NYS Department of Health AIDS Institute

HIV Education & Training Programs

Description: The goal of this 30 to 40 minute module is to introduce non-physician health and human services providers to the Stages of Change, also known as the Transtheoretical Model, and how to use it to effectively support clients in advancing sexual health and promoting harm reduction.

Learning Objectives: By the end of this eLearning module, you will be able to:

• Describe the six stages of the Transtheoretical Model and their key characteristics;
• Recognize how the model applies to common HIV, Hepatitis C, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxes (PrEP)-related behavior changes, such as attending medical appointments or adhering to medication; and
• Identify basic strategies for supporting clients at different stages of readiness.

Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers

Prerequisite: None

Description: This 90-minute training will discuss the high hepatitis C virus incidence and low treatment initiation rates among young people who use drugs. This training will help participants understand that novel, simplified care models need to be developed to engage, treat, and cure hard-to-reach patient populations, such as young people who use drugs.  

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to:  

• Describe the scope of hepatitis C infection among young PWUD; 
• Explain the association between the emerging epidemic of Hep C infections among young persons and the opioid epidemic; 
• Identify factors that can impact YPWUD and vulnerability for HCV infection; 
• Identify the principles of youth-centered, harm reduction-oriented service provisions; and 
• Identify strategies for hepatitis C prevention, care, and treatment for young PWUD. 

Prerequisite: Hepatitis C 101 course 

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, are LGBT/GNC or who use substances, including: social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others. 

Materials: N/A 

This 2 ½ hour session is aimed at increasing knowledge and awareness among social services providers of the effects of stigma and ageism on older adults living with HIV and building capacity to comprehensively assess sexual wellness. Participants will learn how stigma can directly and negatively affect health outcomes for people living with HIV including viral load suppression. Participants will learn how ageism manifests in healthcare and social services settings and how stigma affects sexual wellness amongst older adults.  Lastly, participants will learn strategies to comprehensively assess sexual wellness amongst older adults living with HIV. 

Learning Objectives

• Describe the prevalence of HIV amongst older adults 
• Define stigma, HIV-related stigma, and intersectional stigma 
• Define ageism and describe examples of ageism in healthcare and social services settings 
• Describe the prevalence of sexual behaviors and activity in older adults 
• Define and describe the domains of sexuality in public health: sexual wellbeing, sexual health, sexual justice, and sexual pleasure 
• Describe the key elements of a comprehensive sexual assessment for older adults 
• Introduce strategies and tools to screen and assess sexual wellness in older adults 

Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers including case managers, social workers, substance use counselors, patient navigators, and peer workers.

Prerequisite: None

Description: This advanced webinar aims to reframe approaches to healthcare for transgender and gender diverse clients through the lens of allyship and empowerment while recognizing the specific barriers they face. Participants will learn tools and techniques to better support trans clients in various settings and roles, from correcting misinformation to transition assistance. 

• Note: This course is not an introductory course. Participants are expected to have some knowledge LGBT related health issues that are address in other courses such as: Building Bridges: Cultural Humility in Health and Human Services, Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequities for the LGBTGNC Community, Recognizing Microaggressions and Providing Stigma-Free Services for LGBTGNC Clients, and Health, Not Harm: Behavior Focused Approaches to Promote Sexual Health.

Objectives: As a result of attending this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Define and appropriately apply terminology related to transgender identities and experience.
2. Describe the history of transgender and gender diverse people and the present sociopolitical context in which they exist.
3. Recognize potential steps in a person’s transition journey and identify appropriate need-to-know information for their role.
4. Apply supportive strategies to providing care for the transgender people with whom they work.

Course Description:

Is your agency interested in being involved in PrEP Aware Week 2025? This 60-minute archived webinar will provide an overview of the newly developed PrEP Aware Week 2025 campaign materials, including an accompanying Social Media Toolkit. Participants will be introduced to the PrEP Aware Week ambassadors, a group of 8 diverse PrEP advocates from around the state. This archived webinar will provide an opportunity for agencies and stakeholders to learn how to utilize free social media products to promote PrEP Aware Week.

Training Objectives:

As a result of this 60-minute training, participants will be able to:

1. Learn the names and PrEP stories of 8 PrEP Aware Week campaign ambassadors from around the state;
2. Identify how to participate in PrEP Aware Week 2025 using the newly developed AIDS Institute PrEP Social Media Toolkit;
3. Ask questions about the PrEP Aware Week 2025 campaign and how to make the best use of the campaign materials.

Intended Audience:

AIDS Institute funded programs, local health departments, hospitals, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders.

Prerequisite: None

Format: Webinar

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs

New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute

Corning Tower, Room 244

Empire State Plaza

Albany, New York 12237-0658

hivet@health.ny.gov

518.474.3045

Description: This 90-minute training will teach participants the five steps of the GOALS Approach to taking a sexual history. The GOALS Approach is an evidence-based, sex-positive strategy for making sexual history conversations less awkward and more effective. Participants will learn how to use the GOALS Approach to streamline sexual history conversations and elicit information most useful for identifying an appropriate course of action. 

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to:  

• Explain the challenges of taking a sexual history using risk-based screeners
• Describe the missed opportunities resulting from the use of risk-based screeners
• Articulate the evidence for and intended benefits of implementing the GOALS Approach to taking a sexual history 
• Accurately describe and apply each step of the GOALS Approach to taking a sexual history

Intended Audience: Staff who work at clinical and non-clinical organizations who conduct sexual histories or have sexual health conversations with their clients/patients including: physicians, medical assistants, nurses, social workers, navigators, patient educators, HIV/STI testers, outreach workers.

Prerequisite: None 

Description: This 60-minute training is a sequel to the GOALS Approach to Sexual History and Health training.  This course will provide participants with additional information to help implement the GOALS Approach at their organization.  Participants will learn how to modify the GOALS Approach to best fit their organization and the specific clients/patients they serve. 

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to:  

• Adapt and modify the GOALS Approach suggested scripts to meet the needs of clients/patients at their organization
• Use the GOALS Approach with unaligned sexual history taking forms
• Comfortably respond to any situation a client/patient presents
• Modify the GOALS Approach when working with minors

Intended Audience: Staff who work at clinical and non-clinical organizations who conduct sexual histories or have sexual health conversations with their clients/patients including: physicians, medical assistants, nurses, social workers, navigators, patient educators, HIV/STI testers, outreach workers.

Prerequisite: The GOALS Approach to Sexual History and Health course 

Description: This training was prepared by the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health. It contains up-to-date information on New York State public health HIV laws and HIV/AIDS provider reporting. 

Objectives:

This online training will cover the following topics:

• An overview of New York State HIV Public Health Laws and Regulations
• What is reportable by law
• Who and what entities are required to report
• Reporting timelines
• The importance of HIV reporting by healthcare providers
• The Medical Provider HIV/AIDS and Partner/Contact Report Form, DOH-4189
• Electronic and paper reporting options
• How to obtain and submit the form

Intended Audience: Healthcare providers, non-provider staff who assist with reporting 

Prerequisites: None

This 90 minute 3-module online training is designed to teach people the information necessary to become an Opioid Overdose Prevention trainer. Opioid Overdose Prevention trainers should have the information, abilities, and tools needed to teach others how to spot an overdose and restore breathing with naloxone.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss the scope of the overdose crisis and common risk factors for overdose. 
2. Describe signs of an overdose and how best to respond, including stimulation techniques and naloxone administration.
3. Identify who should be trained to serve as a community  opioid overdose responder.
4. State the required elements for training community opioid overdose responders. 
5. Identify practices for effectively tailoring opioid overdose prevention training to the needs of the audience.
6. Recall manufacturer’s guidelines for the storage and handling of naloxone.

Audience:

Individuals interested in serving as Opioid Overdose Prevention Trainers who are associated with a NYS Department of Health registered Opioid Overdose Prevention Program.

Important Note: The Clinical and or Program Director are responsible for overseeing, providing meaningful feedback, and monitoring the quality of information delivered by the trainers, as such they should have the individual deliver a mock training to ensure the trainer can teach the material and lead activities that reinforce learning.  

New York City-based Opioid Overdose Prevention Program staff who will dispense naloxone kits must attend a Training of Dispensers (TOD) provided by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). To learn more, email naloxone@health.nyc.gov.

Description:

People with HIV who access the full range of available primary care services and adhere to Anti-Retroviral Treatment achieve better short- and long-term health outcomes. Peer workers who are aware of New York State’s HIV primary care guidelines can educate clients about the elements of HIV primary and specialty care, helping clients access a full range of clinical services.

This two-part training will explore ways that Peer Workers can collaborate with other members of the care team to improve client’s engagement and retention in care, viral suppression, and overall health outcomes.

Objectives:

At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Articulate that achieving “suppressed” or “undetectable” viral load is the goal of ART
• Understand terms and acronyms related to HIV care and treatment
• Demonstrate knowledge of the HIV Treatment Cascade and how it can help in understanding entry into and retention in care and treatment adherence
• List the components of primary care for patients with HIV
• Understand what the multi-disciplinary care team is
• Communicate the importance of rapid initiation of ART;
• Identify common barriers to treatment adherence, including medication side effects
• Work as a member of the care team

Intended audience:

Peer Workers who work with clients living with HIV

Pre-requisites:

Knowledge of the HIV primary care guidelines, The HIV Treatment Cascade and HIV treatment education and adherence coaching are essential for promoting HIV primary care and treatment adherence.

Description: Join us for an interactive webinar that explores the concepts of social determinants of health and health inequities through the lens of LGBTGNC health and social contexts. Utilizing New York State’s Six Domains of Social Determinants of Health, participants will explore the economic, environmental, educational, language, community, and healthcare access factors that influence health and wellbeing. Participants will also be given practical interventions and strategies to address harm causes by systemic inequalities.

Objectives: 

As a result of participation in this session, participants will be able to: 

(1) Describe and differentiate the terms health inequities, health disparities, and health inequality, 

(2) Identify areas where disparities exist for the LGBTGNC community, related factors, and what can be done to address them in practice.

Description: This 2.5-hour training will build participant knowledge and create strategies for non-physician health and human service providers to improve health care with people who use drugs. This course will provide an overview of the unique health care needs of PWUD, address stigmatization and bias concerning how people who use drugs engage in health care and utilize self-determination theory to identify strategies to assist people who use drugs to develop positive health care relationships.

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to:   

• Identify different points of access to Healthcare for PWUD;   
• Describe institutional, social & behavioral factors that influence access, including drug related stigma;     
• List aspects of the cycle of trust, to create positive outcomes for PWUD;     
• Identify some of the unique health care needs of PWUD;     
• List barriers PWUD may have to face when accessing healthcare;
• Define what quality health care is and how to advocate for receiving it; 
• Develop strategies to assist PWUD in preparing for healthcare visits including decisions around when & how to disclose their drug use to medical providers; and   
• Identify strategies & tools to help clients who use drugs to build positive, trusting relationships with their health care provider.   

Prerequisite: N/A 

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, are LGBT/GNC or who use substances, including: social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others.   

You can reverse an overdose if you know what to do and you act in time. Whether you use drugs, love someone who does, or just care about the people in your community, it’s important to be prepared if you encounter someone who is overdosing. This training is for anyone who may be with or encounter a person that is experiencing an overdose.

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

• List the signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose
• Demonstrate how to administer naloxone
• Identify the steps to follow when encountering an opioid overdose
• Identify options for obtaining naloxone
• Identify resources for further training

This training should take 15 minutes to complete. 

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Intended Audience: The practical training is for a wide variety of audiences including: clinical or non-clinical staff, people in active use of substances and their loved ones, as well as general community members.

