Theme D Symposium Session 2: Engaging primary health in testing and PrEP Provision and HIV treatment as a strategy for reaching diverse communities
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| Monday, September 24, 2018 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Ionic (Ground Floor) |
Details
Learning Objectives for session (expected outcomes): Increased understanding of barriers to, and opportunities for, increasing HIV testing among migrant and CALD communities
Create a dialogue with primary care professionals working outside the HIV sector (who may be specialists in working with CALD and migrant communities or Indigenous communities) about strategies to better engage a diverse range of people in HIV testing, treatment and prevention.
Speaker
Dr Chris Lemoh
Physician
Monash Health
Engaging primary care in HIV testing and prevention
2:00 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Dr Chris Lemoh is an Infectious Diseases and General Physician who specialises in the health of people from refugee and migrant communities. His PhD thesis was on HIV in African communities in Victoria.
Professor Cindy Shannon
Professor Of Indigenous Health
QUT
The role of the primary health workforce in providing HIV testing and treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
2:15 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
Professor Cindy Shannon is a descendant of the Ngugi people from Moreton Bay region in Queensland. She is Professor of Indigenous health at QUT. Cindy is the chair of the Queensland Ministerial Advisory Committee on Sexual Health and has played a key role in policy advice and implementation for the sector, at the national, state and community levels for the past 20 years.
Mr Chris Howard
Executive Program Manager
Queensland Positive People
Supporting Primary Health by Improving Engagement for Unique Populations in HIV Treatment and Care – An Integrated Community Model
2:30 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Chris Howard is living with HIV for 32 years, worked in Queensland’s HIV sector for 22 years and is Programs Manager with Queensland Positive People’s Life+ program. Chris successfully implemented Australia’s first HIV Peer Navigation program to support those newly diagnosed or at risk of disengaging or falling out of care.
Dr Sid Kaladharan
Research Coordinator
The University of Queensland
Q- CHAPTR (Queensland CALD Community Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment and Resources ): Qualitative findings with community members, bilingual cultural health workers, and health professionals to guide the development of primary care clinical pilot project
2:45 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Dr.Sid Kaladharan is the current Vice-President of QLD-branch of Public Health Association of Australia; a health-faculty at the University of Queensland,undertaking his research in improving access to treatment and services for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse(CALD) communities in Queensland. He is an Indigenous Genomics researcher at Queensland Institute of Medical Research.
Panel Discussion
Panellists: Susan Chong, Chris Lemoh, Adam Ehm, Cindy Shannon, Chris Howard, Sid Kaladharan
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Chair
Susan Chong
Senior Research Fellow
La Trobe University
Adam Ehm
HIV+ Speaker
National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) Representative
