142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Integrating Mental and Behavioral Health into Public Health and Healthcare for Women with HIV

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

David Martin, Ph.D., ABPP , American Psychological Association, Washington, DC
Approximately one quarter of all people living with HIV are women; among new HIV diagnoses, one in five is a woman.  Three quarters of new HIV infections are among women of color.  Mental health comorbidities and substance abuse are significant predictors of HIV risk behavior among women (and frequently co-occur); they are also predictors of failure to obtain and remain in care, and of failure to adhere to treatment regimens when in care.   Risk-reduction efforts and programs designed to promote engagement and retention in care and in enhancing treatment adherence once in care have frequently focused on the risk and/or non-adherent behaviors themselves, with little attention paid to mental health and psychosocial factors that may increase behavioral risk and/or treatment non-adherence.  This presentation will provide an overview of the epidemiology of HIV infection among women in the United States,  outline mental health and psychosocial factors that affect risk behavior and treatment adherence, provide suggestions for interventions that compliment information-based interventions, and argue for greater integration of mental and behavioral health interventions with public health and healthcare.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Chronic disease management and prevention
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Provision of health care to the public
Social and behavioral sciences
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Describe the epidemiology of HIV among women with HIV in the United States. Discuss the role of mental and behavioral healthcare in HIV prevention and risk reduction. Discuss the role of mental and behavioral healthcare in integrated healthcare delivery.

Keyword(s): HIV/AIDS, Mental Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Senior Director, Office on AIDS at the American Psychological Association; prior to this position I was the Director of the HIV Mental Health at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Professor of Psychiatry (Medical Psychology) in the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.