This online training is the first course in a series. It contains four modules and sets the stage for the evidence base of integrating Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in corrections.  It covers the epidemiology of the national and state opioid crisis and summarizes the latest data for those diagnosed with an OUD entering the criminal justice system.  This course serves as a primer for the science of Substance Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder, “SUD/OUD” and the FDA-approved medications for treating OUD.  It offers an emphasis on the evidence base for providing MOUD in the correctional setting and dispels misperceptions of OUD and MOUD.   The training is self-paced. Progress is automatically saved and learners may exit and return as desired. It takes approximately 60 minutes to complete all modules. At the end of the training, you're invited to complete a brief evaluation survey and your feedback will help us improve the future offering of this training. 

Objectives 

By the end of this self-paced online training, you will be able to: 

• Identify the scope of SUD/OUD at the national and state level  
• Describe the prevalence of SUD/OUD in correctional settings 
• Name and compare the 3 FDA approved medications that can be used for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD)  
• Distinguish between the fact and myth of MOUD 
• Describe the evidence base rationale for provide MOUD in corrections 

Prerequisite:?None 

Audience:? The intended audience for this course includes Social Workers, Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselors (CASACs), Correctional Officers, other non-physician health and human services providers; peer educators; and staff directly involved with MOUD programming in the corrections setting. 

This on-line self-paced training is designed to navigate a leadership team through the process of applying a health equity lens to the work of their organization. The training walks the leadership team through 12 distinct steps, providing guiding questions to explore at each step in the process of applying a health equity lens. The training allows the team to conveniently gather their responses to these questions for use in ongoing organizational change and development. 

Objectives:

As a result of participating in this training, an organization’s leadership team will be able to:

1. Explore 12 distinct steps for applying a health equity lens
2. Access important health equity resources and resources for becoming an anti-racist organization
3. Identify action steps for refining programs and services to best meet the needs of all communities served
4. Identify steps to develop or enhance partnerships to meet community-level social determinants of health needs
5. Apply strategies for developing a data-driven plan and monitoring ongoing progress toward promoting health equity. 

Intended Audience: 

This program is intended for the leadership team of a health care institution, community-based organization or other non-profit organization involved in delivering health or human services. Members of a leadership team might include: the executive director, program managers, supervisors, HR personnel, quality improvement staff, members of the board of directors, community advisory board, and others. 

The training is also open to anyone who is interested in health equity, organizational development and improving services to meet the needs of all communities.

Prerequisite: 

None. It is recommended that individuals complete the Health Equity On-Line training prior to taking this course.  

Addressing the Stigma of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in Corrections 

Intended Audience: The intended audience includes social workers, CASACs, Correctional leadership, Correctional Officers, Nurses, Correctional Health Staff and other staff directly involved with Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) programming. 

This 15-minute quick learn focuses on the importance of addressing stigma within corrections and provides a framework for understanding stigma related to substance use disorders (SUD) and the role language plays in reducing stigma.  This course takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. 

Objectives 

By the end of this self-paced online training, you will be able to: 

• Describe types and impact of stigma related to SUD 
• Compare myths and facts of MOUD 
• Identify how language can impact and address stigma 

Prerequisite: None

This online, self-paced training that consists of two separate modules is designed to increase physician and non-physician health and human service providers’ knowledge of medical negligence and systemic discrimination as a source of medical mistrust and introduce strategies for employing a health equity-informed approach to build current day trust and engagement in care.  This course takes approximately 2 hours to complete. 

Objectives:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

· Define key terms related to medical mistrust;

· Recall at least 3 historical examples of systemic discrimination and medical negligence that create and reinforce feelings of medical mistrust;

· Describe how current day systemic discrimination and medical practices create and reinforce feelings of medical mistrust;

· Identify 2 scenarios where medical mistrust could arise and impact an interaction with a client;

· Recall 3 communication strategies rooted in Self-Determination Theory to promote client trust.

Intended Audience:

Physician and non-physician health and human services providers

Prerequisite:

It is recommended that participants complete the “Health Equity” Online Training prior to taking this course.

Goals & Objectives

Social services providers are in a unique position to offer support to clients living with or at risk for Hepatitis C (HCV). This two-hour webinar provides an overview of HCV transmission, disease progression, testing and treatment.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: 

• Recall basic facts about who is affected by hepatitis C (HCV) in New York State.
• Recall basic facts about the functions of the liver and how liver damage affects the body.
• Describe how hepatitis C is and is not transmitted.
• Describe to clients the spectrum of illness for hepatitis C.
• Describe the two-step testing algorithm for hepatitis C.
• Describe the goals of HCV treatment.

Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers including case managers, social workers, patient navigators, and peer workers.

The goal of this one-hour online training is to increase non-physician health and human services providers’ understanding of the importance of health equity, and how health equity impacts the clients they work with.

Training Objectives:

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

· Define key terms related to health equity.

· List the social determinants of health.

· Describe how health equity is impacted by the social determinants of health.

· Identify three steps that non-physician health and human services providers can take to implement a health equity lens in their work.

Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers

Pre-requisite: None

This online training serves as an introductory course for non-physician health and human services providers.  The training provides up-to-date information about HIV in four different modules.  The training is self-paced. Progress is automatically saved and learners may exit and return as desired.  It takes approximately 120 minutes to complete all modules.

Objectives

By the end of this self-paced online training, you will be able to:

• Recall that HIV is a manageable chronic condition when people take advantage of anti-retroviral treatment and primary care;
• Recall NYS regulations regarding HIV testing, including updated information about the removal of written or verbal informed consent, key messages for people based on test results and the importance of arranging HIV care for those diagnosed with HIV;
• Identify how HIV is and is not transmitted;
• Recall the different ways to prevent HIV, including U=U, PEP, PrEP and other harm reduction strategies;
• Define Health Equity and identify elements of affirming services.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All non-physician health and human services providers; peer educators; and anyone in the general public with an interest in HIV/AIDS.

Description: This 90-minute training will review basic information about opioid use, opioid use disorder and risk reduction strategies.

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to: 

• Share basic information on different types of opioids; 
• Debunk common myths surrounding opioid use; 
• Explain various effects of opioid use, including signs of overdose; 
• Share how the brain reacts when opioids are used; 
• List 3-5 strategies to reduce risk related to drug use.

Prerequisite: General Substance Use 101 

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, are LGBT/GNC or who use substances, including: social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others. 

Description: This 90-minute training will review basic information about stimulant use, stimulant use disorder and risk reduction strategies.

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to: 

• Share basic information on different types of stimulants; 
• Debunk common myths surrounding stimulant use; 
• Explain various effects of stimulant use, including signs of overamping; 
• Share how the brain reacts when stimulants are used; 
• List 3-5 strategies to reduce risk related to drug use.

Prerequisite: General Substance Use 101

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, are LGBT/GNC or who use substances, including: social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others.   

Training Description:

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) remain an issue of public health significance with a disproportionate burden among gender and sexual minorities. This 90-minute training will prepare non-physician health and human services providers and peer workers with the epidemiology, modes of transmission, prevention techniques, and treatment of common STDs.

Training Objectives:

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the epidemiology, modes of transmission, prevention techniques, and treatment of chlamydia.
2. Describe the epidemiology, modes of transmission, prevention techniques, and treatment of gonorrhea.
3. Describe the epidemiology, modes of transmission, prevention techniques, and treatment of syphilis.
4. Describe the modes of transmission, prevention techniques, and treatment of genital herpes, HPV, and trichomoniasis.
5. Discuss efforts at the national level to end the STI epidemic
 

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers who work with clients/ patients at risk for HIV or STIs including prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, peer workers, case managers, care managers and coordinators, social workers, client services staff, and others

Prerequisite: None

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

Training Description:

This webinar series will prepare non-physician health and human services providers with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to employ a non-judgmental, sex-positive approach during all client interactions. The course will be delivered in six parts over 3 days for a total of 13.0 hours of training.

Training Objectives: 

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Demonstrate comfort talking about sexual health, sexual behavior, and sexual pleasure.
2. Demonstrate acceptance and non-judgmental attitudes regarding the different reasons a person engages in consensual sexual behavior.
3. Demonstrate comfort using either medical terms or slang terms for different sexual behaviors and parts of human genitalia.
4. Articulate the practice of using substances to enhance sexual pleasure.
5. Explain the history of HIV prevention and why PrEP and U=U represent such important advances.
6. Discuss the risk of HIV transmission during different sexual behaviors and present a range of harm reduction options.
7. Share client-centered, culturally appropriate messages about HIV treatment as prevention and U=U.
8. Explain PrEP as an empowering sex-positive biomedical intervention for HIV prevention without using scare tactics.
9. Explain birth control/ contraceptive options with clients in a culturally responsive manner.
10. Use open-ended questions when asking clients about their sexual desires, and experiences and actively listen to responses.
11. Use affirming language around gender identity, gender expression, sexuality, and sexual orientation.
 

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers who work with clients/ patients at risk for HIV or STIs including prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, peer workers, case managers, care managers and coordinators, social workers, client services staff, and others

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

Training Description:

This two-hour webinar will review sections from the current Sex, Gender, and HIV course related to sexual development, trauma, anatomy, and sexual health.

Training Objectives:

As a result of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Describe and distinguish the stages of sexual development.
2. Explore the impact of aging on sexual health.
3. Describe how trauma can have an impact on development.
4. Demonstrate the ability to discuss genital anatomy using gender-neutral terminology.
 

Intended Audience: All non-physician health and human service providers.

Prerequisites: None

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

HIV is a chronic manageable illness when patients are actively engaged in HIV treatment.  In order to maximize positive health outcomes, patients with HIV may require assistance with linkage to care, treatment adherence, retention in care, and addressing a wide range of psychosocial issues that may impact their health. This two-part webinar series training is designed to help Health Home care managers develop strategies to effectively engage, assess and develop plans of care for patients living with HIV.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

Recall the importance of HIV testing and knowing one’s HIV status;
Recall the basic elements of HIV care and treatment;
Describe the importance of viral suppression in promoting positive health outcomes and reducing HIV transmission;
Understand that comprehensive assessments should be able to identify the medical, behavioral health, and social service needs of clients living with HIV;
List reasons why documenting plan of care outcomes is important;
Identify documentation requirements;
Recall responsibility for maintaining client confidentiality.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: Health Home care management providers serving clients living with HIV  

This two-hour webinar will introduce providers to trauma and the impact on clients with HIV/STIs/HCV. This course will review the definition of trauma and trauma informed care.

At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Define trauma and list examples of trauma that clients with HIV/STIs/HCV encounter
• Describe the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Study and its importance to providers
• Define trauma informed care
• List at least 5 triggers that may re-traumatize clients with HIV/STIs/HCV

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All non-physician health and human service providers who work with people living with HIV/STIs/HCV.

This 45-minute on-line module will provide health and human service providers with an opportunity to practice applying the four processes of Motivational Interviewing (MI): Engaging; Focusing; Evoking; and Planning.  

By the end of this on-line course, you will be able to:

• Describe the four elements of the spirit of Motivational Interviewing, or MI, that frame the relationship between the provider and client
• Describe the four processes of MI
• Apply the basic skills of MI in the context of working with clients living with or at risk for HIV/STIs or Viral Hepatitis, and
• Practice working through the four processes of MI with clients living with or at risk for HIV/STIs or Viral Hepatitis to resolve ambivalence and support healthy behavior change

Prerequisite:  None

Intended audience: All health and human service providers.

