HIV Syndemic Care
Policies and educational tools to expand HIV syndemic care
HIVMA is advocating for the integration of syndemic care in health professions education to address HIV-related disparities and grow the HIV workforce to meet the demand for HIV syndemic care.
Promoting HIV Syndemic Care in Health Professions Education: Linking Workforce Demands to the Aspirations of a Rising Generation aims to:
- Describe the HIV syndemic, its impact on the HIV workforce and the challenges it presents
- Illustrate how HIV syndemic care aligns with public health principles and evolving workforce trends
- Present five recommendations for the expansion and promotion of HIV syndemic care in health professions education
The following recommendations outline strategies to advance HIV syndemic care in health professions education.
- Create specialized HIV syndemic care pathways or areas of concentration.
- Develop community-based and innovative health care models that address health inequities.
- Leverage open-access syndemic-focused educational resources.
- Establish licensing, credentialing and continuing education competencies in social determinants of health, social justice and health equity.
- Advance payment reform to appropriately value primary care and ID specialists.
Educational resources
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National HIV Curriculum link
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American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases/Infectious Diseases Society of America Hepatitis C Guidelines link
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration trainings link
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Comprehensive educational programming offered by the eight regional AIDS Education and Training Centers link
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HIV Clinical Guidelines link
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American Academy of HIV Medicine training opportunities link
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National HIV PrEP Curriculum link
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National Clinician Consultation Center link
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HIVMA’s list of HIV training programs link
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HIV-ASSIST tool — aid for antiretroviral clinical decision making link
University of Washington resources
HIV Workforce Task Force
HIVMA would like to recognize the HIV Workforce Task Force members who co-authored the paper: Philip Bolduc, MD; Lydia Aoun Barakat, MD; Elizabeth M. Sherman, PharmD; Philip G. Day, PhD; Tyler Evans, MD, MS, MPH, FIDSA; Joseph Cervia, MD, MBA, FIDSA; Marwan Haddad, MD, MPH; Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MSN, MPH, MS, MSW, RN, ANP-BC, LCSW, PMHNP-BC; Allison Agwu, MD, MSc, FIDSA; Andrea Weddle, MSW; and Rachel A. Bender Ignacio, MD, MPH, FIDSA.