Upcoming HIV/AIDS Conferences: February

Title: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) &Positive Self-Management Program (PSMP) Cross Training
City: Albany
State: NY
Country: United States
Dates: 02/08/2012 - 02/17/2012
Event Type: Training Program
Subject: Diseases or Disorders; HIV/AIDS; Management Strategies; Self Care; Trainers; Training Programs
Description: The AIDS Institute will host a free six-day training (February 8-10 & 15-17) to become a Master Trainer for the Living Healthy NY Workshops (Chronic Disease Self-Management Program & Positive Self-Management Program -- both are recognized, evidence-based self management programs of Stanford University). These programs teach adults experiencing chronic health conditions practical skills on managing chronic health problems including HIV. As a trained Master Trainer, you will be qualified to lead trainings and facilitate highly participatory workshops that take place once a week for 2 and one-half hours for a multi-week period.
Sponsor: New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute. Center for Excellence in Aging & Community Wellness.
Contact: For information about becoming a Master Trainer, contact Lisa Gilbert, E-mail: Lmj19@health.state.ny.us; Phone: (518) 474-3045; Fax: (518) 473-8814; or access the web site: http://patienteducation.stanford.edu/.
Notes: This training will also be offered on March 21-23 & 28-30 in NYC.

Title: Project ECHO (Extending Community Health Outcomes)
City: Statewide
State: FL
Country: United States
Dates: 02/09/2012 - 02/09/2012
Event Type: Video Conference
Subject: Case Studies; Education Programs; Persons with HIV/AIDS
Description: The F/C AETC is replicating the Project ECHO model (Extending Community Health Outcomes) created by the University of New Mexico (http://echo.unm.edu/). This model uses a live audio-video-based platform to provide educational experiences through the creation of a learning network comprised of clinicians serving HIV/AIDS patients (novice to expert) throughout the region. These sessions will contain brief didactic presentations, case presentations, and an opportunity for networking.
Sponsor: Florida/Caribbean AETC.
Contact: For more information, call (866) 352-2382; or access the Web site: www.faetc.org/ECHO/index.asp.
Notes: This project serves throughout Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. CME/CEU will be available to participating physicians, dentists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists. Space is limited to 35 participating locations so early registration is recommended.

Title: Sex, Gender and HIV/STDs
City: Albany
State: NY
Country: United States
Dates: 02/09/2012 - 02/10/2012
Event Type: Training Program
Subject: Gender Factors; Harm Reduction; HIV/AIDS Prevention; Sexual Behavior or Behaviors; STD Prevention
Description: This two-day training is designed to help health and human services providers promote sexual health among their clients by building their capacity to talk sensitively and non-judgmentally about sexual identity, gender identity and sexual behaviors. Topics to be covered during the training include: sexual and gender identity; strategies for talking with clients about sexual health issues; HIV/STD prevention and harm reduction strategies for sexual behaviors.
Sponsor: Cicatelli Associates Inc.
Contact: For more information contact Ida Colon, Phone: (212) 594-7741, ext 288; or access the web site: www.hivtrainingny.org.
Notes: Registration: Free of charge.

Title: Emerging Issues in the HIV Patient: A Faculty Development Program
City: Hampton
State: NH
Country: United States
Dates: 02/11/2012 - 02/12/2012
Event Type: Training Program
Subject: CDC Programs/Policies; Hepatitis C; HIV Testing; HIV/AIDS Treatment or Therapies; Long Term Care; Nutrition Education and Counseling; Primary Care; Coinfections; Mental Health
Description: This agenda for this program will include: Treatment Update; A Day in the HIV Clinic: Primary Care and Long Term Complications; HIV/HCV: Nutrition for Life; CDC Testing Update; Identifying and Treating Women at Risk and its Complications; Panel Discussion; HIV/HCV Co-Infection Update; HIV Reproductive Health/MTCT; Mental Health Co-Morbidities among the HIV infected.
Sponsor: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Office of Continuing Medical Education. New England AIDS Education and Training Center.
Contact: For more information including registration, contact Kelly Fattman, E-mail: kfattman@gmail.com; Phone: (617) 262-5657; or access the web site: www.neaetc.org.