Continuing Education Credits: This training is provided under New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Education and Training Provider Certification Number 0305. Under the NYS OASAS Provider Certificate, this training is approved for 0.75 clock hours toward the education and training requirements for renewal of CASAC/CPP/CPS certification.

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This 20-30 minute, interactive on-line training will review the requirements for HIV testing as outlined in NYS Public Health Law and regulation.  

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Meet the requirements of public health law to offer HIV testing as a routine part of health care to all patients age 13 and older.
• Recall the healthcare settings and clinical providers impacted by the law.
• Recall that individuals should be informed of HIV testing and have the right to decline the test. 
• Recall that there is no requirement to obtain consent in writing or orally for HIV testing.
• Recall the key points about HIV testing that must be provided before conducting an HIV test.
• Be familiar with resources for interpreting HIV test results.
• Describe the process for providing an HIV negative result.
• Recall follow-up actions for patients newly diagnosed as living with HIV, including case reporting responsibilities and the requirement of arranging for follow-up HIV care, with patient's consent.
• Recall the confidential nature of HIV testing and the use of NYS approved forms for disclosure of HIV-related information.

Audience: All clinical providers and community-based providers who offer HIV testing

Prerequisite: None

Goals of this course:

This 90-minute archived webinar will assist participants in building knowledge and skills to more effectively deliver services to clients remotely.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this 90-minute archived webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the benefits and challenges of meeting with clients remotely,
• List at least 2 resources for meeting with clients remotely, and
• Describe at least 3 key considerations for meeting with clients remotely 

Resources and handouts for this course are available at this link: https://www.hivtrainingny.org/NewsPost/Trending 

Pre-requisites:  This course has no pre-requisite.

Intended audience:  Non-medical human service providers, including peers and peer workers, who meet with and/or work with clients remotely.

This session will introduce participants to the AIDS Institutes’ Benefits Counseling Pilot Project (BCPP).   Created in 2020, the BCPP provides critical information and guidance for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) who are on public benefits and are currently working, considering a return or looking for employment. The BCPP funds nine agencies across New York State to educate PLWHs on how wages impact their public benefits.  Benefits Counselors are credentialed through WIP-C (Cornell) with continually updated expertise to support PLWH as they make important decisions related to work and their benefit programs, such as SSI, SSDI, SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare and more.  The course reviews eligibility criteria and how to access services.

Length: 20 minutes

Intended Audience: PLWHA, HIV providers, health or human services professionals, case managers, health homes care managers, peers  or anyone working with PLWHAs considering or looking for employment and want more information on how wages impact public benefits. 

As a health and human services provider, you play an important role in helping vulnerable populations engage and remain in care.  This module will explore the unique obstacles that transgender people encounter within the healthcare system.  The training explores the case example of a young woman of transgender experience who was recently diagnosed as living with HIV.  The training will review key strategies to overcome obstacles to HIV care.

By the end of this online module, you will be able to:

• Recall key facts related to medical care for women of transgender experience who are living with HIV
• Describe the unique challenges that transgender women living with HIV experience in accessing healthcare
• Use a strength-based approach to support  resilience and improve linkage and retention in care for transgender women living with HIV

Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers

Pre-requisite: Basic knowledge of HIV

This session will provide an overview of the NYS Peer Certification Program in HIV, HCV and Harm Reduction and will share a successful program model for integrating peer workers into the health home care team. 

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Recall evidence that demonstrates that the inclusion of a peer worker on the care team can improve health outcomes for people living with HIV;
2. Recall key facts about the NYS Peer Certification program in HIV, HCV and Harm Reduction, including peer worker areas of work, competencies, requirements for training and practicum;
3. Identify elements of a successful model for integrating peer workers on the health home care team;
4. Recall resources for recruiting certified peer workers.   

This two hour archived webinar will review the updated requirements for the NYS Peer Worker Certification program in HIV, Hepatitis C, and Harm Reduction. The webinar will provide a step-by-step walk through of the process for submitting an application for certification. By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• State at least three benefits of Peer Certification
• State the three tracks and who is eligible to apply for certification
• Recall the purpose of foundational training and self-care evaluation for Peer Workers and guidelines for completing the statement of experience
• Identify the core and specialized training requirements for peer certification
• Recall the requirement for signing and uploading the required Code of Ethics attestation
• Recall the requirement for completing a practicum or work experience and uploading a satisfactory supervisor evaluation
• Recall the requirement for passing a knowledge test and state basic features of the testing process
• Navigate the online application system to begin the process of submitting an application for certification

Audience: Peer workers interested in and/or currently peer certification, supervisors of peer works and interested others. 

Pre-Course Module Description

This 30-45 minute self-paced and interactive pre-learning module will offer a brief overview of the information that will be covered in the virtual “The Role of PrEP Peer Workers in Patient Navigation” training, as well as the New York State PrEP Peer Track.

As a result of this online module, participants will be:

• Familiar with the course expectations and background
• Able to recall the NYS AIDS Institute PrEP Peer Worker Competencies related to linkage to PrEP and patient navigation.

It is required that participants complete this pre-learning module prior to attending the virtual “The Role of PrEP Peer Workers in Patient Navigation” training.

Audience:  Peer Workers doing PrEP related work.  

This 2 -hour archived webinar will review the basic information about hepatitis C that health and human service providers should discuss with program participants who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual (LGB) or Transgender/Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC).  This webinar will explore the practices that may place LGB and TGNC people at risk for HCV transmission and identify harm reduction strategies to reduce their risk. Screening recommendations and key considerations for HCV care and treatment in LGB and TGNC clients will be addressed.

Objectives: By the end of this session participants will be able to:

• Review basic information about HCV prevention, transmission, screening, diagnosis, care and treatment
• Explore HCV risk and identify harm reduction options for LGB and TGNC health
• Discuss the benefits of HCV testing and connection to care.
• Identify HCV prevention messages using Harm Reduction to educate LGB and TGNC clients 
• Address common concerns that LGB and TGN clients may have regarding HCV care and treatment

Prerequisite: It is recommended that participants are familiar with basic information about HCV.  For participants new to HCV, it is recommended that they first view the Hepatitis C basics Archived Webinar.

Audience: All health and human service providers, including Peer Workers

Landing the Job: Resume Development and Interviewing Skills for Certified Peer Workers
Course Description:
This one-hour archived webinar will provide NYS Certified Peer Workers, and individuals seeking certification, with the basic skills to land your dream job.  You’ve found the perfect job opportunity- now what? Topics to be covered include: creating and tailoring a resume and cover letter, completing an application, interview tips and professional wisdom to get you hired.
As a result of this one-hour webinar, participants will be able to:
• Write an effective application and resume, tailored to the requirements of the position
• Identify the difference between a resume and a cover letter, and create a cover letter that complements your resume
• Navigate an interview in professional manner to wow employers and set yourself apart
• Respond to questions about gaps in employment
• Address barriers to employment such as having a criminal record
• Identify supportive professional and personal references
• Recall best practices for follow-up after an interview
• Offer the necessary documentation for the first day of employment
• Locate additional vocational services to assist with job search and obtaining employment.

Target Audience:  NYS Certified Peer Workers in HIV, HCV, HR, as well as individuals seeking certification
Pre-Requisite: N/A

This archived 2-hour webinar explores the unique barriers that may prevent Black and Latino Young Gay Men and YMSM from connecting to and remaining engaged in health care services. This training will focus on how prevention, support services, and outreach staff can help Black and Latino Young Gay Men and YMSM understand the importance of health care services. Participants will be prepared to educate Black and Latino Young Gay Men and YMSM on what to expect from a clinical visit, how to discuss their specific health concerns with their health care provider and make informed decisions about when and how to disclose pertinent personal information such as sexual orientation, sexual practices and other issues.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Explore factors that may influence access to health care services specifically for Black and Latino Young Gay Men and YMSM;
• Recall the importance of health care services for Black and Latino Young Gay Men and YMSM;
• Describe what a clinical visit may look like for Black and Latino Young Gay Men and YMSM;
• Identify strategies to assist Black and Latino Young Gay Men and YMSM in overcoming some of the barriers to health care services; and
• Identify ways to support Black and Latino Young Gay Men and YMSM in making informed decisions regarding when to share their sexual orientation, sexual practices, and other personal information with their health care provider.

Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with young gay men and YMSM. 

Prerequisite: There is no prerequisite to attend this course.  It is strongly recommended that participants previously attended the training "Supporting Sexual Health Among YMSM of Color."

This one-hour webinar will review the latest developments in state regulation as they pertain to sharing of patient-specific information for the purpose of linkage and retention in HIV care.

Topics to be covered will include:

1. How regulations that expand data sharing will support NY’s effort to end the AIDS epidemic by the end of 2020;
2. Who may request information from the NYS and NYC HIV surveillance systems for the purpose of promoting linkage and retention in HIV care;
3. What information may be shared;
4. How to submit a request for information and situations that warrant an urgent request;

Intended audience:

Mangers and staff from health care facilities, care coordination entities and community based organizations involved in providing services to people living with HIV.

This webinar will provide information about Empire State College's provision of credits for Peer Workers who complete NYS HIV, HCV, HR Peer Worker Certification.

After viewing this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Review information related to Empire State College's provision of credits for the NYS HIV, HCV, HR Peer Worker Certification program;
• Recall how one becomes matriculated to obtain Empire State College Credits;
• Review the evaluation process to understand how one's courses translate to a degree plan; and
• Review sample degree plans to understand potential and appropriate degree programs to further one's education and career path.

Support service providers, like care mangers, case managers, educators, peer workers and others play an important role in helping clients living with HIV to achieve and maintain viral suppression. This online course will help prepare providers to discuss lab values with their clients living with HIV within the scope of their role as a non-physician health and human service provider.

This course is divided into three 20-minute modules:

• Module 1: Labs Overview and Your Role explores key lab value concepts and how to support clients with understanding their lab values.
• Module 2: Specialized Tests to Monitor HIV provides information on specialized tests to monitor HIV, such as the Viral Load and CD4 tests.
• Module 3: Other Routine Lab Tests Used in HIV Care reviews other routine lab tests used in HIV care.

By the end of this training participants will be able to:

1. Describe basic information about laboratory tests performed to assess and monitor clients living with HIV
2. Discuss lab results with clients in a manner that is consistent with their scope of responsibilities as a support services provider
3. Support clients in their efforts to achieve and maintain viral suppression
4. Explain how to support clients in their efforts to achieve and maintain viral suppression by way of adhering lab visits and discussing lab results with their providers, and
5. Identify situations where a client may need more intense interventions regarding adherence to labs, treatment adherence, linkage or retention in care related to labs

Prerequisite:  Although there is no prerequisite for this training, it is strongly recommended that participants have previous training in HIV/AIDS.

Intended audience: All health and human service providers.

This 2 -hour archived webinar will provide basic information about Hepatitis C (HCV) for health and human service providers.  This webinar can serve as an introductory course for anyone with a professional or personal interest in Hepatitis C.  

 Objectives: By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the basics of how HCV can be transmitted;
• Describe how HCV progresses and the importance of care and treatment;
• List the steps to identify HCV infection;
• Discuss basic HCV prevention strategies;
• Describe  basic tips for taking care of the liver and living healthy while living with HCV

Prerequisite: none

Audience: All health and human service providers, including Peers Workers  

This online module is designed to help agency leadership carefully consider five key domains that are critical to the success of peer-delivered services, with a focus on identifying specific steps to build organizational capacity.  The training is most effective when completed as a team by senior leadership of the organization.  The learning module can be paused as the team discusses questions in each of the following five domains: defining the roles and responsibilities of peer workers; fiscal issues; hiring issues; providing appropriate supervision; and integration of peer workers into the overall agency operations.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Complete an organizational assessment regarding agency readiness to implement peer-delivered services
2. Recall five key domains critical to the success of peer-delivered services
3. Identify important next steps for building agency capacity to implement peer-delivered services

Audience: This training is intended for members of the leadership team of any health or social services agency that offer, or intend to offer, peer-delivered services. Members of the leadership team may include:  executive directors, chief fiscal officers, human resources managers and programs supervisors.

