Community Health Outreach Workers (CHOW)

CHOW meetings, sponsored by the HIV/AIDS Program of Public Health - Seattle & King County, are for outreach workers and other line staff who interact with low-income people who are at risk for or have substance use/abuse problems. The goal of the CHOW meeting is to provide trainings and discussions that will improve and support your work in the community. Trainings include topics that focus on HIV/AIDS, harm reduction, referrals and services.

Date: November 17, 2009

Topic: Tips for Outreach Workers Trying to Avoid Going Crazy

Presenter: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky - Trauma Steward & Social Worker

Location
(NOTE: The CHOW Meeting is usually held at Lifelong AIDS Alliance from 10:00 – 11:30, but this meeting will be held at the Administration Building from 10:00 – 12 noon) :

Assessors Conference Room 710
7th floor of the King County Administration Building
500 4th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104

[Cell phones and pagers: During meetings, please turn off cell phones and pagers or put them on silent or vibrate before the meetings begin. This will avoid distracting presenters and attendees during presentations.]

• Update: Novel Influenza A H1N1 by Charissa Fotinos, MD, Medical Director, Public Health - Seattle & King County
  
  
• Bed Bugs 101 by Heather Barr, RN Public Health Nurse, Health Care for the Homeless
  
  
• STD Update, Seattle & King County, August 18, 2009 by Robert Marks, Public Health - Seattle & King County
  
  
• STD/HIV Prevention, Seattle & King County, August 18, 2009 by Robert Marks, Public Health - Seattle & King County
  
  
• Prescription Opioid Use and Abuse, July 21, 2009 by Joseph Merrill M.D., M.P.H., University of Washington
  
  
• Suboxone and Opioid Trends, June 16, 2009 by Joseph Merrill M.D., M.P.H., University of Washington
  
  
• Outreach & Engagement, January 20, 2009 by Jen Mamary & Chloe Gale
  
  
• Hepatitis B & C and HIV Prevalence & Risk Behaviors among Seattle area Injection Drug Users, February 17, 2009 by Richard Burt
  
  
• March 17, 2009 HIV Surveillance 101: HIV/AIDS Case Reporting & Supplemental HIV/AIDS Surveillance Projects, by Amy Bauer & Elizabeth Barash
  • Epidemiology 101: HIV/AIDS Case Reporting
  • Supplemental HIV/AIDS Surveillance Projects
    
    
• Buprenorphine
  
  
• Club Drugs (3 Mb)
  
  
• Hepatitis
  
  
• HIV Reporting
  
  
• Opiate Substitution Treatment: An Overview