 2: Assessment and Referral Processes | February 4, 2021 | 8:30am-11:30am

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• Status Neutral HIV and STI Linkage to Care: Access to Treatment and Preventative Services
  Alicia Romano, Director of Community Health, Allies for Health + Wellbeing

• Identification from Behavioral Health Screening: Now What? Screening, Assessment and Referral
  TBD

Module 3: Outbreak Risk and Response | February 9, 2021 | 8:30am-11:30am

REGISTRATION

• Infectious Disease Outbreak: Risk and Response
  TBD

• Re-Emergence of Stimulants/Methamphetamines: Impact on Disease Risk and Transmission
  TBD

Module 4: Reducing Health Disparities | February 11, 2021 | 8:30am-11:30am

REGISTRATION

• The Role of the Disease Intervention Specialist in the Prevention and Control of STDs
  TBD

• The Role of the Behavioral Health Specialist and Single County Authority in Disease Intervention and Prevention
  TBD

^{This virtual conference is provided in collaboration by the following organizations: Central East ATTC, Central East MHTTC, Central East PTTC, MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (MAAETC), National Alliance for HIV Education and Workforce Development (NAHEWD), Opioid Response Network (ORN), Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center}