Note: This training this most effective when completed by the agency leadership team as a group sitting around a table.

Prerequisite: None

The AIDS Institute's Certified Peer Worker Code of Ethics outlines 19 principles that guide Peer Workers in defining their roles, relationships, and scope of responsibility. As part of the certification process, Peer Workers are required to sign an attestation that they agree to follow this Code of Ethics at all times.

This 30-minute online module will provide Peer Workers with an opportunity to reflect on situations they may encounter in their work and consider how the Peer Worker Code of Ethics can help to determine the best course of action.

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

• Recall the purpose of the Certified Peer Worker Code of Ethics
• Practice making decisions on how to respond to different situations with clients based on the Certified Peer Worker Code of Ethics

Prerequisite:  None

Intended audience: Peer Workers

This 30-minute on-line module will provide health and human service providers with an introduction to Motivational Interviewing. The course will review the basic elements of Motivational Interviewing and how it can be helpful to providers when working with clients who are HIV positive, infected with Hepatitis C, or require harm reduction services.

By the end of this on-line course, you will be able to:

• Define Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• List 3 benefits of using MI
• Identify the major elements of MI
• Discuss ways to know if MI is effective
• Identify opportunities to use principles of MI in consumer encounters

Prerequisite:  None

Intended audience: All health and human service providers.

The Engagement in Care Series highlights important issues in linkage to care, retention in care and treatment adherence for people living with HIV through exploring specific case studies.  These brief, interactive on-line trainings take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

The first session in this series addresses the case of Will, a 51 year old gay man who has been living with HIV for thirty years.

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. Describe the importance of engaging  older HIV+ men who are gay or MSM in care;
2. List barriers to linkage and retention that older HIV+ men who are gay or MSM face;
3. Describe strategies that health and human services providers can use to improve linkage and retention among older HIV+ men who are gay or MSM.

This 90-minute webinar will review the important role that program directors and supervisors should play in the development and implementation of peer-delivered services with a focus on policies and procedures for hiring and supervising peer workers.  Topics to be reviewed include integration of peers into multidisciplinary teams, best practices for supervising and coaching peer workers and strategies to support the development of Peer Worker skills and competencies.

Objectives:

By the end of this webinar, program directors and supervisors will be able to:

• Review Peer Worker contributions and effectiveness in improving patient health outcomes
• Recall NYS AIDS Institute Peer Worker areas of work, core competencies  and identify the unique role of Peer Workers on the care team
• Identify important roles for program directors and supervisors during the Peer Worker practicum which is required for certification and in managing Certified Peer Workers
• Examine the transition period from practicum to employed Certified Peer Worker.

Target Audience:  Program Directors and Supervisors

This eight-part video series provides an overview of the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program limited service laboratories and discusses in detail requirements for obtaining, reapplying, and updating a registration certificate for facilities performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing. The videos are applicable to individuals who serve as, or seek to serve as, lab directors, managers or leadership staff involved in planning or implementing a limited service laboratory, including individuals from facilities implementing or currently performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing.  Limited Service Laboratories include hospital extension clinics, hospital owned physician practices, nursing homes, home health care agencies, school/student health services, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, county health departments, correctional facilities, ambulance/rescue squads and other direct patient care facilities performing only waived and/or provider-performed microscopy procedures.

CLEP Series Part I: What is required prior to submission of an initial limited service laboratory registration application?

During this segment, we will discuss considerations and requirements prior to submission of an initial single or multi-network limited service laboratory registration application including, but not limited to, testing program oversight, policies & protocols, testing area, and testing considerations.

This eight-part video series provides an overview of the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program limited service laboratories and discusses in detail requirements for obtaining, reapplying, and updating a registration certificate for facilities performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing. The videos are applicable to individuals who serve as, or seek to serve as, lab directors, managers or leadership staff involved in planning or implementing a limited service laboratory, including individuals from facilities implementing or currently performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing.  Limited Service Laboratories include hospital extension clinics, hospital owned physician practices, nursing homes, home health care agencies, school/student health services, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, county health departments, correctional facilities, ambulance/rescue squads and other direct patient care facilities performing only waived and/or provider-performed microscopy procedures.

CLEP Series Part II: Considerations and requirements before, during, and after testing

During this segment, we will discuss considerations and requirements before, during, and after testing.  These considerations and requirements must be in place prior to submission of an initial single or multi-network limited service laboratory registration application.

This eight-part video series provides an overview of the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program limited service laboratories and discusses in detail requirements for obtaining, reapplying, and updating a registration certificate for facilities performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing. The videos are applicable to individuals who serve as, or seek to serve as, lab directors, managers or leadership staff involved in planning or implementing a limited service laboratory, including individuals from facilities implementing or currently performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing.  Limited Service Laboratories include hospital extension clinics, hospital owned physician practices, nursing homes, home health care agencies, school/student health services, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, county health departments, correctional facilities, ambulance/rescue squads and other direct patient care facilities performing only waived and/or provider-performed microscopy procedures.

CLEP Series Part III: Initial limited service laboratory registration

During this segment, we will discuss the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program requirements and how to complete an Initial Limited Service Laboratory Registration Application for facilities performing CLIA-waived tests. 

This eight-part video series provides an overview of the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program limited service laboratories and discusses in detail requirements for obtaining, reapplying, and updating a registration certificate for facilities performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing. The videos are applicable to individuals who serve as, or seek to serve as, lab directors, managers or leadership staff involved in planning or implementing a limited service laboratory, including individuals from facilities implementing or currently performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing.  Limited Service Laboratories include hospital extension clinics, hospital owned physician practices, nursing homes, home health care agencies, school/student health services, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, county health departments, correctional facilities, ambulance/rescue squads and other direct patient care facilities performing only waived and/or provider-performed microscopy procedures.

CLEP Series Part IV: Multi-network limited service laboratory registration

During this segment, we will discuss the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program requirements and how to complete the Limited Service Laboratory Multi-Network Registration Application for facilities performing CLIA-waived tests at multiple locations as defined by the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program. 

This eight-part video series provides an overview of the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program limited service laboratories and discusses in detail requirements for obtaining, reapplying, and updating a registration certificate for facilities performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing. The videos are applicable to individuals who serve as, or seek to serve as, lab directors, managers or leadership staff involved in planning or implementing a limited service laboratory, including individuals from facilities implementing or currently performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing.  Limited Service Laboratories include hospital extension clinics, hospital owned physician practices, nursing homes, home health care agencies, school/student health services, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, county health departments, correctional facilities, ambulance/rescue squads and other direct patient care facilities performing only waived and/or provider-performed microscopy procedures.

CLEP Series Part V: Considerations for Rapid HIV Testing

During this segment, we will discuss additional considerations and requirements for Rapid HIV Testing beyond the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program limited service laboratory registration certificate.

This eight-part video series provides an overview of the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program limited service laboratories and discusses in detail requirements for obtaining, reapplying, and updating a registration certificate for facilities performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing. The videos are applicable to individuals who serve as, or seek to serve as, lab directors, managers or leadership staff involved in planning or implementing a limited service laboratory, including individuals from facilities implementing or currently performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing.  Limited Service Laboratories include hospital extension clinics, hospital owned physician practices, nursing homes, home health care agencies, school/student health services, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, county health departments, correctional facilities, ambulance/rescue squads and other direct patient care facilities performing only waived and/or provider-performed microscopy procedures.

CLEP Series Part VI: Considerations for Rapid Hepatitis C Testing

During this segment, we will discuss additional considerations and requirements for Rapid Hepatitis C Testing beyond the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program limited service laboratory registration certificate.

This eight-part video series provides an overview of the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program limited service laboratories and discusses in detail requirements for obtaining, reapplying, and updating a registration certificate for facilities performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing. The videos are applicable to individuals who serve as, or seek to serve as, lab directors, managers or leadership staff involved in planning or implementing a limited service laboratory, including individuals from facilities implementing or currently performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing.  Limited Service Laboratories include hospital extension clinics, hospital owned physician practices, nursing homes, home health care agencies, school/student health services, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, county health departments, correctional facilities, ambulance/rescue squads and other direct patient care facilities performing only waived and/or provider-performed microscopy procedures.

CLEP Series Part VII: Limited services laboratory registration re-application

During this segment, we will discuss the process for re-application to renew a limited service laboratory registration certificate. 

This eight-part video series provides an overview of the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program limited service laboratories and discusses in detail requirements for obtaining, reapplying, and updating a registration certificate for facilities performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing. The videos are applicable to individuals who serve as, or seek to serve as, lab directors, managers or leadership staff involved in planning or implementing a limited service laboratory, including individuals from facilities implementing or currently performing CLIA-waived testing including rapid HIV and HCV testing.  Limited Service Laboratories include hospital extension clinics, hospital owned physician practices, nursing homes, home health care agencies, school/student health services, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, county health departments, correctional facilities, ambulance/rescue squads and other direct patient care facilities performing only waived and/or provider-performed microscopy procedures.

CLEP Series Part VIII: Changing a limited services laboratory registration certificate

During this segment, we will discuss what document changes are required to be submitted to the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program.  We will detail how to document changes in limited service laboratory registration status and how to add and/or delete tests.

Course Description: The use of written materials is an important component of effective patient education. Although the average adult in the United States reads at an eighth-grade level, most patient materials, including educational materials, registration forms, informed consent forms, or patient letters are written on a high-school or college reading level.  This 2 hour webinar will teach participants about what constitutes a health literate material and will build skills that enable participants to identify and create health literate patient materials. At completion of this webinar, participants will be able to assess and re-design their organization’s health materials.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
• List the elements that constitute a health literate material
• Develop skills to analyze and assess various health materials
• Learn about the role of meta-messages in health materials
• Identify available material evaluation tools and resources
 

Prerequisite: There is no prerequisite for this training.  

Target Audience:  This webinar is intended for staff who prepare written materials such as brochures, patient communications, etc.

These 5 brief video segments feature faith leaders from many traditions. The purpose of these videos is to share information about how faith communities are addressing HIV prevention, support and care efforts with their congregations and communities. Below is the listing of the various video segments.

Video #1: Rev. Dr. James Forbes pastor of Riverside Church in Manhattan provides an historical overview of the HIV epidemic, including why and how faith community leaders have responded. (5:45 min) https://vimeo.com/61182199

Video #2: Faith community leaders from many traditions explain why they have moved to address HIV/AIDS in their congregations. (4:01 min) https://vimeo.com/61182200

Video # 3: Greek Orthodox monk, Fr. Jonathan Cossey shares his spiritual journey which includes dealing with stigma and discrimination after learning that he is living with HIV/AIDS. (5:45 min) https://vimeo.com/61182201

Video #4: African American and Latino faith leaders from different traditions provide a rich discussion of how faith communities can offer HIV prevention information, establish health ministries, facilitate HIV testing and help the community face HIV/AIDS in a mature and loving manner. (17 min) https://vimeo.com/61182203

Video #5: Venerable T.K. Nakagati describes two principle teachings of Buddhism, wisdom, and compassion, and discusses how to put these teachings to work in addressing HIV/AIDS. (5:49min) https://vimeo.com/61182206

These 5 brief video segments are the second half in Voices of Faith, featuring faith leaders from many traditions. The purpose of these videos is to share information about how faith communities are addressing HIV prevention, support and care efforts with their congregations and communities. Below is the listing of the various video segments.

