NECA AETC January 2025 Update
Welcome to the Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education & Training Center's monthly newsletter, bringing you everything you need to know about our work — from webinars and panels to the latest guidelines and more!
This month:
Podcast: NECA In the Know, Episode 161: New DHHS Guidelines for PWH
Online: Peer Work Works: The Benefits of Integrating Peer Workers into the Care Team (January 8)
Online: Substance Use Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment (January 10)
Online: How Addressing Mental Health Directly Reduces Morbidity and Mortality in People with HIV (January 16)
Online: Managing Agitation and Difficult Behaviors in HIV Care Settings (January 21)
Online: Bridging Gaps: Transforming Clinical Outcomes Through Outreach and Community Engagement (February 7)
Archive: Disorders, Distress and Delirium: Responding to Mental Status Changes
Event: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NBHAAD (Feb 7)
Event: HIV Is Not A Crime Awareness Day (Feb 28)
Resource: NECA AETC Service Portal
Resource: NECA AETC Mobile Apps
NECA in the Know: A podcast for healthcare providers in the HIV field
Episode 161: New DHHS Guidelines for PWH
NECA in the Know: A podcast for healthcare providers in the HIV field
To kick off the new year, Marianna sits down with John Faragon to discuss new updates to the DHHS guidelines for people with HIV. Tune in to hear all about topics like transplantation for PWH, ART regimens, and more.
Take a peek below and find the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get your podcasts.
Online: Peer Work Works: The Benefits of Integrating Peer Workers into the Care Team (January 8)
When: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 11:00 am–12:00 pm EST
Presenters:
Stephen Sebor, LCSW, Director Center for Public Health Education, Stony Brook University.
Rebecca Glassman, MD, Medical Director, ACC, Westchester Medical Center, Member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network.
Liam Bohan, HIV Stops With Me Spokesmodel, Peer Navigator, Ally Care Center, NYSDOH AI Consumer Advisory Committee Member.
Overview:
This workshop will provide an overview of the NYS Peer Worker Certification Program in HIV, HCV, Harm Reduction, PrEP and Criminal Justice.
In addition, program staff at Westchester Medical Center will share their experience with integrating peers into the care team.
Learning objectives:
Recall the requirements for the NYS Peer Worker Certification Program.
Understand the role of peer workers utilizing their shared lived experience to support patients as they navigate the healthcare system.
Recognize the benefits of integrating peer workers into the care team.
Discuss the impact of peer workers at Westchester Medical Center.
Credits:
Albany Medical College is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Albany Medical College designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Registration:
Questions? Contact Olapeju Osunkayode at Olapeju.Osunkayode@stonybrook.edu.
Online: Substance Use Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment (January 10)
When: Friday, January 10, 2025, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm EST Presenter:
Aimee Campbell, PhD, MSW, Professor of Clinical Psychiatric Social
Work at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Research Scientist at New York State Psychiatric Institute, Division on Substance Use Disorders.
Overview:
This presentation will review the prevalence of substance use and substance use disorders in the U.S. The presenter will describe commonly used substances and their effects. Lastly, treatment options and their challenges will be discussed for people with HIV and SUD.
Learning objectives:
Identify commonly used substances and their general symptoms/effects.
Define and characterize substance use disorders.
Identify and define best practice treatments for HIV care and substance use disorders.
Discuss common challenges to providing best practice treatment for substance use disorders.
Registration:
Questions? Contact Laurie Sadofsky at las2363@cumc.columbia.edu.
Online: How Addressing Mental Health Directly Reduces Morbidity and Mortality in People with HIV (January 16)
When: Thursday, January 16, 2025, 12:00–1:00pm EST
Presenter:
Francine Cournos, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (in Epidemiology), Columbia University, Co-Principal Investigator, Northeast/Caribbean AETC, New York, NY.
Target audience:
This program will be of interest to social workers, case managers, psychologists, and other mental health providers. Other disciplines are welcome to attend.
Learning objectives:
Identify and act upon life-threatening emergencies that can present as changes in mental status among people with HIV (PWH).
Describe mental health strategies that don’t require specialized training.
Create local solutions to this dilemma: the mind, brain and body are integrated within a patient, but not within our care systems.
Credits:
This activity is approved for 1.0 Continuing Education Credit. Albany Medical Center is an approved provider for Social Work Continuing Education. Albany Medical Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0522.
This program is eligible for 1.0 hours of continuing education for NYS Licensed Psychologists. Albany Medical College is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider for continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0121.
