HIV: Complications, Cost & Care
December 1, 2011 - WORLD AIDS DAY
Pulaski Technical College Main Campus
3000 West Scenic Drive NLR
OVERVIEW
Future Builders Inc presents the Seventh Annual Arkansas HIV/AIDS Prevention and Awareness Symposium, December 1, 2011, on the Main Campus of Pulaski Technical College, 3000 Scenic Drive in North Little Rock. The goal of the symposium is to provide an opportunity for health professionals, tobacco prevention professionals and community members (both youth and adults) to confront the challenges of HIV prevention/intervention and tobacco prevention in the state of Arkansas.
The symposium theme is - HIV: Complications, Cost and Care, with a special focus on the complications and cost of HIV as it relates to diseases of opportunity caused by tobacco use. A key-note address will be delivered both morning and afternoon, along with panel discussions in round-table format, featuring individuals involved in community clinics, universities, AIDS service organizations, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations and social agencies.
AGENDA
Nathaniel H. Smith, MD, MPH, DTM&H
Deputy Director for Public Health Programs
and State Epidemiologist
Arkansas Department of Health
Gisele Hudson,
Arkansas Dept. of Health
Facilitator
Mrs. Ruthie Johnson,
Program Specialist/Program Monitor
Minority Initiative Sub-Recipient Grant Office
Panelists
Katherine Donald,
Coalition for a Tobacco Free Arkansas
Deborah Patton,
Rebecca's Nurse House
Damita Marks,
Community Member
Stella Lowe,
Glad Star Ministries
Odessa Darrough,
Representative of the faith-based community
Sybil Ward,
SAMHSA Project Director
Jefferson Comprehensive Care System, Inc.
Facilitator
Dr. Marian Evans, Program Coordinator,
Minority Initiative Sub-Recipient Grant Office (MISRGO)
Panelists
Karen Swinton,
Planned Parenthood
Genine Perez,
Youth Extinguishing Smoking-(Y.E.S.)
Kevin Holmes,
Arkansas Black Pride
Tiffany Templeton,
Representative of the faith-based community