On September 6, 2013 the White House released an Interagency Federal Working Group Report on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women and Girls, & Gender-Related Health Disparities > Download PDF. This landmark report provides national care and funding recommendations in order to address gender-related health disparities affecting women and girls living with HIV. Notably, the report endorses the development and implementation of a Trauma-Informed Primary Care model in regards to HIV care for women.
Healing from Trauma: The Missing Ingredient in the Care of HIV-positive Women
Healing from Trauma: The Missing Ingredient in the Care of HIV-positive Women (California PTC- California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center) Speech (on youtube)
a. Berkeley, CA – July 15, 2013
Strategy Meeting: Trauma-Informed Primary Care for U.S. Women Living with HIV
On August 22 and 23, 2013, WHP convened a strategy meeting including 23 of the nation’s leading experts on trauma from academia, government, and advocacy organizations to strategize about implementing a new system of trauma informed primary care for US women living with HIV.
The goals of the meeting were to:
- Identify the core components of trauma-informed primary care for women living with HIV;
- Clarify the types of evidence-based tools and interventions to realize these core components;
- Explore research, advocacy, funding and communications strategies to facilitate the operationalization of trauma-informed primary care for HIV-positive women in the U.S.
The meeting was very successful with three forthcoming publications in a prominent national journal describing steps forward to implement this new model of care.
>Executive Summary – Strategy Meeting on Trauma-Informed Care for Women Living with HIV
Alonzo King LINES Ballet Benefit for Women’s HIV Program
The LINES Ballet teamed up with the Women’s HIV Program (WHP) again in 2013 to raise critical awareness about the skyrocketing HIV epidemic among women of color and to support WHP’s work at the front line of the epidemic. The event featured a pre-performance reception and an after-performance Q&A with Alonzo King, Founder & Artistic Director, Alonzo King LINES Ballet as well as Dr. Edward Machtinger, Director of WHP.
Keynote Address at the FACE AIDS Conference
Keynote Address at the FACE AIDS Conference (youtube)
a. Stanford, CA – February 9, 2013