Symposium / Conference / Workshop

2019 Bay Area HIV Health Disparities Symposium

Housing, Human Rights, and HIV
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The goal of this meeting was to increase awareness and collaboration between:

  • Public Health Departments
  • Community-Based Researchers
  • Implementers
  • Academic Centers

This year’s meeting took a deeper dive into the drivers of HIV health disparities within homeless populations.

Introductions

Keynote: Overview on Homelessness and Housing/Healthcare as a Human Right
Impacts of Homelessness or Unstable Housing on the HIV Care Cascade

Housing Agencies and Providers

CCHAMP (Chronic Care HIV/AIDS Multidisciplinary Program), San Francisco AIDS Foundation
AIDS Housing Information Project, Eden Information and Referral, Inc
Contra Costa Interfaith Housing (CCIH)
Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development
Office of Transgender Initiatives

Syndemics, STIs, Substance Use, Hep C and Mental Health

San Francisco City Clinic
HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County (HEPPAC)
GLIDE Harm Reduction Programs

Hidden Populations

Aging Among Homeless Populations
Hidden Populations Living with HIV Experiencing Homelessness: Cisgender Women of Reproductive Age
Mission Neighborhood Health Center
St. James Infirmary
Hidden Populations: Youth
Black/African American Health Initiative

Multicomponent Interventions

Project OPT-In, San Francisco Department of Public Health
HIV Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement (HHOME)
POP-UP (Positive-health Onsite Program for Unstably-housed Populations)