Topic: Substance Use and Mortality: How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting PWH Communities of Color

Speaker: Jermaine Jones 

Learning Objectives: 

• Review pre-COVID -19 rates of substance use disorders (SUD) and overdose deaths. 
• Review pre-COVID -19 rates of HIV prevalence and prevention efforts. 
• Understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the HIV and Substance Use Disorder epidemics. 
• Understand the unique impact of these three conditions on communities of color, and race's role in the confluence among the three.  

This program will be of interest to physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, pharmacists, social workers, case managers, and mental health practitioners. Other disciplines are also welcome to review the session.