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World Hepatitis Awareness Day Events July 28 th – 29 th , 2011 Broward County, Florida

Join us for the World Hepatitis Awareness Day events on July 28th-29th, 2011 in Broward County, Florida. Participating agencies, including Minority Development & Empowerment, Holy Cross Hospital - Community Outreach, and Red Hispana, are working together to create a community-focused testing and "linkage to care" network. The goal is to raise awareness, educate about the disease, provide resources, and offer testing and referral to care when appropriate. With the expertise of our dedicated staff, collaborating partners, and a diverse approach, we aim to improve access to resources for people living with Hepatitis C in Broward County.

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World Hepatitis Awareness Day Events July 28 th – 29 th , 2011 Broward County, Florida

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  1. World Hepatitis Awareness Day Events July 28th – 29th, 2011 Broward County, Florida “New Frontiers”

  2. Participating Agencies: Minority Development & Empowerment Holy Cross Hospital – Community Outreach Red Hispana & Broward House

  3. To enhance and improve access to resources for people living with Hepatitis C in Broward County through the creation of a community focused testing & “linkage to care” network. • Create awareness • Educate about the disease • Provide resources • Test & refer to care when appropriate The Goal:

  4. Edith Garcia – Previously Hepatitis Manager for BCHD Evelyn Morales – Prior STD/DIS w. BCHD, & CRUSHH, Case Management Dir. Regine LeFevre – Physician in Haiti, Prior BCHD Admin. Lisa Agate – Prior BCHD AIDS Program Dir. for over 25 years Kim Saiswick – Nurse, over 20 years in community programs Audrey Clarke – Mobile Unit Tester for Holy Cross Hosp. -Outreach Joey Wynn – 20 years of Grant writing & data analysis HIV Testing Staff – Decades of cumulative HIV Testing experiencebetween all the various agency’s staff Expertise of Staff:

  5. All agencies held community health fairs & provided locations for testing • MDE provided linkage to Caribbean Communities, Translation services, Hepatitis expertise & training for all agencies • Holy Cross Hospital’s Outreach Team provided the mobile testing Unit as well as HIV testing staff and a network of specialists for referral & follow up • Red Hispana provided radio advertising formats for all events Collaborating Partners/roles:

  6. Collaborator’s locations: • Broward House: • Central & South Central county • MDE: north-central county • HCH Outreach Team • provided mobile testing unit at Lauderhill Mall and various other locations

  7. The importance of Diversity in: • Staff & their experiences • Communities we approached: • Caribbean populations • Staff at healthcare agencies / providers • Substance using communities • Community at large (Malls, Faith Based, etc…)

  8. Teamwork = Success! The Substance Use Recovery group created a Health Fair, and had Dr. Puga from CDTC Present along with the BCHD STD Clinic Manager as well as a variety of other topics, with lunch, give aways & screenings

  9. food and drinks equals Success!!!!

  10. Incentives = Success!!!

  11. Staff Trainings & Certifications: • Orasure - Rapid Test • Hepatitis 101

  12. Innovative Marketing & Awareness campaign: • Alternative methods more favorable to Caribbean communities to get the word out • Agencies having experience dealing with these communities (both MDE & Red Hispana) have greater credibility & trust • Flexible, reaching more people across greater time span and locations than traditional handouts / flyers / word of mouth from staff could reach

  13. Family centered approach worked for MDE:

  14. “Teachable Moments” We met to identify most important Data elements Team Created intake forms Agreed on Analysis Goals Database and staff to provide management of data

  15. Referrals, follow up and aftercare network, from Holy Cross Hospital’s network of providers / PAPs etc… = Success!!!!

  16. The Numbers: Total people reached: 799 485 received materials & talked about Hep C.

  17. The Numbers: Total People Tested: 288 Total Positives: 11

  18. Next Steps: Emphasize to clients stay in contact with Care Providers Send out information for Hepatitis to all agencies Be a conduit for requests & maintain Hepatitis referral network Work with Holy Cross & other hospitals for indigent care primary & specialty coverage, & linkage follow up Develop strategies for creation of support groups Identify communities most in need for these services

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