ECHO team workshops at the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Grantee Meeting

At the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Grantee Meeting in Washington, DC, August 25 – 28, the ECHO team moderated and presented portions of three workshops addressing access to oral health care for hard-to-reach HIV populations.

If you build it, will they come? If they come, will they stay?

Expanding access to dental care

This 45-minute workshop addresses outreach activities to overcome barriers to dental care for HIV patients, such as distance from providers, stigma, low dental health literacy and past discrimination. The session describes outreach activities that were successful (and not successful!) at the systems level, provider level and patient level as well as strategies to promote retention in care.

Navigating the road blocks: Using a mobile van to increase access to oral health care

Workshop ID#: ATC-265

A 90-minute workshop which explores the pros and cons of using vans to provide greater access to oral health care for hard-to-reach HIV populations

Dental Case Managers: A role whose time has come

Workshop ID#: ATC-201

A 45-minute workshop which defines the role of dental case managers and illustrates ways in which this new role increases access to oral health care for hard-to-reach HIV populations