NOTE: CE Credit is ONLY available to Social Workers and Psychologists licensed in the State of New York. All other participants will receive a general certificate of attendance.
Registration:
Questions? Contact John Prokop at 518-262-6864 or email prokopw@amc.edu.
Online: Managing Agitation and Difficult Behaviors in HIV Care Settings (January 21)
When: Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm EST
Presenter:
James Satriano PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.
Target audience:
Clinicians and non clinicians who work in clinical healthcare settings.
Learning objectives:
Review guidelines for staff and the environment when working with agitated clients.
Explain the 10 domains of verbal de-escalation of agitated individuals.
Explain how to assess and avert potential aggression.
Credits:
The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education to physicians. The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1.0 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Registration:
Questions? Contact Olapeju Osunkayode at Olapeju.Osunkayode@stonybrook.edu.
Online: Bridging Gaps: Transforming Clinical Outcomes Through Outreach and Community Engagement (February 7)
When: Friday, February 7, 11:00 am–12:00 pm EST
Speaker:
Jamir Tuten, Program Manager, Community Engagement Coordinator.
Target audience:
This webinar is intended for Primary Care HIV Prevention (PCHP) funded sites and other Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) jurisdictions of New York, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico.
Learning objectives:
Discuss the impact of outreach strategies.
Identify methods for fostering authentic relationships through effective community engagement.
Develop actionable strategies for clinical success.
Registration:
Questions? Contact War Talley, MPH at wmt22@sn.rutgers.edu.
Archive: Disorders, Distress and Delirium: Responding to Mental Status Changes
Speaker:
Francine Cournos, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University, Co-Principal Investigator, NECA AETC.
Target audience:
Healthcare professionals.
Learning objectives:
Recognize and respond to life-threatening conditions that can present as changes in a patient's mental state.
Know how to access and utilize screening instruments for identifying behavioral health disorders.
Distinguish between distress and disorders to prioritize referrals to behavioral health providers.
Use the WHO pyramid of mental health services to keep patients well.
Registration:
(Archive) Neurocognitive Aspects of Aging with HIV
Presenter:
Reuben Robbins, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Psychology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York State Psychiatry Institute
Target audience:
Clinicians, mental health professionals, social workers, case managers, peer educators, community health workers.
Learning objectives:
Describe how HIV can affect the brain.
Describe different types of neurocognitive problems.
Identify methods to identify neurocognitive problems.
Access:
Register here to watch now.
Questions? Contact Laurie Sadofsky, MPH at las2363@cumc.columbia.edu
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NBHAAD (Feb 7)
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), which was first observed in 1999. This observance is a day to acknowledge how HIV disproportionately affects Black people.
Black communities have made great progress in reducing HIV. Yet racism, discrimination, and mistrust in the healthcare system may affect whether Black people seek or receive HIV prevention services. These issues may also reduce the likelihood of engaging in HIV treatment and care. NBHAAD is an opportunity to increase HIV education, testing, community involvement, and treatment among Black communities.
HIV Is Not A Crime Awareness Day (Feb 28)
February 28 is HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day, which was first observed in 2022 by the Sero Project in collaboration with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. This awareness day is an opportunity to amplify the voices of those who have been criminalized based on their HIV status.
NECA AETC Service Portal
The Northeast AIDS Education Training Center (NECA AETC) now has a self-service portal that allows you to download your AETC training information using the email address that you register for trainings. The portal allows you to access your attendance records yourself as well as the best person to contact regarding specific NECA AETC trainings. NECA AETC Self-service trainings and transcript portal instructions:
Sign up for myNECA using the email address you use to sign up for NECA AETC trainings and create a profile.
Once you create a profile you can login into the system and track your past and upcoming trainings.
Note: The portal will only bring up trainings attached to this email address unless your records have been merged.
Contact Nadine Nader at nn69@cumc.columbia.edu for more information.
Are You Using NECA AETC Mobile Apps?
Developed with funding from the Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center Program, these four mobile apps are designed for practicing clinicians to provide information on HIV medications and drug interactions with commonly co-prescribed primary care medications and HIV-HIV combinations.Four tabs at the bottom of each app include:
HIV-Primary Care Interactions
HIV-HIV Interactions
Drug Metabolism
Common Web Resources
The Common Web Resources tab contains links to external websites and phone numbers for information and national warmlines that provide clinical support with HIV care, substance use, Hepatitis C, and COVID‐19.
Download links for Android and iPhone versions of these apps can be found the NECA AETC Mobile Apps page
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