Title: AMCHP 2012 Annual Conference
City: Washington
State: DC
Country: United States
Dates: 02/11/2012 - 02/14/2012
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Children; Disease Prevention; Health Education; Women
Description: The theme of the 2012 conference is "Improving Maternal and Child Health Across the Life Span: Acting Today for Healthy Tomorrows". At the AMCHP annual conference, participants can choose from more than 100 sessions and events that will help expand their skills, broaden their knowledge of new developments in the field, and gain tools and information to aid in their daily work. Conference sessions will educate and motivate while emphasizing the impact of the programs in states and communities nationwide, exploring the critical life-span approach to optimizing the health of women and children.
Sponsor: Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (ANCHP).
Contact: For more information, contact Conference Department, E-mail: amchpreg@conferencemanagers.com; Phone: (703) 964-1240; or access the Website: www.amchp.org/Calendar/Conferences/amchp-conference/Pages/default.aspx.
Notes: Early registration deadline: January 13, 2012. To register, visit www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=997569.

Title: Wet Prep Workshop
City: Denver
State: CO
Country: United States
Dates: 02/13/2012 - 02/13/2012
Event Type: Workshop
Subject: Laboratory Services; STD Prevention; STD Testing
Description: This course will present knowledge and techniques necessary for the proper collection, examination, and reporting of vaginal wet preps. Participants will have the opportunity to enhance their microscopic skills and examine specimens containing Trichomonas, yeast, "clue" cells, red and white blood cells. This workshop is designed for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, physicians and physician assistants performing vaginal wet preps. While the course is designed for direct care providers with limited microscopy experience, laboratorians are welcome to apply. The workshop will benefit anyone who desires a thorough review of basic wet prep techniques.
Sponsor: Denver STD/HIV Prevention Training Center.
Contact: For more information contact Alex Landis, E-mail: alex.landis@dhha.org; Phone: (303) 602-3608; or access the Web site: www.denverptc.org/upcoming_clinical.html.
Notes: Workshop Fee: $40.

Title: Mental Health Services: Promoting Appropriate Referrals for HIV Positive Clients
City: Albany
State: NY
Country: United States
Dates: 02/13/2012 - 02/14/2012
Event Type: Training Program
Subject: HIV Positive Persons; Mental Health Services; Referrals
Description: This two-day training is designed to orient HIV providers to basic information about mental illness and to prepare providers to make effective referrals to mental health care services. As a result of this training, participants will be able to: (1) Discuss values, bias, and stigma of mental illness within different cultures; (2) Describe an overview of mental health and HIV/AIDS in NYS; (3) List of common psychiatric disorders; (4) List mental health service delivery system resources an referrals; and (5) Explore barriers to mental health care.
Sponsor: Cicatelli Associates Inc.
Contact: For more information contact Ida Colon, Phone: (212) 594-7741, ext 288; or access the web site: www.hivtrainingny.org.
Notes: Registration: Free of charge.

Title: Wet Prep Workshop
City: Denver
State: CO
Country: United States
Dates: 02/14/2012 - 02/14/2012
Event Type: Workshop
Subject: Laboratory Services; STD Prevention; STD Testing
Description: This course will present knowledge and techniques necessary for the proper collection, examination, and reporting of vaginal wet preps. Participants will have the opportunity to enhance their microscopic skills and examine specimens containing Trichomonas, yeast, "clue" cells, red and white blood cells. This workshop is designed for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, physicians and physician assistants performing vaginal wet preps. While the course is designed for direct care providers with limited microscopy experience, laboratorians are welcome to apply. The workshop will benefit anyone who desires a thorough review of basic wet prep techniques.
Sponsor: Denver STD/HIV Prevention Training Center.
Contact: For more information contact Alex Landis, E-mail: alex.landis@dhha.org; Phone: (303) 602-3608; or access the Web site: www.denverptc.org/upcoming_clinical.html.
Notes: Workshop Fee: $40.

Title: Tuberculosis Clinical Intensive
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Country: United States
Dates: 02/14/2012 - 02/16/2012
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Diagnosis; Drug Resistance; Epidemiology; HIV; Latent TB; TB Prevention; TB Transmission; TB Treatment; Coinfections
Description: This three-day course is designed for physicians and other licensed medical professionals who diagnose and treat TB. The course will cover: epidemiology of TB; diagnosis, management, and treatment of TB; transmission and pathogenesis; TB and HIV coinfection; TB targeted testing and laboratory testing; pediatric TB; treatment of latent TB infection; multiple drug resistance; legal and ethical issues in TB control; and TB radiology.
Sponsor: Curry International Tuberculosis Center.
Contact: For a complete course description and application information, visit: www.currytbcenter.ucsf.edu/training/tb_clinical_intensive.cfm.
Notes: Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. There is no fee for this course. Application deadline: January 9, 2012. Continuing education credits are available.

