The National YMSM Provider Summit was held on September 10‐11, 2015 at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA. The meeting brought together 48 providers from all over the country. Substance use disorder, mental health, HIV providers and other experts discussed best practices and lessons learned to help decrease the rate of substance use and new HIV infections among racial/ethnic minority YMSM clients. It was a wonderful meeting in which attendees exchanged ideas and strategies. Thank you to everyone who contributed to its success! We are busy writing up all that was discussed and look forward to disseminating the meeting proceedings.
Contact Brandy Oeser at btoeser@ucla.edu
Author: YMSM + LGBT
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