Video #6: Reverend Robert Perelli talks about his many years at AIDS Family Services in Buffalo and provides insight about what it takes to compassionately "stand beside" people living with HIV and their families. https://vimeo.com/61186863

Video #7: Rabbis discuss the importance of providing HIV prevention information to their congregations, including and interview with Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, Associate Rabbi at Beth Simchat Torah, NY's largest synagogue serving the Jewish gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. https://vimeo.com/61186861

Video #8:Three leaders in NY's Muslim community discuss how they have responded to HIV/AIDS. https://vimeo.com/61186864

Video #9: The Beautiful story of how AIDS Care Teams can provide compassionate and meaningful support to HIV/AIDS and their families. https://vimeo.com/61186860

Video #10:Faith community leaders from many traditions discuss how they find the resources they need to address HIV/AIDS prevention. https://vimeo.com/62870053

Video #11:Closing thoughts from several faith leaders and acknowledgement of all those who participated. https://vimeo.com/62870244

This pre-recorded webinar will discuss Fentanyl as a potent, synthetic opioid pain medication that has been associated with the recent surge in opioid related overdose deaths. This 2-hour webinar will provide an overview of fentanyl as a medication and as a contaminant in the illicit drug supply. The role of fentanyl in the current wave of overdose deaths, how to recognize a fentanyl related overdose and harm reduction responses will be discussed.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

•         Recall trends in fentanyl-related drug user deaths;
•         Describe the pharmacology of fentanyl and its analogs;
•         Discuss fentanyl from the perspective of drug users;
•         Explain how to recognize and respond to a fentanyl related overdose; and
•         Identify harm reduction practices that drug users can follow to protect themselves against overdose.

Older Adults and Sexual Health Guide

This 1 hour PRE-RECORDED webinar will introduce participants to "Older Adults and Sexual Health:  A Guide for Aging Services Providers", which  was developed by ACRIA with support from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) AIDS Institute and in collaboration with the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA).  The guide is intended as a supportive resource for the New York State aging services and HIV services networks to promote sexual health as a part of healthy aging and to provide context around healthy aging and sex.   This guide may encourage providers to create opportunities for older adults to learn about sexual health, similar to nutrition and exercise; to promote wellness; and to prevent disease. 

HIV and Aging

This webinar is intended for contractors and staff funded by the NYS DOH AI/Bureau of Community Support Services.
The webinar presenters are: Dr. Eugenia Siegler, MD, and  and Dr. Steven Karpiak, PhD.

Description: This 90-minute training will provide participants with knowledge and skills to understand and respond to depressants related overdoses. This course will provide an overview of how depressants affect one's emotional, mental, and physical abilities. This webinar will also identify treatment plans, risk behaviors and strategies to reduce risks related to depressant use.

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Share basic information on different types of depressants;
• Debunk common myths surrounding depressant use;
• Explain various effects of depressant use, including signs of overdose;
• Share how the brain reacts when depressants are used;
• List 3-5 strategies to reduce risk related to drug use.

Prerequisite: General Substance Use 101

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, are LGBT/GNC or who use substances, including: social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others.

Description: This 90-minute training builds participant knowledge about what substance use is and the risk factors surrounding substance use disorders. This course will delve into the stigmatization of substance use and how it negatively impacts people who use drugs. It will touch on aspects such as overdose reversals and recovery to provide best practices when providing support to people who use drugs.

Note: This course provides general knowledge of substance use and is a prerequisite for all other in-depth substance 101’s.

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to:   

• Describe substances on the drug wheel and their effects; 
• Identify aspects of the spectrum of use; 
• Explain how drug, set, and setting impact substance use;   
• List harm reduction strategies and services; 
• Discuss what overdose and overamping is; and 
• Practice shifting language to improve outcomes.   

Prerequisite: N/A 

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, are LGBT/GNC or who use substances, including: social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others.   

This 45-60 minute self-paced online training will review the requirements for collecting dried blood spot (DBS) samples for HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) RNA testing. The training is specifically intended for staff working in programs that have approval to send the DBS samples to the NYS Wadsworth Center for processing. 

By the end of this online module, you will be able to:

1. Recall the steps of DBS specimen collection;
2. State how to ensure DBS specimen integrity;
3. State the the information that must be listed on the DBS card;
4. Recall how to complete the Infectious Diseases Requisition (IDR) form;
5. Identify the steps to package and ship a DBS specimen;
6. State where to retrieve DBS test results;
7. Recall and download resources for Communicable Disease Reporting;
8. Recall the training components required to determine staff competence for DBS testing. 

In addition to this module, you should seek further training on bloodborne pathogens, HCV and HIV, transmission, testing algorithms, interpreting and messaging respective to the test results, harm reduction, linkage to care and treatment. You must be familiar with relevant public health regulations, required consent and messaging as well as your reporting responsibilities.

Audience:

This training is intended for staff who use dried bloodspot sample collection for HIV or HCV testing that is conducted through the Wadsworth Center. 

Prerequisites:

None. Consult with your supervisor.

Description: This 90-minute, interactive webinar will examine the impact of adolescent development on heath-seeking behavior and engagement in health services among young men who have sex with men (YMSM). We will consider the role of language, generational differences in older and younger MSM, and the application of traditional theories of human development to YMSM. Participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences and practice new strategies for working with YMSM clients through a case study.

Objectives:

1. Recognize the developmental tasks faced by adolescents, and the additional and unique challenges faced by YMSM and YMSM of color.

2. Identify unique factors that influence health behaviors of YMSM and YMSM of color.

3. List strategies for engaging YMSM and YMSM of color in healthcare services that consider their developmental status.

The goal of this webinar is to increase knowledge of crystal methamphetamine use among MSM, the effects of meth and other “club drugs” on the body, their connection to HIV and hepatitis, and resources for treatment.

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

Identify at least 3 reasons why MSM may use drugs

Identify at least 3 reasons why meth use is prevalent among MSM

Identify 2 venues in which meth is used

Define “club drugs” and their effects

Define stimulants and depressants

Define homeostasis and rebound

List at least 3 characteristics of methamphetamines

State 3 perceived benefits and long-term effects of methamphetamines

Identify at least two resources relevant and accessible to your work

This 2 hour training will offer peer workers information about hepatitis C and will cover basic facts about hepatitis A and B.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Recall basic facts about the who is affected by hepatitis C in New York State
• Recall basic facts about the functions of the liver
• Describe how hepatitis C is and is not transmitted
• Share information with others about viral hepatitis prevention and harm reduction strategies.
• Recall recommendations regarding who should be screened for hepatitis B and C
• Describe the two step testing algorithm for hepatitis C
• Recall resources for HCV testing in NYS
• Describe to clients the spectrum of illness for hepatitis C
• Recall key facts about new treatments for hepatitis C and resources for HCV treatment in NYS
• Counsel clients with hepatitis C about the importance of vaccination for hepatitis A and B, avoiding alcohol, good liver health practices and avoiding re-infection
• Recall NYS AIDS Institute HCV Peer Worker competencies

Prerequisite: None

Audience: Peer workers interested in educating others about hepatitis C.

Associated Materials:

Hepatitis C: Screening, Diagnosis and Linkage to Care

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1885.pdf

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1886.pdf

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1887.pdf

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1888.pdf

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1889.pdf

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1890.pdf

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1891.pdf

Hepatitis C Notepads - Reactive

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1812.pdf

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1813.pdf

Hepatitis C Notepads - Non-Reactive

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1814.pdf

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1815.pdf

Hepatitis C Testing Palm Cards

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1873.pdf

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1874.pdf

Hepatitis C: Know the Facts Scratcher Cards

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1855.pdf

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1856.pdf

What Do You Know About Hepatitis C Scratcher Cards

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1853.pdf

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1854.pdf

Objectives: By the end of this 1.5-hour training, participants will be able to:

·Define the term "status neutral."

·Identify how a status-neutral approach helps reduce stigma

·Describe the status-neutral approach to working with clients to promote HIV testing, care, and prevention

·Describe how addressing the client's unmet social determinants of health is essential for effectively implementing a status-neutral approach

·Explain how providers can strengthen services in their agency to support the implementation of the status-neutral approach

·Recall the importance of addressing social determinants of health in the context of status-neutral services

·Identify needed referral sources to address unmet social determinants of the health needs of clients  

Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers

Training Description:

This two-hour webinar will introduce non-physician providers to co-occurring disorders (substance abuse and mental illness) and their impact on people living with HIV/AIDS. This training will also offer tools for making referrals for appropriate treatment for clients who may be experiencing co-occurring disorders.

Training Objectives:

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• 1. Define the term “co-occurring disorders” as it applies to substance use and mental health
• 2. Identify the criteria for the most common mental health and substance use disorders
• 3. Explain the impact of trauma and stigma on client care
• 4. Define the term “integrated treatment approach”
• 5. Identify “red flags” to assist in making appropriate referrals;
• 6  Understand how the management of COD will improve health outcomes for people living with HIV
   

Audience: All non-physician health and human service providers who work with people living with HIV.

Prerequisites: None

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

This 2-part webinar will offer participants the opportunity to learn about how to provide sexual health services to LGBTGNC clients in an affirming way. The webinar will review sexual health & sex positivity, client barriers to participating in sexual health services, and frameworks for providing holistic, client-centered services. Participants will take part in discussions and activities to build an understanding of client perspectives and identify client-centered strategies.  A key area of focus will be language and practices that can help providers create an affirming environment for transgender and gender non-conforming clients. Participants will also learn about several sources for continued learning. 

Please note: 

• It is recommended that participants have basic LGBTQ+ knowledge prior to participating in this webinar. 
• This is an interactive webinar. Participants should be prepared to actively participate through use of the chat, microphone, and/or video during this webinar.
• The webinar will begin exactly on-time. Participants who arrive more than 10 minutes after the start-time of the webinar will not be allowed to join.  

Objectives 

1. List sexual orientations and gender identities that LGBTGNC people may hold
2. Describe types of sex that LGBTGNC clients may be having
3. Define key terms related to LGBTGNC clients 
4. Ask affirming, appropriate sexual-health related questions 
5. Use gender-neutral and specific language when discussing LGBTGNC sexual health 
6. Define holistic sexual health and sex positivity 
7. Describe strategies to make sexual health discussions more comfortable for LGBTGNC clients 
8. Describe two frameworks for taking a sexual health history
9. Identify LGBTGNC-specific considerations for providing sexual health education 

This 90 minute, single-session will provide participants the opportunity to recognize stigmatizing language including microaggressions that many clients experience when having a sexual health interaction with a focus on LGBTGNC clients in order to improve services and interactions to be stigma-free. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in large group discussions to increase understanding of client perspectives. A key area of focus will be adapting language to improve services for LGBTGNC clients.

Please note: 

• It is recommended that participants have basic LGBTQ+ knowledge prior to participating in this webinar. 
• This is an interactive webinar. Participants should be prepared to actively participate through use of the chat, microphone, and/or video during this webinar.
• The webinar will begin exactly on-time. Participants who arrive more than 10 minutes after the start-time of the webinar will not be allowed to join. 

Objectives 

1. Define microaggressions
2. Describe the different types of microaggressions and where they may exist when working with LGBTGNC clients
3. Utilize strategies that can mitigate microaggressions
4. Understand what “stigma-free services” means

This webinar will discuss the multiple barriers faced by Trans and MSM immigrants in the U.S. when accessing sexual health services and comprehensive care. It will focus on the major legislative, health, and safety concerns among vulnerable populations. The training will provide information on social integration, global LGBTQ+ oppression, stigma/discrimination, and other health care concerns to better assist LGBTQ+ immigrants dealing with compounded traumas: sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, health inequities, and impoverishment. 