Title: Action on the Social Determinants of Tuberculosis: Are Social Protection Interventions the Way Forward?"
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Dates: 02/15/2012 - 02/15/2012
Event Type: Symposium
Subject: Intervention Strategies; Social Services; Socioeconomic Factors; TB Prevention
Description: In 2009 Mario Raviglione, Director of the Stop TB Department, suggested that better tuberculosis control required investment not only in diagnostics, treatment, and health systems, but also in development initiatives addressing the social determinants of tuberculosis, including social protection interventions (such as cash transfer programs). However, practical ideas for action are still scarcer than is notional support for this approach. This symposium will explore how this agenda should be taken forward.
Sponsor: London International Development Centre (LIDC).
Contact: For more information including registration, contact Alex Miller, E-mail: alexandra.miller@lshtm.ac.uk; or access the web site: www.lidc.org.uk/event_detail.php?event_id=589.
Notes: Registration is free of charge.

Title: Promoting Primary Care and Treatment Adherence for HIV Positive Individuals
City: Albany
State: NY
Country: United States
Dates: 02/16/2012 - 02/16/2012
Event Type: Training Program
Subject: Adherence; HIV Positive Persons; Primary Care; Treatment
Description: This one-day training is designed to increase awareness of non-physician health and human services providers about HIV primary care guidelines and treatment adherence. Non-physician health and human services providers who are aware of HIV primary care guidelines and strategies for supporting treatment adherence can play an important role in improving the health outcomes of people living with HIV.
Sponsor: Cicatelli Associates Inc.
Contact: For more information contact Ida Colon, Phone: (212) 594-7741, ext 288; or access the web site: www.hivtrainingny.org.
Notes: Registration: Free of charge.

Title: Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis: 16th Conference of the Union North America Region Pre-Workshop
City: San Antonio
State: TX
Country: United States
Dates: 02/22/2012 - 02/22/2012
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Diagnosis; TB Treatment
Description: The goal of the pre-conference is to enhance the expertise of providers in the diagnosis and treatment of their patients with, or at risk of, TB. This course is intended for clinicians who diagnose and treat active TB and LTBI. The following topics will be covered: Cost-effectiveness of short course treatment for LTBI; Clinical predictors of TB relapse; Molecular detecton of drug resistance; Effective collaboration between the clinician, the program, and the lab in diagnosis of MDR TB; and Impact of automated molecular diagnostics on the initiation of TB treatment.
Sponsor: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease -- North America Region (IUATLD-NAR). Heartland National TB Center. Curry International Tuberculosis Center.
Contact: For more information about workshop content, E-mail: Mary.Long@uthct.edu; about registration issues, E-mail: Edgar.Salinas@uthct.edu; and to register access the Web site: www.heartlandntbc.org/temp/RTMCC-NSTC%20Brochure%202012.pdf.
Notes: Information on NAR's 16th annual conference is available at: www.bc.lung.ca/association_and_services/union.html.

Title: MILES Training Program
City: Philadelphia
State: PA
Country: United States
Dates: 02/22/2012 - 02/23/2012
Event Type: Training Program
Subject: African Americans/Blacks; Men Who Have Sex with Men; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Training Programs
Description: The National Minority AIDS Council's (NMAC) Men's Institute of Leadership Excellence and Service (MILES) program is an innovative leadership program aimed at enhancing the capacity of leadership staff, particularly African American MSM, within Community Based Organizations (CBOs) that serve African American gay, bisexual, and other MSM. The two day curriculum focuses on important aspects of organizational development and program sustainability, while also providing fundamental training on Leadership Development, Workforce Development, Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI), and Evaluation.
Sponsor: National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) Men's Institute of Leadership Excellence and Service (MILES).
Contact: For more information contact NMAC, E-mail: MILES@nmac.org; call (202) 483-6622 ext. 317; or access the Web site: www.nmac.org/programs-a-training/miles-program.html.
Notes: To download the MILES application form visit: www.nmac.org/images/download_the_MILES_application_form.pdf. Submit completed application forms via fax to the MILES team at (202) 483-5387.

Title: Preventive Medicine 2012: Healthy Families, Healthy Communities
City: Orlando
State: FL
Country: United States
Dates: 02/22/2012 - 02/25/2012
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Behavior Modification; Cancer; Disease Prevention; Education Programs; Health Care Policies; HIV/AIDS Prevention; Prenatal Education and Counseling
Description: Preventive Medicine 2012, the annual meeting of the American College of Preventive Medicine, is the premier event for professionals in disease prevention and health promotion. Preventive Medicine 2012 will be featuring state-of-the-art educational sessions and skill building institutes within three conference tracks: Clinical Preventive and Lifestyle Medicine, Public Health Practice, and Prevention Policy. Proposed topics will address prenatal and well child care, obesity, correctional health, breast feeding, food policy, health IT, behavioral economics, entrepreneurism, emergency preparedness, behavioral issues in the uniformed services, cancer prevention, and HIV prevention. In addition, Preventive Medicine 2012 will present sessions on medical quality and career development.
Sponsor: American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM).
Contact: For more information about registration, contact Wanda Manson, E-mail: wmanson@acpm.org; Phone: (202) 466-2044 x 111; or access the Web site: www.preventivemedicine2012.org/.
Notes: Advance Registration Deadline: December 30, 2011.

