Perinatal Prevention Director for HIV
Florida Department of Health in Broward County
780 SW 24th Street
Fort Lauderdale,
FL
USA
33315
yvette.rivero@flhealth.gov
Biographical Sketch:
More than 25 years of experience including:
Being instrumental in the planning, analysis, and development of the perinatal learning objectives for HIV, Hepatitis B and Congenital Syphilis at the Florida Department of Health in Broward County;
Being an articulate leader, well versed in developing strategic roadmaps in collaboration with senior leadership to develop, plan and implement innovative solutions to exceed levels of patient care and management;
Applying changes in laws, policies and research to the development of protocols that have trained many medical providers in the field.
Serving as a subject matter expert regarding medical informational trends, experiences and approaches.
Utilizing physician advisory groups to explore innovations in clinical systems to support excellence in advancements in research and patient management.
Generating consensus for the practical application of new ideas and best practices. I have developed partnerships with state and local public health agencies and schools.
Presentations include:
November, 2012: Ask, Screen, Intervene in Four Cities:
Collaborating to Implement Prevention into Practice
Joanne Phillips, Ricardo Rivero, Pam Gatches-Fort, Yvette Rivero, Tom Donohoe, Janet Myers, Linda Frank, and Jamie Steiger
August, 2011: Perinatal HIV Symposium II – Miami Dade County Jackson Memorial, FL
July, 2011: HEP C/HIV – Broward County Health Dept.- Equality Pride, FL
April, 2011: STD/STI HIV symposium – Broward County, FL HD – African American Research Library
March, 2011: Perinatal Symposium II – Broward County, FL HD- AARL
Publications including:
Ask, Screen, and Intervene in Four Cities: Collaborating to Implement Prevention into Practice
Joanne Phillips, Ricardo Rivero, Pam Gatches-Fort, Yvette Rivero, Tom Donohoe, Janet Myers, Linda Frank, and Jamie Steiger. Poster submitted to the Ryan White All Titles Meeting, November 2012, Washington DC.
Krystal Hodge, PhD., Susan Danner, BA3, Steven Nesheim, MD, Yvette Rivero, MPH. “Pregnant women’s knowledge of mother-to-child HIV transmission and prevention at labor and delivery”. Submitted to the Journal of Maternal or Child Health, 2011.
Jessica A. Hill, MPH; Sanjyot Shinde, PhD; Susan Danner, BA3; Craig Borkowf, PhD, Steven Nesheim, MD, Rivero, Yvette. “Rapid HIV testing at labor and delivery among Hispanics/Latinas: experiences from the MIRIAD study”.
JoNell Efantis Potter, PhD, RN/ARNP, Margaret Pereyra, DrPH, Margaret Lampe, RN, BSN, Yvette Rivero, MPH, Mary Jo O’Sullivan, MD, “ Factors Associated with No Prenatal Care in the MIRIAD Study”, JOGNN 2009.