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• List three motivations for undocumented entry by LGBTQ+ people

• Identify problems MSM and Trans immigrants face regarding acculturation, development, and adaptation

• Discuss discrimination and the social norms of immigrants 

• Identify key factors limiting access to sexual health care for MSM and Trans immigrants 

• Describe trauma-informed care for MSM and Trans immigrants

• List ways to advocate for transgender clients

• Practice applying the core objectives with clients 

This four-hour training (consisting of two, 2-hour webinars) will help participants identify good practices for conducting screening for social determinants of health (SDOH) in a client-centered, affirming manner.  Participants will learn about available screening tools, including a standardized AIDS Institute SDOH screening tool. The training will share strategies for explaining the importance of SDOH screening to clients, engaging them in determining their own priorities, and good practices for making referrals to other resources and services to address unmet needs. 

Training Objectives:  

As a result of this training, non-physician health, and human service providers will be able to:  

1. Explain to clients the importance of screening for Social Determinants of Health. 
2. Identify best practices for conducting Social Determinants of Health screening in a client-centered, affirming manner.
3. Conduct Social Determinants of Health screening in a manner that builds trust and rapport. 
4. Engage the client in the process of prioritizing and addressing unmet needs. 
5. Identify best practices for connecting clients to resources and services to address their unmet needs.  
 

Intended Audience:  

Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, or STIs, are LGBT/GNC, or who use substances, including social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others. 

Prerequisite: None 

For more information about this curriculum, contact: 

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

There have been significant advances in Hepatitis C treatment over the past several years. The goal of this webinar series is to help health and human services providers understand the goals and advantages of treatment.

By the end of this webinar series, participants will be able to:

• Describe the goals of HCV treatment.
• Describe the progress made in treatment options for people living with Hepatitis C
• Define sustained virologic response (SVR).
• Identify strategies to support clients as they prepare for and engage in HCV treatment.

Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers.

Prerequisite: None. 

Participants MUST attend all three sessions to receive credit for this course

Session 1: Hepatitis C Overview: What Service Providers Need to Know (1.5 hours)

Session 2: Hepatitis C Screening, Care and Disease Progression (2 hours)

Session 3: Hepatitis C Treatment Update for Service Providers (2 hours)

(updated 2/23)

Course Description

This brief 15-minute asynchronous on-line training provides an overview of new developments in HIV/AIDS Case Reporting that went into effect on March 22, 2023.

Objectives:

 By the end of this on-line training you will be able to:

1. Recall updates to the required timeline for reporting cases of acute HIV infection;
2. Identify updates to the required timeline for reporting cases of all other initial diagnosis of HIV, HIV illness or AIDS diagnoses;  
3. Identify the consent and reporting requirements related to HIV testing for insurance underwriting purposes. 

Audience: Health and human services providers involved in HIV testing, diagnosis and case reporting, including individuals who conduct HIV testing for insurance underwriting purposes.   

Prerequisite: Prior attendance at HIV Testing in NYS is strongly suggested.

Training Description:

This two-part webinar series is designed to explore the broad definition of culture and cultural humility and its relationship to competent and effective health care and human service delivery.

Training Objectives:

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Define Culture, Humility, Structural Competency, Implicit Bias, Microaggressions, and Health Inequities.
2. Describe the difference between generalizations and stereotypes.
3. Describe how privilege and social determinants of health impact healthcare delivery.
4. Explore potential obstacles to providing effective services.
5. Recognize how culture will influence the patient's acquisition of services and the provider’s delivery of service.
 

Intended Audience:

All health and human services providers who work with clients/ patients at risk for HIV or STIs including prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, peer workers, case managers, care managers and coordinators, social workers, client services staff, and others

Prerequisite: None

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

Course Description: This 2-hour webinar will provide a brief introduction to understanding and utilizing public health surveillance and epidemiology through examination of current HIV and LGBTGNC health data in New York State. The role of data in health equity, data integrity, and bias in data will be discussed. Participants will have the opportunity to apply lessons learned to their own work by examining how to use epidemiological data to inform program services. 

Course Objectives:

As a result of participating in this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Describe epidemiology and related key terminology. 
2. Describe three LGBTGNC surveillance highlights in New York State. 
3. Navigate the NYS ETE dashboard.
4. Discuss underlying factors that influence data outcomes.
5. Describe two challenges with using the available data. 
6. Identify two program service improvement areas for LGBTGNC clients based on HIV data interpretations.

Welcome to this new and exciting 1-day training that is integral in developing leadership skills for people with shared lived experience in HIV, Hepatitis C, Harm Reduction, PrEP and Criminal Justice.

MI involves not only particular skills, but also an underlying attitude, a particular state of mind and heart with which you engage in a helping relationship.

In this two-day training, we will dive deep into the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing: Partnership Acceptance, Compassion & Empowerment (PACE). Peers will have opportunities to begin learning how to operationalize the spirit of MI by learning the 4 Tasks of MI:

· Engaging – Can we walk together?

· Focusing – Where are we going?

· Evoking – Why would you go there?

· Planning – How will you get there?

Peers will also learn how Motivational Interviewing can be used along with the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, to make certain they are using the correct skills for the stage of change exhibited by the client and not falling into traps like Expert, Persuasion, Time & Wandering.

MI is not about installing motivation in people but rather evoking it from them.

A key in MI is helping a person discover their own motivation for the change.

Who is this designed for:

Peer Workers who are working in the community with clients who are seeking ways to change difficult or challenging behaviors.

This course qualifies current NYS Certified Peer Workers for 3 hours of CEU credits. 

Objectives:

As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to:

1. Define Motivational Interviewing as it relates to developing partnerships with clients

2. Connect MI with the Stages of Change

3. Explain the “spirit of motivational interviewing” (PACE)

4. Develop partnerships with their clients using MI 

Welcome to Part 2 of a 2-Part training series – Leadership Development Skills training. This 2-day training is integral in developing leadership skills for people with shared lived- experience in HIV, Hep C, Harm Reduction, PrEP and our newest addition, Criminal Justice.

In this training program, we will continue to develop skills in applying Situational Leadership and emotional intelligence. Research has shown that leaders with high “EQ”, can understand their own emotions and how it affects their performance. Good leaders must be able to influence others and learning to control emotions allows us to understand and assist others in managing theirs as well.

This training is also provided to people who are non-physician health and human service providers, who work with people who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, the LGBTQIA+/GNC community, as well as people who are practicing harm reduction for a substance use disorder or returning to the community after incarceration.

This training can also include Social Workers, Nurses, Care Coordinators, Case Managers, Certified Peer Workers, people working in Behavior Health, PrEP educators, or supervisors of Peer workers.

This training is also for peer workers who are interested in becoming a NYS Certified Peer Worker. 

There are 6 hours of CEU credits for anyone taking this course with the exception of non-certified Peer Workers, who are pursuing certification, which means there are no credits for this course until you complete certification

This course does not require taking Leadership Development Part 1. Both courses can stand alone depending on what your needs are in Leadership development. (See Part 1 for description).

Objectives

Participants will be able to:

1. Recognize your own preferred style of leadership.

2. Explain the 4 styles of situational leadership – telling, selling, participating, and delegating.

3. Adapt your preferred leadership style to match the needs of others.

4. Discover your bases of power when working with people

5. Apply emotional intelligence appropriately.

The goal of this two-hour webinar is to help health and human services providers understand the impact of nutrition on liver health that will inform their work with clients. 

By the end of the webinar participants will be able to:   

• Identify three functions of the liver
• Describe how diet and lifestyle affect liver health 
• Understand how nutrition can help in the care of liver disease
• Identify strategies to support clients’ nutritional health

Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers including case managers, social workers, patient navigators, and peer workers.

Prerequisite: None. It is recommended that participants are familiar with basic information about Hepatitis C. 

This 2-hour webinar is intended for Health Home Care Managers.

This webinar  will provide an overview and update on HIV, as well as information about PEP and PrEP—all of which are crucial to the work of Health Home Care Managers.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the role of HIV testing as a tool for prevention
2. Explain the difference between Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
3. Identify HIV risk factors and methods to prevent HIV acquisition
4. Review updates to the NYS DOH AI PEP Guidelines
5. Provide supporting messages about PEP adherence
6. Identify resources related to HIV PEP

Description: This interactive session will provide an overview of neopronouns and the importance of evolving language for LGBTQ+ individuals to describe themselves. Participants will have the opportunity to practice using pronouns through interactive activities. 

Objectives:

As a result of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Explain what neopronouns are. 
2. Understand how neopronouns are used.
3. Utilize neopronouns when providing services to clients. 

This 6-hour in-person course offers participants the opportunity to take a deep dive into non-binary and gender non-conforming (NB/GNC) identities and health. Participants will learn about basic NB/GNC concepts and community-specific health concerns. Facilitators will briefly review the historical global existence of non-binary genders, the Western binary system of gender, and its role in NB identities today. Course content will focus on actionable items that participants can take to improve service delivery and cultural responsiveness for NB/GNC clients, including during the provision of sexual health services. 

Training Objectives:
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Define relevant terminology and use NBGNC-inclusive language 
2. Describe current health trends and concerns within NBGNC communities, and actions they can take to support NBGNC patients and clients impacted by these issues. 
3. Understand the historical presence of genders outside of the Western male/female binary and the impact of this historical context on NBGNC individuals today. 
4. Advocate for their NBGNC clients within and outside of their organizations. 
5. Provide affirming, equitable sexual health services to NBGNC clients. 

Intended Audience:  Health and human services (HHS) workers who have basic LGBTQ+ familiarity. It is recommended that learners attend LGBTQ+ Cultural Competency or similar prior to attending this course. Please note that this course focuses solely on non-binary and gender non-conforming topics, and will not discuss transgender identities or sexual orientations in-depth. 

Prerequisites:  It is recommended that learners attend LGBTQ+ Cultural Competency or a similar course prior to attending this course.

Description: This 1-hour training provides an introductory overview of cannabis. Participants will explore the legal status of cannabis in New York, gain foundational knowledge of the plant’s biology and chemical compounds, and learn about the wide range of cannabis products and methods of consumption. The training will also address the health effects of cannabis use particularly its impact on the developing brain and introduce harm reduction strategies to help reduce risks associated with use.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to: 

• Give an overview of cannabis legality and regulation in New York; 
• Provide a basic understanding of cannabis plant basics including its different species, chemical compounds; 
• Learn about different product types and consumption methods; 
• Explain various effects of cannabis use, addressing concerns about health effects and the impact on the developing brain; and
• Provide strategies to reduce risk related to cannabis use.

Prerequisite: General Substance Use 101

Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, are LGBT/GNC or who use substances, including: social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others.

Materials: N/A

Training Description:

This 1.5-hour webinar will provide health and human services providers an overview of health literacy and give participants the opportunity to develop skills utilizing health literacy universal precautions to clearly communicate with patients or clients. At the completion of this training, participants will be able to apply two health literacy strategies, plain language, and the teach-back method, to their work.

Training Objectives:

As a result of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Define health literacy.
2. Recognize the health literacy disconnect in healthcare and how this affects patients and the public.
3. Develop plain language and teach-back facilitation skills.
4. Identify common concerns and challenges associated with incorporating plain language and teach-back methods with all patients.
5. Apply two health literacy universal precautions and plain language to their work. 
6. Apply the teach-back method to improve communication and patient understanding.
 

