Description

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This education introduces key concepts for understanding HIV prevention and care in correctional settings and the unique challenges and opportunities these environments present.

Objectives

  • Describe key components of U.S. correctional systems relevant to health service delivery (jails vs. prisons).
  • Summarize the epidemiology of HIV in correctional settings and implications for public health planning.
  • Identify practical approaches to HIV screening/testing in correctional environments.
  • Discuss essential components of HIV treatment management during incarceration, including co-occurring conditions.
  • Explain core strategies that support the prevention of HIV transmission and the continuity of care during re-entry.

Speaker

William Mazur, MD
Medical Director | Infectious Disease Physician
William J. Holloway Community Program, ChristianaCare
Delaware Local Partner Site Director, MidAtlantic AETC