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Addressing Sexual Risk with Drug Users and their Partners

HVCS Hawthorne 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY, United States

6.5 OASAS credits (not approved for initial CPS credentialing) This one-day training will build participant knowledge and skills in offering sexual harm reduction options to substance users. Although expanded access to syringes and drug treatment options have helped people greatly reduce their substance use-related risks for HIV, the latest research shows that sexual risk behaviors […]

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Building Bridges to Cultural Competency

HVCS Hawthorne 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY, United States

6.5 OASAS credits This one-day training explores the broad definition of culture and its relationship to competent and effective health care and human service delivery. As a result of this training, participants will be able to: • Discuss invisible privilege and its affect on both receiving and providing services; • Explore potential obstacles to providing […]

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Promoting Primary Care & Treatment Adherence for HIV Positive Individuals

HVCS Hawthorne 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY, United States

6.5 OASAS credits (not approved for initial CPS credentialing) This one-day training is designed to increase awareness of non-physician health and human services providers about HIV primary care guidelines and treatment adherence. Providers who are aware of HIV primary care guidelines and strategies for supporting treatment adherence can play an important role in improving the […]

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Supporting Sexual Health Among Young MSM of Color

HVCS Hawthorne 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY, United States

This one-day training will explore the social factors that impact sexual and substance use behaviors among young men who have sex with men (MSM) of color. Health and human services provider will examine how these factors contribute to high rates of sexual and substance use risk behaviors among HIV positive and HIV negative MSM of […]

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Surviving and Thriving: Older Gay Men and MSM Living with HIV

HVCS Hawthorne 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY, United States

In NYS, more than 35% of people living with HIV are gay men or men who have sex with men (MSM). The National HIV/AIDS strategy established the goal of increasing the proportion of HIV-diagnosed gay and bisexual men with undetectable viral load by 20%. This one-day training will prepare non-physician health and human services providers […]

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Positive Prevention: Connecting Care and Prevention

HVCS Hawthorne 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY, United States

This one day training will provide participants with updated information and strategies for promoting prevention among people living with HIV/AIDS. The latest research demonstrates that early initiation of treatment, retention in care and viral load suppression are critical to the health of people with HIV and also play a key role in reducing new infections. […]

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Introduction to HIV, STI’s and Viral Hepatitis

HVCS Hawthorne 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY, United States

This one day introductory training will prepare non-physician health and human services providers to address HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and viral hepatitis in an integrated, client-centered manner. The training will review the similarities and differences in transmission, screening, available treatments and needed support services for each of the diseases. The training will emphasize the […]

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Intro to Co-Occurring Disorders for Clients with HIV/AIDS

HVCS Hawthorne 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY, United States

This one-day training will introduce non-physician providers to co-occurring disorders (substance abuse and mental illness) and their impact on people living with HIV/AIDS. The training will also review trauma and its impacts on care as well as “red flags” or warning signs that might indicate a problem with substance abuse and/or mental health. Participants will […]

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Service Providers’ Brief About the Female Condom (Webinar)

Webinar

A Service Providers’ Brief about the Female Condom This two-hour webinar will provide an overview of the female condom and describe the role service providers’ play in promoting its use. The female condom is the only female-initiated, physical barrier methods currently available, and as such is an important tool when exploring safer sex options. As […]

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Hepatitis C: Screening, Diagnosis and Linkage to Care – NEW!

HVCS Hawthorne 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY, United States

This one-day training will help increase non-clinical health and human services provider’s knowledge of Hepatitis C screening and diagnosis and the importance of effective linkage to care for persons infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). By the completion of this training, providers will be able to: Describe the burden of HCV disease. Identify HCV […]

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