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Addressing Mental Health Disparities in People Living With HIV: The Social Worker’s Key Role
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9/21/2023
When: Thursday, September 21, 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
Where: Online Live Webinar
New York, New York 
United States


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HIV care, treatment, and prevention has vastly improved over the past decade. Now, as a treatable chronic condition, people living with HIV (PLWH) are thriving but still show disparities compared to their HIV-negative counterparts. PLWH have higher rates of mental health conditions such as depression, substance use, and anxiety and often have complex histories of trauma, stigma, racism, and homophobia. These extra considerations invite the social work profession, a field rooted in social justice and health equity, to fully address mental and physical health with a focus on imagining what optimal integrated care for PLWH and those vulnerable to acquiring HIV could look like.

 

Attendees will learn about HIV care and prevention in 2023, understand the role of mental health along the HIV Prevention and Care Continuum and discuss case examples on both the client- and setting-level. Tenets of health equity and their alignment with NASW ethics and values will be discussed as well.

 

 

With this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Characterize HIV in 2023 and provide an overview of existing health disparities that exist along the lines of age, race, sex, and gender.
  • Identify the challenges and opportunities of addressing mental health conditions along the continuum of HIV care from those seeking HIV prevention services to those presenting for initial HIV treatment and long-term follow-up.
  • Describe actionable steps and best practices that social workers in a variety of micro, mezzo, and macro and educational settings can implement to address HIV in their setting.

 

 

NASW-NYC Member: $38 | Other Chapter Member: $48 | Non-Member: $57

 

2 SW CE Contact Hours

 

 

 


 

 

Christopher Ferraris, LMSW (he/him), is a research program manager at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University. In this role, he manages a portfolio of HIV care and treatment studies predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa. Chris has over a decade of experience in clinical research and clinical program management, domestically and internationally, in a variety of academic and healthcare settings. Chris is also a lecturer at the Columbia University School of Social Work and New York University Silver School of Social Work.

 

  

 

 

Cherry Jones, LMSW, MA has over 10 years of professional experience in the field of health and human services. Her passion for providing health education to underserved communities led her to pursue a Masters in Health Education. Once in the field she recognized the need for clinical interventions and earned a Masters in Social Work. She currently works as a dialysis social worker where she combines her passion for education and healthcare.

 

 

 


 

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NASW-NYC is happy to try and fulfill any reasonable special accommodations requests following NYS laws, submitted in writing to workshops.naswnyc@socialworkers.org at least  fifteen business days prior to the workshop date. Requests received after the deadline may not be able to be processed or fulfilled in time for the event.

 

 

NASW-NYC Certificates Policy

 

As per New York State Continuing Education guidelines, attendees must arrive on time and attend the ENTIRE workshop to receive their Continuing Education Contact Hours. Any attendees who arrive late or leaves early to a workshop will not receive their certificate, is not allowed admittance into the workshop and is also not eligible for a refund in any way. 

 

NASW-NYC's policy and practice is to email a post-workshop evaluation link to each attendee within 1-3 business days after the workshop date. The evaluation will be open for a minimum of 30 calendar days and is sent to the email address attendees provided to NASW-NYC upon registering for the workshop(s). Once an attendee completes their evaluation, their certificate is automatically generated by the system and emailed to them. Completing your evaluation also allows NASW-NYC to receive a copy of the certificate. Please ensure that your registration and evaluation information is accurate (name, e-mail, license type and number) as this will impact your continuing education certificates as your certificates will reflect the information you provided.  NASW-NYC is not responsible for the accuracy of your registration information. 

 

NASW-NYC will re-issue continuing education certificates for a fee of $10.00 per certificate.

 

NASW-NYC Refund Policy

 

All refund requests must be submitted in writing to accounting.naswnyc@socialworkers.org no later than four business days prior to the workshop date. Refund e-mails must include the subject line "Refund Request" as well as the attendee's name, workshop date and title in the body of the e-mail. If a refund is requested later than four business days prior to the workshop date, NASW-NYC has the right to refuse the request.

 

- All refunds are subject to a fee of 25% for administrative processing fees

- Refund requests typically take 1-2 weeks processing time

- Refunds ONLY. Credit cannot be issued toward a future program date or substituted for another workshop.

 

If the workshop is cancelled, you will be informed ahead of time and fully refunded.

 

 

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Virtual Code of Conduct

 

NASW-NYC is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), nationality, level of experience or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of program participants in any form, nor do we tolerate behavior that would reasonably lead to another participant being made to feel unsafe, insecure, or frightened for their physical or emotional well-being. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience. Program participants, including stakeholders, violating these rules may be expelled from the program without a refund at the discretion of the organizers. By registering, you are agreeing to follow the code of conduct.

 

 


 

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NASW New York City Chapter is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0027, and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports as an approved provider of CASAC credits #0288.

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