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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2010, designed by the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Regional Performance Site of the National Minority AIDS Education & Training Centers (NMAETC) was a passionate call to health care providers to broaden their scope of practice and outreach to address the evolving needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS in the Black community. Dr. I. Jean Davis, Director of the Drew NMAETC in collaboration with the Drew Site of the Pacific AIDS Education & Training Center and Dr. Eric G. Bing, Director, welcomed some 50 physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, pharmacists, social workers, treatment advocates, mental Health and substance abuse counselors and administrators to a 5-hour program. Training and skill building techniques focused on the challenges and current treatment needs of African Americans. The National Minority AIDS Education & Training Centers, headquartered at Howard University, College of Medicine, developed from a mandate of the Congressional Black Caucus. On hand to keynote this event was the Honorable Laura Richardson, Congressional Representative of California’s 37th District. Workshop topics and presenters included HIV/AIDS in the Black Community – Dr. Ronald Jefferson; Substance Abuse, HIV/AIDS, and Mental Health – Dr. Curley Bonds; Cultural Fluency: The HIV/AIDS Diversity Challenge – Dr. Joan Nyala Cooper; and Corrections to Community – Dr. Orlando Pile. Skill-building breakouts were created that integrated the workshop topics to assure application of newly learned knowledge. Learned knowledge from the session [on current epidemiology of STD/HIV/AIDS, mediating factors of poor health outcomes, and health behaviors] was integrated in the breakout session with knowledge from substance abuse, mental health and obstacles, including stigma and poverty. Cultural fluency skills were applied in small discussion groups charged with developing an integrated network of treatment and advocacy services for Black people with HIV/AIDS being discharged from corrections settings. A total 4.5 hours of Continuing Education Credit was available to physicians, physician assistants, Nurses, and licensed social workers and marriage family therapists. ###
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For more information, please contact:
Jackie Brown
Director, Alumni Relations
Office of Development
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
1731 E. 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Tel. (323) 563-5963
Fax: (323) 357-3685
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