Part III of this educational series is a collaborative project between Delaware's Division of Public Health, Delaware HIV Consortium, and the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center, to prepare Delaware’s primary care and reproductive health care providers on how to prevent, diagnosis, and treat Mpox.
Below are the learning objectives for this education:
- Improve understanding of the potential impacts of mpox-related stigma.
- Recognize the nature and extent of discrimination toward individuals with and at high risk for contracting mpox, including people living with HIV.
- Review the origins and perpetuating factors of mpox discrimination, and tips for reducing discriminatory practices in healthcare settings
- Identify strategies for reducing stigma in mpox communication and community engagement.
- Discuss the varied presentations of mpox using clinical cases.
- Review some unusual and rare manifestations of mpox and their management via case discussions.
Speaker:
Marshala Lee-McCall, MD, MPH - Harrington Trust Medical Director; Institute for Research on Equity and Community Health; Department of Family and Community Medicine; ChristianaCare
Supriya Narasimhan, MD, MS - Interim Chair, Department of Medicine, Chief infectious diseases, hospital epidemiologist Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