Intended Audience: This training is for health and human service providers and Peer Workers

Prerequisites: None

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

This 90-minute, interactive webinar will provide participants with an overview of sexual health promotion practices (ak.a. “risk reduction”) relevant to LGBTGNC clients. Participants will learn about a variety of behavioral and biomedical options for improving and maintaining sexual health, as well as reducing the chances of transmission of STIs and HIV. Facilitators will also review sexual behaviors that LGBTGNC clients may be engaging in, and review key considerations for maintaining an affirming, sex-positive attitude. 

Objectives 

As a result of attending this webinar, participants will be able to: 

1. Demonstrate a sex-positive, affirming attitude while working with LGBTGNC clients.
2. Describe various sexual behaviors that LGBTGNC clients may engage in.
3. Discuss sexual health promotion behaviors relevant to different types of sex. 

Training Description:

This 4-hour training (two, 2-hour webinars) will prepare non-physician health and human service providers with the knowledge and skills for providing stigma-free, affirming, sex-positive interactions with all clients. Participants will learn that Sexual health is the ability to embrace and enjoy sexuality throughout one’s life. It is a natural and normal part of overall health and is more than avoiding disease and unwanted pregnancy. This training will introduce participants to the belief that sexual health and sexuality are an important part of one’s emotional and physical health. 

Training Objectives:

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the six principles of sexual health. 
2. Assist clients in recognizing the sexual rights of all beings. 
3. Help clients access sexual health information and services. 
4. Demonstrate a sex-positive approach to interactions with clients by recognizing that sexuality is natural and sexual pleasure, intimacy, and satisfaction are an integral part of overall health.
 

Intended Audience: All non-physician health and human service providers 

Prerequisite: None

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

This one-day training is designed for non-clinical providers working with clients presenting with high-risk behaviors and/or those who are HIV positive. This course will provide an overview of the Motivational Interviewing approach and its value as a client-centered directive intervention. The course focuses on helping providers address client ambivalence and the use of tools to help clients move towards less risky behaviors and change.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Review general principles of Motivational Interviewing;
• Engage clients more effectively during service delivery;
• Apply Motivational Interviewing techniques and practice skills;
• Respond more effectively to client resistance and reluctance; and
• Identify the client’s stage(s) of change and apply appropriate motivational techniques.

Audience: Any health or human services provider or Peer Worker. 

Prerequisite: It is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge of basic HIV/AIDS information and harm reduction.

Continuing Education Credits: This training is provided under the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Education and Training Provider Certification Number 0305. Under the NYS OASAS Provider Certificate, this training is approved for 6.5 clock hours toward the education and training requirements for renewal of CASAC/CPP/CPS certification.

Pre-Course Module Description

This 30-45 minute self-paced and interactive pre-learning module will offer a brief overview of the information that will be covered in the virtual “The Role of PrEP Peer Workers in Patient Navigation” training, as well as the New York State PrEP Peer Track.

As a result of this online module, participants will be:

• Familiar with the course expectations and background
• Able to recall the NYS AIDS Institute PrEP Peer Worker Competencies related to linkage to PrEP and patient navigation.

It is required that participants complete this pre-learning module prior to attending the virtual “The Role of PrEP Peer Workers in Patient Navigation” training.

Day 1 Course Description

Day 1 of The Role of PrEP Peer Workers in Patient Navigation training will prepare PrEP Peer Workers to help clients navigate PrEP by strategically sharing their lived experience to reach vulnerable populations and enhance service delivery. This training will review the New York State PrEP Peer Certification competencies related to explaining PrEP, provide up-to-date information on protocols for PrEP (including new medication regimens, dosing schedule, etc.) and focus on building specific skills and strategies PrEP Peer Workers can use to conduct outreach and other activities to assist clients navigate the health care system.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Explore the unique role of a PrEP Peer worker using “Shared Lived Experience” (SLE).
• Recall the steps that take place in the four major steps of PrEP.
• Recall components of the NYS AIDS Institute PrEP Peer Worker competencies.
• Provide an overview of the roles and responsibilities of a PrEP Peer Worker, including being part of a PrEP Care team, confidentiality, policies & procedures, case conferencing and patient navigation.
• Identify key lived experiences that will assist in connecting with clients who are interested in PrEP or those who could benefit from PrEP.
• Identify concerns regarding PrEP and apply strategies that can be used to evoke client motivations and address barriers related to PrEP.

Day 2 Course Description

Day 2 of The Role of PrEP Peer Workers in Patient Navigation training will further expand the information from Day 1 of the training and continue to prepare PrEP Peer Workers to help clients navigate PrEP by strategically sharing their lived experience to reach vulnerable populations and enhance service delivery. This training will review the New York State PrEP Peer Certification competencies related to explaining PrEP, provide up-to-date information on protocols for PrEP (including new medication regimens, dosing schedule, etc.) and focus on building specific skills and strategies PrEP Peer Workers can use to conduct outreach and other activities to assist clients navigate the health care system.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify strategies that Peer Workers can use to assist clients with overcoming barriers and concerns to accessing PrEP.
• Explore myths about PrEP.
• Use SLE to assist clients with navigating PrEP access.
• Identify client concerns about discussing sex with a provider.
• Describe new and upcoming forms of PrEP/methods, including Truvada and Descovy.
• Practice discussing SLE around having difficult discussions with providers.

Day 3 Course Description

Day 3 of The Role of PrEP Peer Workers in Patient Navigation training will further expand the information from Day 1 of the training and continue to prepare PrEP Peer Workers to help clients navigate PrEP by strategically sharing their lived experience to reach vulnerable populations and enhance service delivery. This training will review the New York State PrEP Peer Certification competencies related to explaining PrEP, provide up-to-date information on protocols for PrEP (including new medication regimens, dosing schedule, etc.) and focus on building specific skills and strategies PrEP Peer Workers can use to conduct outreach and other activities to assist clients navigate the health care system.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify common language that community members use to discuss the body parts they use during sex.
• List best practices for creating an affirming environment to discuss sexual health.
• Describe strategies for using gender-affirming and gender-neutral language with clients.
• Suggest strategies that will support clients through diverse & complex experiences with their sexual health.
• Identify key SLE that were most helpful for them throughout the process.
• Discuss the need for positive relationships with the care team.
• Describe their experience with stigma.
• Navigate clients through the stigma or challenges that they may face while on PrEP.

Day 4 Course Description

Day 4 of The Role of PrEP Peer Workers in Patient Navigation training will further expand the information from Day 1 of the training and continue to prepare PrEP Peer Workers to help clients navigate PrEP by strategically sharing their lived experience to reach vulnerable populations and enhance service delivery. This training will review the New York State PrEP Peer Certification competencies related to explaining PrEP, provide up-to-date information on protocols for PrEP (including new medication regimens, dosing schedule, etc.) and focus on building specific skills and strategies PrEP Peer Workers can use to conduct outreach and other activities to assist clients navigate the health care system.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify communities and populations that may have unique needs related to engaging in PrEP services. 
• Describe the unique needs for different populations that may be interested in PrEP.
• Discuss strategies for supporting various communities & populations in engaging in PrEP services.
• Discuss their experiences with considering stopping PrEP.
• Identify common reasons that clients may have for stopping PrEP.
• Assist clients throughout the process of considering stopping PrEP.
• Understand the importance of setting boundaries and having a healthy work-life balance.
• Understand how to create a culture of consent.

Training Description:

As many as 75% of people with viral hepatitis are unaware of their infection. In order to end the viral hepatitis epidemic, increased knowledge is needed among health and human service professionals. This 90-minute webinar will prepare non-physician health and human services providers and peer workers with the epidemiology, modes of transmission, prevention techniques, and treatment of hepatitis A, B, and C.

Training Objectives:

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the epidemiology, modes of transmission, prevention techniques, and treatment of hepatitis A
2. Describe the epidemiology, modes of transmission, prevention techniques, and treatment of hepatitis B
3. Describe the epidemiology, modes of transmission, prevention techniques, and treatment of hepatitis C
4. Discuss efforts at the national, state, and local levels to end the viral hepatitis epidemic
 

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers who work with clients/ patients at risk for HIV or STIs including prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, peer workers, case managers, care managers and coordinators, social workers, client services staff, and others

Prerequisite: None

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

Training Description:

This multi-part virtual training will prepare non-physician health and human service providers and peer workers with the knowledge, attitude, and skills needed to provide culturally-relevant HIV prevention and sexual health promotion services to clients who combine sex and substance use to enhance sexual desire, pleasure, or performance.

Training Objectives:

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Recall the impact of different substances on sexual desire, pleasure, and performance.
2. Reduce stigma by demonstrating a nonjudgmental attitude regarding the use of substances to engage in or enhance the sexual experience.
3. Provide harm reduction options and awareness and referrals to individuals seeking help for substance use, including methamphetamine use.
4. Promote sexual health for individuals who use substances to enhance pleasure.
5. Explain the history of HIV and why PrEP represents such an important advance.
6. Use affirming language around gender identity, sexuality, and sexual orientation.
 

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers who work with clients/patients at risk for HIV or STIs, including prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, peer workers, case managers, care managers and coordinators, social workers, client services staff, and others.

Prerequisite: Implementing a Sex Positive Approach

Format:

Live Webinar. This training will be delivered in multiple parts. Please see the course schedule for the specific dates and times for each session. 

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045
 

Training Description: 

This two-part webinar series will provide participants with an opportunity to practice key skills related to offering HIV testing services.

Training Objectives:

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Recall the need and requirements for HIV testing.
2. Recall the benefits of Treatment as Prevention, PrEP ad PEP.
3. Deliver a non-reactive, preliminary positive, and confirmed positive HIV test result.
4. Conduct the NYS domestic violence screening protocol and steps for Partner Notification.
 

Intended Audience: Any individual involved in delivering HIV testing services, including Peer Workers.

Prerequisite: Knowledge of basic HIV/AIDS information and attendance at "HIV Testing in NYS: Online Training" or equivalent.

Credit Hours:  4.0

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

Training Description:  

This two-part webinar (each part is a 2-hour session) is designed to build the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to enable non-physician health and human services providers to deliver culturally competent services to the diverse range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) clients they serve.  This interactive training will help providers identify best practices for creating a welcoming and safe environment for LGBTQ+ clients.  It will also help participants identify communication skills needed for effective engagement of the wide range of LGBTQ+ clients at risk for, or living with HIV, STIs, or Hepatitis C.

Training Objectives:

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Define various gender and sexuality terminologies, including identities and concepts, used in LGBTQ+ communities.
2. Differentiate that sex assigned at birth, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation are each their own distinct concepts and that they exist on a continuum.
3. Distinguish between various forms of oppression experienced by LGBTQ+ people and how these levels are interconnected.
4. Understand the concepts of unexamined privilege and its relationship with oppression.
5. Reflect on and identify one’s own privileges and types of oppression in professional settings and how their privilege/oppression affects their client/provider relationship.
6. Define social determinants of health.
7. Identify reasons why LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately at risk based on social determinants of health.
8. Recognize specific LGBTQ+ health disparities among various LGBTQ+ subpopulations.
9. Describe protective factors for LGBTQ+ people that counter health risks.
10. Identify strategies that organizations/agencies can adopt or create to ensure a safe and welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ clients/patients and staff.
 

Intended Audience: This training is for non-clinical health and human service providers who work with LGBTQ+ clients or patients.

Prerequisites:  None.

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

Description: This four-hour webinar will provide participants with an introduction to basic philosophy and practices of HIV/STI/HCV harm reduction with regards to substance use.  The webinar will provide an opportunity to reflect on your values and attitudes regarding harm reduction, as well as learn specific harm reduction strategies.

