Posts Tagged ‘HIV Status’
Monday, September 9th, 2013
WEBINAR
During this 2 hour webinar we will discuss strategies to help people living with HIV achieve behavioral changes that can prevent negative health outcomes for themselves and avoid transmission to others.
This Webinar will allow participants to:
- Define “primary” and “secondary” prevention in HIV;
- Explore current “Best Practices” in Prevention with HIV-Positive clients presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
- Examine the growing role of HIV treatment in the prevention of HIV transmission;
- Discuss the importance of provider client relationship in addressing prevention issues with their HIV positive clients;
- Review specific strategies for working with special populations; and
- Examine prevention resources and be able to make referrals for prevention services.
NOTE: You must register at BOTH of the following links/websites to attend this webinar:
www.hivtrainingny.org
https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/201424167
Tags: HIV Status, prevention, training, webinar
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Friday, July 26th, 2013
Webinar: Prevention Strategies and HIV Positive Clients
August 7th
10-12
During this 2 hour webinar we will discuss strategies to help people living with HIV achieve behavioral changes that can prevent negative health outcomes for themselves and avoid transmission to others.
Note: In order to sign up for this webinar you must complete a dual registration process. Please register on both www.hivtrainingny.org and https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/742975223
Tags: HIV Status, prevention, training, webinar
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Monday, April 15th, 2013
This two-hour webinar will increase health and human services providers’ awareness of the multifaceted issues clients face when contemplating HIV status disclosure to family, friends and service providers. Participants will develop the skills necessary to conduct timely ongoing assessments and discussion of HIV status disclosure as a component of effective service planning.
To participate please register at BOTH of the following links:
www.hivtrainingny.org
https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/380837799
Tags: HIV, HIV Status, training, webinar
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
National HIV Testing Day is June 27th
ARCS’ Project Reach Out is collaborating with a number of Newburgh-based agencies for a National HIV Testing Day event from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm on the plaza at 280 Broadway, Newburgh, NY. FREE food, FREE fun, and FREE HIV testing. As always, HIV tests are confidential and the results are available in 20 minutes.
Hosted by Project Outreach, Planned Parenthood, the Newburgh Ministry, TEAM Newburgh, Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center, Hudson River Health Care, OraSure, MISN, Hudson Health Plan and Affinity.
For more information, call Jackie at (845) 522-5756.
Tags: event, HIV Status, HIV Testing, Newburgh, special
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Monday, May 14th, 2012
Do you know your status? Check back for details on where you can get a free, confidential HIV test! For a testing spot near you visit http://www.hivtest.org.
Tags: HIV Status, HIV Testing
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
HIV Disclosure: Deciding Who & When to Tell
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 – 10a-12p – WEBINAR
This half-day training will increase health and human services providers’ awareness of the multifaceted issues clients face when contemplating HIV status disclosure to family, friends and service providers. Participants will develop the skills necessary to conduct timely ongoing assessments and discussion of HIV status disclosure as a component of effective service planning.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
• Describe the benefits of ongoing assessment and discussion around disclosure;
• Outline a format to help clients with effective decision-making about HIV/AIDS status disclosure, listing the benefits and limitations;
• Explain the value of supporting a client’s decision regarding disclosure; and
• Discuss the steps involved in making the decision to disclose HIV/AIDS status to family, friends and service providers.
Prerequisite: None
Audience: All non-physician health and human services providers who work directly with people living with HIV
Tags: HIV Status, training, webinar
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
† 6.5 OASAS credits (not approved for initial CPS credentialing)
This one-day training will prepare participants to help people living with HIV to avoid sexual and substance use behaviors that can result in 1) transmitting HIV to others and 2) negative health outcomes for themselves. Topics to be covered and specific skills to be practiced include: psychosocial issues that can make it difficult for people living with HIV to change sexual and substance using behaviors associated with HIV transmission; identify provider values and beliefs about addressing prevention issues with their HIV-positive clients; practice using a booklet that helps people living with HIV consider issues related to disclosure to sexual and needle sharing partners; practice skills associated with working one-on-one with HIV-positive clients on prevention issues; explore specific strategies for working with special populations; and examine prevention resources and be able to make referrals for prevention services.
Prerequisite: It is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge and training on harm reduction and basic HIV/AIDS information.
Audience: All health and human services providers, especially those who work directly with HIV-Positive clients.
Fall 2011 Dates: November 10, 2011 (9am-5pm) Hawthorne
Tags: ARCS, Hawthorne, HIV, HIV Status, prevention, training, Westchester
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
† 3 OASAS credits (not approved for initial CPS credentialing); ‡ 4 CNE hours
More than 25% of people living with HIV in the United States are coinfected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Among people who acquired HIV as a result of injection drug use, the rates of HIV/HCV co-infection may be as high as 90%. HCV screening is recommended for persons infected with HIV. Health and human services providers who work with people living with HIV need updated information about HIV/HCV coinfection in order to provide effective services to their clients. As a result of this half-day training, participants will be able to: recall basic information about the liver and hepatitis C, including transmission, prevention, course of illness, screening and treatment; counsel their HIV-positive clients about the importance of knowing their HCV status; describe how coinfection with HIV and HCV affects the progression of each disease; recall current trends and improvements in treatment for people who are coinfected with HIV and HCV; and list at least three additional service needs of people with HIV who are also coinfected with HCV.
Prerequisite: Although there is no prerequisite for this training, it is strongly recommended that participants have previous training in HIV/AIDS.
Audience: All health and human services providers including: nurses, HIV/STD counselors, substance abuse counselors, case managers, case management technicians, prevention specialists and outreach workers.
Fall 2011 Dates: November 21, 2011 (1pm-4pm) Hawthorne
Tags: ARCS, Hawthorne, Hepatitis C, HIV, HIV Status, training, Westchester
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
This two-day training provides participants with the information and materials needed to implement the VOICES/VOCES intervention.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
– Identify the Core Elements of VOICES/VOCES intervention;
– Conduct the single-sessiong, Video-based group level intervention;
– Describe ways to improve condom negotiation skills among African-American and Latino adults;
– Practice facilitating gender and ethnic-specific groups of 4-8 participants and encourage discussion about condom use and barriers; and
– Utilize CDC-approved materials on HIV risk behavior and condom use in both English and Spanish.
Prerequisite: There will be an additional registration form for the VOICES/VOCES training that will be emailed to you after you register through the LMS system..
Audience: This training is intended for a team of two to three staff from an agency who is funded to delivering this intervention. Staff should have knowledge of HIV/STDs and group facilitation skills.
Note: VOICES/VOCES (Video Opportunities for Innovative Condom Education and Safer Sex) is a single-session, video-based HIV/STD intervention that is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Division of HIV and AIDS Preventions’ (CDC-DHAP) Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) Project. For more information about VOICES/VOCES visit the DEBI website.
Once you have submitted the form and if you are approved, you will receive confirmation via email. If you are not accepted, you will be unenrolled from this training.
The additional registration form will now be required for all DEBI trainings.
This training is only for agencies who are strongly committed to implementing the VOICES/VOCES intervention.
Fall 2011 Dates: November 29 & 30, 2011 (Two-day training; 9am-5pm) Hawthorne
Tags: AIDS, ARCS, Hawthorne, HIV, HIV Status, prevention, training, Westchester
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