The UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) would like to invite you to attend “The Housing Determinant: Integrating Housing into the Continuum of HIV Services” conference on October 21, 2014 at UCLA Covel Commons.  The purpose of this one-day conference is to share the latest research on the impact of housing status on HIV outcomes, to discuss real-world models for integrating housing into HIV prevention and care, to foster collaborations among various stakeholders, and to develop action strategies to inform local policy, community planning, and research directions. This is a pre-event to the Centers for AIDS Research Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Network (SBSRN) 8th National Scientific Meeting. For more details about the SBSRN scientific meeting, email aidsinst@ucla.edu.

The intended audience includes HIV/housing service providers, health agencies, policy makers, researchers, social service providers (e.g. care management, behavioral health, reentry), and consumers. For more information about HIV housing conference, please email 2014HIVHousing@mednet.ucla.edu.

This HIV housing conference is organized and sponsored by UCLA CHIPTS, Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine, National AIDS Housing Coalition, Los Angeles City AIDS Coordinator’s Office, Los Angeles County Commission on HIV, Friends Research Institute, UCLA AIDS Institute, UCLA Center for AIDS Research, and UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

 

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