2008 CAPA Annual Conference

The Impact of Culture on the Treatment of HIV

Date: 10/03/08
Time: 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Facility: Palm Springs Convention Center
Location:  Mojave Learning Center
Speaker(s): I. Jean Davis, Ph.D, DC, PA, AAHIV; Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles Drew University of Science and Medicine, Co-Principal Investigator and Director, Pacific and National Minority AIDS Education Training Center, Los Angeles, CA

Learning Objectives:

1) Discuss culture and understand culture within cultural groups
2) Discuss prevention, barriers and solutions
3) Discuss the importance of culturally relevant approaches to caring for HIV positive clients/patients as it relates to co-morbidities
4) Understand the impact of historically perceived relationships with the health care system 
5) Explain locus of control
6) Discuss the issues related to real and perceived health disparities due to gender, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation in communities highly impacted by HIV/AIDS
7) Discuss culturally competent clinical care and it’s application