How to promote tools for wellbeing and better health outcomes in chronic blood-borne viruses

This event was intended to be open to attendees how registrations were low - the event went ahead but for the purposes of recording as webinar, Not to count in attendee / reg reporting. Covering two innovative and exciting management tools for viral hepatitis and HIV, this session will provide you with new resources to support the wellbeing of your patients. With a clinical underpinning, you will hear about the significant benefits of digital self -management tools for viral hepatitis including the LiverWELL App and improving wellbeing for those living with HIV with the easy to use PozQoL tool.

Do you want to?

-         Better understand how your patient with viral hepatitis is managing their health.

-         Open up conversations around wellbeing with your patients living with HIV.

-         Embed quality of life and self- management into chronic disease practice.

Covering two innovative and exciting management tools for viral hepatitis and HIV, this session will provide you with new resources to support the wellbeing of your patients. With a clinical underpinning, you will hear about the significant benefits of digital self -management tools for viral hepatitis including the LiverWELL App and improving wellbeing for those living with HIV with the easy to use PozQoL tool.

Including tangible links to how the LiverWELL App can support engagement in care and improved liver health as well as the importance and value of using quality of life assessment tools for HIV in a community setting as well as outcomes a recent usability study with clinicians.

To support this, practical advice and resources will be provided to assist with embedding these into your practice. 

Presenters:

Dr Nicole Allard, Epidemiologist (VIDRL, Doherty), GP (CoHealth)

Dr John O’Donoghue, General Practitioner, S100 Prescriber (High St Medical Centre, Bunyip)

Timothy Krulic, Health Promotion Officer (Positive Living Victoria)

Petrina Hilton, Research Officer (ARCSHS and La Trobe University)

Isabelle Purcell, Health Promotion Team Lead (LiverWELL incorporating Hepatitis Victoria)

Learning outcomes:

• Apply and embed the latest wellbeing, quality of life and self -management tools into your practice.
• Identify practical ways to help address gaps in the cascade of care for BBV’s and improve engagement and health outcomes for your patients. 
• Support and reinforce the self-management of patients living with viral hepatitis
• Understand the importance of conversing with patients in relation to their healthcare and options for self-management