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Join the Northeast/Caribbean AETC for this webinar to explore how cultural beliefs, lived experiences, stigma, and structural barriers can influence engagement in HIV care. This session will provide practical strategies for recognizing and reducing implicit bias and applying culturally humble communication techniques to build trust, strengthen shared understanding, and support meaningful patient engagement.

Objectives

  • Describe how cultural beliefs, lived experiences, stigma, and structural barriers may influence engagement in HIV care.
  • Identify strategies to recognize and reduce implicit bias in patient interactions and interdisciplinary care settings.
  • Apply communication techniques grounded in cultural humility to strengthen trust, shared understanding, and patient engagement.

Speaker

Anthony J. Santella, DrPH, MCHES