Description
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