This 30-minute podcast explores the critical role pharmacists play in expanding access to injectable HIV treatment and prevention.

In 2022, the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute introduced a social determinants of health screening tool in its reporting system to better understand social needs among patients served by its funded agencies and the services provided to address them. In this conversation between a program coordinator and an evaluation specialist at the AIDS Institute, listeners will learn how the assessment tool was implemented and how reported data describes the social determinants of health needs among cis-gender women who received care.

Through a candid and forward-looking conversation, speakers will unpack how overlapping crises, such as inequity, mental health, housing instability, and climate, shape health outcomes and why whole-person, community-driven models are essential for the future. This session centers next-generation leadership, innovation, and actionable strategies to redesign health systems with equity at the core.

Informing partners about their risk of a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is important to reduce the risk of complications, onward transmission and reinfection; however, it is difficult to do especially if it is not in your native language.

Culturally informed care is vital for linking diverse women to treatment, prevention, and testing services for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis C (HCV). Untreated STIs pose serious health risks for women which can lead to long-term complications. Despite ongoing national calls to expand prevention and treatment, syphilis rates have increased 6.8% amongst women ages 15-44 from 2022-2023.

Black Health’s Health Equity Summit Event is a student-led event held at Lehman College in collaboration with the City University of New York (CUNY) institutions (Lehman and Hostos Community Colleges). The summit centers around Black Health’s three pillars – education, policy and advocacy – addressing topics ranging from HIV/AIDS, mental health, diabetes, and other health disparities that disproportionately affect Black and Brown Communities.

This podcast episode seeks to share the experience and insights of a peer navigator working in Kitsap County, Washington, to link patients to necessary treatment while facing the interpersonal, psychosocial, and logistical barriers to care that impact these populations.