Title: Ask, Screen, Intervene
City: Austin
State: TX
Country: United States
Dates: 02/23/2012 - 02/23/2012
Event Type: Training Program
Subject: High Risk Behaviors; HIV/AIDS Prevention; Risk Reduction; Screening
Description: This course aims to assist HIV care providers in learning new techniques to incorporate important intervention methods during the medical visit, in order to help their patients reduce risk behaviors. It is targeted to medical care providers of HIV positive patients; however, persons who deliver prevention messages may also benefit from the information and techniques delivered throughout the course. Topics covered are: brief screening for HIV transmission risk behaviors; identifying and treating other STDs; communicating prevention messages; discussing sexual and drug-use behaviors; referring selected patients for additional prevention interventions and services; facilitating partner notification, counseling, and testing of sex and needle-sharing partners of infected persons.
Sponsor: Denver STD/HIV Prevention Training Center.
Contact: For more information contact Alex Landis, E-mail: alex.landis@dhha.org; Phone: (303) 602-3608; or access the Web site: www.denverptc.org/upcoming_clinical.html.
Notes: Course fee: Free; 6 CMEs $15; Nursing Contact Hours: free.

Title: The Union North America Region Meeting: 16th Annual Conference
City: San Antonio
State: TX
Country: United States
Dates: 02/23/2012 - 02/25/2012
Event Type: Meeting
Subject: North America; TB Prevention; Tuberculosis (TB)
Description: The 16th Annual Conference of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease will be held February 23-25, 2012, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The secretariat welcomes the submission of abstracts for poster and oral presentations of research on all aspects of TB control, including epidemiologic, clinical, basic science, nursing, social, behavioral, psychosocial, and educational studies, or outcomes of program initiatives.
Sponsor: The Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).
Contact: For more information, access the meeting web site: www.bc.lung.ca/association_and_services/union.html.
Notes: Travel grants are available to selected individuals who would otherwise be unable to attend the conference without financial assistance. It is highly recommended that individuals seek additional sources of funding. Additional training opportunities in the field of TB will be available for selected travel grant recipients. Deadline for Travel Grant: October 7, 2011. For details, access the web site: www.bc.lung.ca/association_and_services/documents/2012_Travel_Grant_Infoks.pdf.

Title: 2nd World Conference of Women's Shelters
City: Washington
State: DC
Country: United States
Dates: 02/27/2012 - 03/01/2012
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Advocacy; Health Care Accessibility; HIV/AIDS; International Health; Social Services; Women
Description: The 2nd World Conference of Women's Shelters (WCWS) will bring together shelter advocates and grassroots activists working to end violence against women to discuss how they can support and learn from each other. WCWS will continue the global momentum that addresses violence against women and the cross-country collaboration and coordination that is required to address victims' safety and rights world-wide. Conference Tracks include: Shelter Practices & Sustainability; Building Partnerships to Sustain and Enhance Services; Addressing Barriers and Creating Access; International & Cross-Border Issues; Empowering and Supporting Advocates, Activists, and Allies; and Other. Issues of HIV/AIDS will be discussed.
Sponsor: National Network to End Domestic Violence.
Contact: For more information call (202) 543-5566; or access the Web site: http://worldshelterconference.org/.
Notes: Early registration deadline: August 31, 2011.

Title: Project ECHO (Extending Community Health Outcomes)
City: Statewide
State: FL
Country: United States
Dates: 02/28/2012 - 02/28/2012
Event Type: Video Conference
Subject: Case Studies; Educational Programs; Persons with HIV/AIDS
Description: The F/C AETC is replicating the Project ECHO model (Extending Community Health Outcomes) created by the University of New Mexico (http://echo.unm.edu/). This model uses a live audio-video-based platform to provide educational experiences through the creation of a learning network comprised of clinicians serving HIV/AIDS patients (novice to expert) throughout the region. These sessions will contain brief didactic presentations, case presentations, and an opportunity for networking.
Sponsor: Florida/Caribbean AETC.
Contact: For more information, call (866) 352-2382; or access the Web site: www.faetc.org/ECHO/index.asp.
Notes: This project serves throughout Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. CME/CEU will be available to participating physicians, dentists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists. Space is limited to 35 participating locations so early registration is recommended.

Many of these conferences come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control National Prevention Information Network's conference database.