| 2:30 pm | Advocacy and Netwoking for People in Maine Living with HIV | Session facilitated by NAPWA (National Association of People With AIDS) |
| 5:00 pm | Dinner and Discussion Panel - Ask the Doctor |
David Droham, DD
Ann Lemire, MD Mark Rolfe, MD Robert Smith, MD |
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Conference Agenda Monday October 16, 2006 |
| 8:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30 am | Welcome | Bob Woods, Director, ME HIV, STD and Viral Hepatitis Program |
| 9:00 am | Stigma and HIV - Effects on Prevention and Care | Jeanne White-Grinder (mother of well known AIDS Advocate Ryan White) |
| 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am |
Session 1 Workshops
1A Secrets of the Internet - General and HIV/AIDS Resources 1B Substance Abuse, Depression and Mental Health: Implication for HIV Prevention and Care 1C Correctional Setting Peer Education Programs |
1A Karen R. Stesis, MLS, BA 1B TBA 1C John Barnett Jim Howard |
| 11:45 am |
Lunch and HIV Program Presentation
Looking Back After 25 Years - historical presentation about the response to HIV during the early years of the epidemic in Maine |
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| 1:15 pm |
Session 2 Workshops
2A Client/Self Advocacy - People Living with HIV 2B Why are Antiretroviral Medications (ARVs) So Darn Important? 2C Rural MSM and the Internet as an Effective Prevention Tool |
2A Chris Chenard, NP Jean Lavigne, Ph.D. Ann Lemire, MD 2B Jill Devereux, RN, BSN, ACRN Sandy Putnam, RN, MSN, FNP, PSYCH/MH NP Michael Wong, MD 2C Sara Clayton Jayson Hunt |
| 2:30 pm | Break |
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| 2:45 pm |
Session 3 Workshops
3A Nutrition for People Living with HIV 3B Sex and Risk Reduction 3C HIV and STD Partner Services: Tools for Disease Intervention |
3A Jul Gerrior 3B Sheila Davis Ann Wheeler 3C Jennah Godo, MS, ATC David S. Novak, MSW, LICSW |
| 4:15 pm | Adjourn |
Faculty:
Joe BarnettSouthern Tier AIDS Program, Johnson City, NY
Chris Chenard, NP
India Street Public Health Center, City of Portland, DHHS, Division of Public Health, Portland, ME
Sara Clayton
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Sheila Davis
Jill Devereux, RN, BSN, ACRN
Maine AIDS Education and Training Center, Augusta, ME
Jul Gerrior
Jennah Godo, MS, ATC
HIV, STD, & Viral Hepatitis Program, CDC Department of Health and Human Services, Augusta, ME
Jeanne White-Grinder
(mother of well known AIDS Advocate Ryan White)
Jim Howard
Maine Correctional Center, Windham, ME
Jayson Hunt
HIV, STD, & Viral Hepatitis Program, CDC Department of Health and Human Services, Augusta, ME
Jean Lavigne, PhD
Eastern Maine AIDS Network, Bangor, ME
Ann Lemire, MD
India Street Public Health Center, City of Portland, DHHS, Division of Public Health, Portland, ME
David Novak, MSW, LICSW, CAS
Division of STD Prevention, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain, MA
Sandy Putnam, RN, MSN, FNP, PSYCH/MH NP
Maine Virology Treatment Center, MMC, Portland, ME
Mark Rolfe, MD
Medical Director, Primary Care, MaineGeneral Health Associates, Winthrop ME
Robert Smith, MD
Maine Virology Treatment Center, MMC, Portland, ME
Karen R. Stesis, MLS, BA
Virology Information Management, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals, Plainsboro, NJ
Michael Wong, MD
American Association of HIV/AIDS Medicine Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center
Ann Wheeler
HIV, STD, & Viral Hepatitis Program, CDC Department of Health and Human Services, Augusta, ME
Bob Woods
Director HIV, STD, & Viral Hepatitis Program, CDC Department of Health and Human Services, Augusta, ME
Sponsored By:
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV/STD and Hepatitis Program
Co-Sponsored By:
College of Osteopathic Medicine, The University of New England
Supported By:
AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc.
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