HIV/AIDS in North Carolina: Policies, Practice, and Partnerships to Improve Care with Lisa de Saxe Zerden, MSW, PhD
Where: Northwest Area Health Education Center ,Deacon Tower Learning Center 475 Deacon Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27105
When: September 6, 2017, Wednesday, 10 am – 12 pm
Continuing Education: 2 hours
Fees: $25.00 per CLS Workshop; Workshops are free of charge to current students, faculty, staff, and field instructors of UNC-CHSchool of Social Work (discount taken during online registration)
Description:
HIV in North Carolina is a serious public health issue. North Carolina has approximately 35,000 people living with HIV, of whom more than 9,000 have been diagnosed with AIDS. The rate of new infections in North Carolina is 40% higher than the national rate and it is estimated that 1 out of 4 newly diagnosed people are diagnosed with AIDS, indicating that people are not seeking testing or care until their illness is more advanced. Risk factors contributing to these rates of HIV/AIDS vulnerability include substance use, sexual risk behaviors, the Social Determinants of Health, among other factors that will be addressed during the presentation. This program will discuss how North Carolinians of color are disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS and the reasons contributing to this disparity. Finally, this presentation will discuss federal and state level policies that further perpetuate vulnerability while highlighting areas in which policy reform and harm reduction practices have helped reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS and associated infections.
Dr. Lisa de Saxe Zerden, MSW, PhD, is currently the Senior Associate Dean for MSW Education at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Dr. Zerden received her PhD in Sociology and Social Work from Boston University School of Social Work and her MSW from UCLA. Currently, she serves as the P.I. of a three-year, $1.4 million Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) grant, UNC-PrimeCare, to expand the behavioral health workforce in integrated care. She is also a collaborating faculty member for the HRSA funded Leadership in Public Health Social Work grant for dual MSW/MPH students. Her research interests remain consistently focused on health disparities in drug use and treatment and overdose prevention, HIV/AIDS, and the role of social workers in healthcare. Dr. Zerden has authored over 25 peer-reviewed manuscripts, a half-dozen book chapters, and presented her work at numerous state and national conferences. She has won numerous teaching awards since joining the faculty at UNC Chapel Hill including “most inspirational” “most outstanding” and “most supportive” faculty
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Articulate examples of how federal, state, and local policies impact the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS
- Identify the Social Determinants of Health Framework and apply it specifically to vulnerable population groups in North Carolina
- Deascribe two core components of the harm reduction model and articulate how this can be applied to the population group(s) participants work with