Presenter(s)
Linda Frank, Anndrea Rogers, Rashida Khakoo, Nicole Bryan
Organization
MidAtlantic AETC, West Virginia University
Presentation Event
2024 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment
Track
Population-Based Approaches for Improving Access, Engagement/Reengagement, and Health Outcomes
Abstract No.
25421
Description
A comprehensive model for outbreak response in West Virginia has been critical to the control and intervention. The MidAtlantic AETC has played a critical role in overall response in working with health departments, the USPHS regional office, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other agencies. A model for a comprehensive outbreak response is discussed.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the MAAETC response to the HIV outbreaks in West Virginia.
- Identify key components of outbreak response for a rural state with limited resources for HIV.
- Examine a comprehensive model for outbreak response.
- Describe educational, prevention, and treatment interventions in outbreak response.
- Discuss the important role of capacity building both pre and post outbreak response.
- Identify partners and facilitate relationships in a community to facilitate the diagnosis, linkage, and prevention of transmission.
- Identify key component of linkage to treatment and care in an outbreak.