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HIV Education for Health Workers Training

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Starts at: October 29, 2025 9:00am ET
Ends at: October 31, 2025 1:00pm ET
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Description

This two-day course is designed to provide health workers and educators with a knowledge of STIs and HIV, testing and counseling skills, sexual health, the history of HIV, and more!  Attendance both days is required.

Wednesday, October 29 9am–1pm

Friday October 31 9am–1pm

 

Intended Audience

Health workers and educators in Massachusetts

Contact

Person: Robyn Reed
Email: Robyn.Reed1@umassmed.edu

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

  • Behavioral Prevention
  • Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
  • HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
  • Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP, occupational and non-occupational)
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Treatment as Prevention (e.g., U=U)
  • Sexual Health History Taking
  • Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
  • Aging and HIV
  • Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
  • Basic science
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV monitoring and lab tests (i.e. CD4 ad viral load)
  • Linkage to Care
  • Status neutral
  • Sexually transmitted infections
  • Health literacy
  • Stigma or discrimination
  • Social determinates of health
  • Community linkages
  • Care coordination
  • Motivational Interviewing