Ending the Syndemic at Your Tribe or Facility | July 26, 2024
Date of Presentation: July 26, 2024
Type: Past Presentation Training
Audience: Clinical
Program: Ending the Epidemics in Indian Country ECHO Program
Keywords: #disease #elimination #epidemic #hcv #hiv #sti #SUD #syndemic #syphilis
In this presentation, Dr. Jorge Mera, introduces the rationale, program design, leadership policies, and tools that may successfully be used by healthcare providers and tribal decision makers to develop and enhance programs to address the syndemic of interrelated disease states of Syphilis, Substance Use Disorder, HIV, and Hepatitis C Virus. Then, Ashley Hoover, MPH, discusses an opportunity to provide comprehensive clinic assessments, which include interview-style assessments covering topics related to the STI/HIV/HCV and SUD syndemic.
Recording:
Presented by:
Ashley Hoover
MPH
Ashley Hoover, MPH, currently serves as the Syndemic Support Director at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board. Previously, Ashley served as a STD/HIV Perinatal Surveillance Supervisor at the Louisiana Department of Health STD/HIV Program and Research Assistant at the Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center. Ashley has a Master of Public Health in Maternal and Child Health from Tulane University and a Bachelor of Science in Youth Development, International Humanitarian Assistance, Nonprofit Organization Leadership from the University of Florida.
Dr. Jorge Mera
Faculty
Dr. Jorge Mera is the Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services (CNHS), the largest tribally operated health care system in the United States. He completed his fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in Infectious Diseases. During recent years Jorge’s efforts have been dedicated to organizing the Cherokee Nation HCV elimination program, as well as the HIV/HCV ECHO project. He is also the Director of the HIV clinic since 2012 and the Principal Investigator of the End the HIV Epidemic for the CNHS. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Oklahoma State University Health Science Center and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Read the full bio …Resources Provided:
- HCV Resource Hub
- HIV Resource Hub
- Sexual Health Resource Hub
- SUD Resource Hub
- Syphilis Resource Hub
- Trends in Fatal Opioid-Related Overdose in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities, 1999–2021 (AJPM)
- Syringe Service Programs for Persons Who Inject Drugs in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas — United States, 2013 (CDC MMWR)
- Ending the Syndemic at Your Tribe or Facility (Presentation Slides)
- Addressing the Syndemic: Comprehensive Syndemic Facility Assessments (Presentation Slides)
Date added: July 15, 2024