Thursday, February 10, 2011

LFCDC Co-Sponsors Training for Front-Line HIV/AIDS Care Workers and Advocates

On Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 9:00, city wide HIV Testers, Care Providers, Case Managers and Social Workers gathered together at Christ Community Baptist Church. The church, located at 1224-30 N. 41st Street between Girard and Parkside Avenues where Reverend Arthur White ( a long time HIV/AIDS prevention and education advocate) presides, hosted our three hour training seminar, the first of 10 scheduled monthly this year. The training was jointly sponsored by the Health Federation of Philadelphia and Liberation Fellowship Community Development Corporation as an effort to empower, encourage and enhance the skills of HIV front-line advocates.

This month’s topic was: HIV medications: How they Work, Common Side Effects and Adherence Issues. Renetta Mosley, Patient and Community Affairs Manager of Brystol-Myers Squibb was the guest speaker. In addition to presenting information about various medications and their side effects, Renetta stressed why it is so necessary to advise clients to ask their physicians questions specific to their reactions to medications, as well as their knowing themselves what it is they are taking. She also emphasized the importance of medication information being understood by staff members in order for them to pass the knowledge along to their clients, with an ultimate goal of replacing the feeling of being overwhelmed to empowered.

Next Meeting
Topic:
HIV Science Review and Latest Developments
Time:
Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.
Place:
Christ Community Baptist Church - 1224-30 N. 41st St. Philadelphia, PA 19104
Guest Speaker:
Roberta Laguerre-Frederique, MD – Clinical Director Dorothy Mann Center for Pediatric and Adolescent HIV at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children