Ryan White 2012 Grantee Meeting

This workshop is geared toward Ryan White healthcare and supportive service grantees. The intent of this workshop is to provide participants with: 1. knowledge about research, clinical and vocational rehabilitation practice and community based provider’s experience suggesting the need for strengthening working relationships between healthcare and supportive service providers, and vocational rehabilitation and employment service providers; 2. an opportunity, in interdisciplinary groups, to brainstorm barriers to developing those relationships; and 3. the opportunity to interact with the leading U. S. researcher studying the vocational and employment service needs of PLWHA, an HIV clinical expert, an expert in the area of vocational rehabilitation counseling for PLWHA, and a community based Ryan White Supportive Service Provider who is also developing a housing/employment program and innovative collaborations.

Learning Objectives:

• This session will review two examples of research findings that suggest improvements in treatment adherence, health outcomes, and reduced risk behaviors among PLWHA who are engaged in vocational and/or employment services.
• The session will identify two barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration between health care and supportive service providers and vocational and/or employment service providers.
• The session will identify two strategies that can be used to overcome barriers and initiate interdisciplinary collaboration between health care and supportive service providers and vocational and/or employment service providers.