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

- Define harm reduction as it is used in HIV/STI/HCV prevention;
- List at least three elements of the harm reduction model;
- Identify at least three attitudes they have about using a harm reduction approach;
- Identify at least three examples of harm reduction options for substance use behaviors;
- Identify negotiated safety techniques for injection risk reduction

The goal of this ½ day in-person training is to inform providers working with older women living with HIV about their specific psychosocial and physical health needs. We will explore how these needs relate to their overall health. Using strengths-based and trauma informed approaches, participants will develop their skills through role-plays and case studies.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify three psychosocial stressors among older women living with HIV
• Describe how PTSD, trauma, and mental health impact older women living with HIV
• Define Trauma-Informed Care
• Define one primary and one secondary prevention strategy to improve the sexual health of older women living with HIV
• Define resiliency and how it is reflected in the adaptation of older women living with HIV to new challenges 
• Create a linkage-to-care plan for a case study using a trauma-informed approach
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Audience: Non-clinical health and human services providers including case managers, social workers, patient navigators, and peer workers.

Prerequisite: None

Training hours: Four

Training Description:

This 6.5-hour training will prepare PrEP peer workers with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to assist clients who have experienced sexual trauma with referrals to services and starting PrEP or PEP. Given the high prevalence of sexual violence and intimate partner violence (IPV), it is likely that PrEP peer workers will interact with clients who are dealing with past, current, or possible future sexual assault or IPV.   

Training Objectives:

As a result of this training, participants will be able to: 

1. Ensure a supportive, compassionate attitude when a client reports past, current, or concerns about possible future sexual assault or IPV.
2. Identify resources for sexual assault and IPV and refer clients to these services when needed. 
3. Explain to a client that PrEP/PEP may be an effective HIV prevention option in cases where an individual is afraid of a partner or not able to otherwise negotiate safer sex.
4. Utilize a strength-based approach to support the client's independence, resilience, well-being safety, and ability to make choices.
5. Identify best practices for exploring the intersection of trauma, fears, stigma, and ambivalence related to decision-making around PrEP/PEP use.
 

Intended Audience: PrEP peer workers, as well as other non-physician health and human services providers who work with clients/ patients at risk for HIV or STIs, including prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, other peer workers, case managers, care managers and coordinators, social workers, client services staff and others. 

Prerequisites: Implementing a Sex Positive Approach and Trauma-Informed Care 101. * Implementing a Sex Positive Approach was formally titled “Sex, Gender, and HIV/STD.”

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

Gaps in addressing the needs of people living with HIV in New York for employment-related information, services, and resources can be reduced through a combination of programs around the state that may be HIV-specific, disability-focused, or within the broader workforce development services system. The programs of the New York State HIV Employment Initiative will be highlighted. The services available statewide of ACCES-VR, the state vocational rehabilitation agency, the Ticket to Work Program, the career centers of the American Job Centers system, the HIV-specific Benefits Counseling Pilot Project (BCPP) and Legal and Supportive Services for Individuals and Families Living with HIV/AIDS (LASSIF) will also be presented, along with strategies for most effectively accessing and utilizing them.

Intended Audience:  HIV service providers, health or human services professionals, case managers, health homes care managers, peer workers or anyone working with PLHIV who are or could potentially be considering or looking for employment. 

Participants in this training will be able to:

• identify key programs available statewide that can address employment and education-related needs of people living with HIV.
• recall employment programs designed for people living with HIV, for people with disabilities generally, and for all job seekers.
• describe key features of the Benefits Counseling Pilot Project of importance for people living with HIV.

Training Description:

This half-day (3.5 hours) training will prepare non-clinical health and human services providers to educate their communities about PrEP, work with clinical providers to expand access to PrEP, and provide support to clients who are taking PrEP.

Training Objectives:

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Deliver culturally relevant educational messages about PrEP to clients who may benefit from this intervention.
2. Discuss the efficacy of PrEP in terms that clients can understand.
3. Refer clients to a host of NYS, NYC, and national and local resources regarding PrEP.
4. Identify resources to assist clients with reimbursement for PrEP medication, medical appointments, HIV/STD testing and other prevention tools such as condoms, sterile syringes, etc.
5. Integrate messages about PrEP into HIV/STD testing and other prevention services offered by the organization.
6. Assist clients on PrEP with behavioral counseling and support daily adherence to the medication.
7. Partner with local providers that prescribe PrEP to promote easy access to PrEP.
 

Intended Audience: Non-clinical health and human services staff who are: Involved in offering HIV testing, harm reduction counseling, prevention services, community outreach, or adherence support; Working with individuals at high risk for HIV who have an opportunity to provide education or support regarding PrEP; Working in clinical settings who may have an opportunity to provide education or support around PrEP; and Peer Workers who work with people at risk with HIV and STDs.

Prerequisites: Participants should have prior basic training on HIV and STDs.

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

Related Educational Materials:

PrEP Yourself Against HIV (Brochure):

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9146.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9147.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9148.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9149.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9150.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9151.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9172.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9173.pdf
PrEP Yourself Against HIV (Card):
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9152.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9153.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9154.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9155.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9156.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9157.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9159.pdf
Need help paying for PrEP? (Brochure):
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9001.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9002.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9003.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9004.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9005.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9006.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9007.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9008.pdf
Need help paying for PrEP? (Card):
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9009.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9010.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9011.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9012.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9013.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9014.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9015.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9016.pdf

PrEP Yourself Against HIV (Large Poster):
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9128.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9129.pdf

PrEP Yourself Against HIV (Medium Poster):
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9133.pdf
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/9134.pdf

This training will provide an overview of key information about working for people living with HIV (PLHIV) when they are enrolled in vital public benefits programs. The physical, mental, and economic health and wellbeing of PLHIV can benefit from access to cash benefits, housing supports, and healthcare and medication coverage, as well as engagement in employment. This training will increase service providers’ ability to support well-informed decisions considering work, health and the quality of life of PLHIV.

Intended Audience:  HIV service providers, health or human services professionals, case managers, health homes care managers, peer workers or anyone working with people living with HIV who are or could potentially be enrolled in a public benefits program, and who are working or could potentially be considering or looking for employment.

Participants in this training will be able to:

·      Identify benefits programs whose work incentive policies are important to well-informed employment decisions for many people living with HIV in New York.

·      Recall differences between the work incentive policies of SSI (Supplemental Security Income) and SSDI (Social Security Disability Income).

·      Understand strategies for continuing Medicaid and/or Medicare health coverage even if SSI and/or SSDI cash benefits stop.

·      Identify the program in New York for SSI and/or SSDI beneficiaries who are seeking employment or are employed that provides individual benefits counseling for understanding how earnings impact public benefits.

Description: This 90-minute training will provide participants with knowledge and skills to understand and respond to all club drug related overdoses and, or overamping experiences. This course will provide an overview of how various club drugs such as rohypnol, ketamine, MDMA, and LSD affect one's emotional, mental, and physical abilities. 

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Share basic information on different types of club drugs;
• Debunk common myths surrounding club drug use;
• Explain various effects of club drug use, including signs of overdose and overamping;
• Share how the brain reacts when various club drugs are used;
• List 3-5 strategies to reduce risk related to drug use.

Prerequisite: General Substance Use 101

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, are LGBT/GNC or who use substances, including: social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others.

Description: This 90-minute training reviews basic information about fentanyl and xylazine and will build participant knowledge regarding fentanyl (FTS) and xylazine testing strips (XTS). This training will describe how to use XTS and FTS as a harm reduction tool to better engage clients in conversations about harm reduction and preventing overdose.   

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to: 

• Identify facts and debunk myths about fentanyl; 
• Apply strategies to disseminate accurate facts about fentanyl and xylazine to people who use drugs;  
• Educate others on how to use FTS & XTS; 
• Identify and discuss use of FTS & XTS as an engagement tool; and
• Utilize the knowledge and skills gained to increase distribution of FTS & XTS. 

Prerequisite: N/A 

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, are LGBT/GNC or who use substances, including: social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others. 

Description: This 90-minute training will provide participants with knowledge and skills to understand and respond to over-the-counter drug related reactions. This course will provide an overview of how over the counter drugs affect one's emotional, mental, and physical abilities. This training will also identify risk behaviors and strategies to reduce risks related to use.

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Share basic information on different types of over-the-counter substances;
• Debunk common myths surrounding over the counter drug use;
• Explain various effects of over-the-counter drug use, and signs of overdose and overamping;
• Share how the brain reacts when over the counter drugs are used;
• List 3-5 strategies to reduce risk related to drug use.

Prerequisite: General Substance Use 101

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, are LGBT/GNC or who use substances, including: social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others.

Description: This 2.5-hour training will build participant knowledge and skills to work with pregnant and parenting people who use drugs. This course will review stigma associated with substance use during pregnancy; discuss impacts of drugs on the health of the birthing person and infant; and support compassionate, affirming care during the pre- and post-natal periods.

Objectives: As a result of this training, participants will be able to: 

• Explore provider attitudes and address stigma regarding substance use during pregnancy;?
• Discuss the impacts of using opioids and other substances on the menstrual cycle, fertility, pregnancy, and the health of the birthing parent and infant during pregnancy and after birth;?
• Recall the impact on infant health and wellness including Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome;?
• Recall strategies for promoting access to pre-and post-natal care, including HIV, HCV and STI screening?;
• Recall substance use treatment options during pregnancy, including different medication options; ?
• Identify opportunities to promote reproductive health for all individuals receiving harm reduction services; ?
• Recall participant rights and provider responsibilities regarding substance use, pregnancy, child rearing and Child Protective Services; and ?
• Apply a harm reduction approach to support positive reproductive health outcomes for all people who use drugs.

Prerequisite: N/A 

Intended Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work with clients/patients who are living with, or are at risk for, HIV, HCV, STIs, are LGBT/GNC or who use substances, including: social workers, nurses, care coordinators, case managers, peer workers, prevention specialists, PrEP specialists, client services staff, and others.   

This 90-minute webinar for health and human services providers will take a deep look at understanding how we can support our clients who identify as older gay men and MSM living with HIV. We will focus on the challenges these clients may face regarding medication adherence, and linkage to and retention in care.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Name at least three (3) comorbidities that older adults with HIV often experience.
• Define polypharmacy and its effects biologically and on adherence.
• Understand the priorities of New York State in Ending the Epidemic (ETE) and its Call to Action on HIV Testing.
• Name at least three (3) barriers to linkage to care for people with HIV in New York State
• Explain linkage, retention, and barriers to care issues that impact all people living with HIV, specifically older gay men and MSM.

Audience: Health and social services providers, peer educators, and in the general public with an interest in HIV/AIDS.

Prerequisite: None. It is recommended that participants previously attended “Overview of HIV.”

In this 90-minute webinar, health and human services providers will explore the current structures of providing secondary prevention to older gay men and MSM living with HIV. Participants will discuss how access to these secondary prevention strategies is frequently thwarted by homophobia, ageism, and societal stigmas. The issue of improving agency spaces for MSM PLWH will also be addressed.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Define “older adults” as it pertains to New York State’s Ending the Epidemic (ETE) and access to care.
• Describe the HIV Treatment Cascade for MSM, the New York State Cascade of HIV Care, and High Impact Prevention.
• Identify at least three (3) strategies and/or practices that can communicate a welcoming and safe environment for all clients, including older gay men and MSM living with HIV.
• State at least two (2) ways homophobia and internalized homophobia, HIV stigma, and ageism negatively impact older gay men and MSM living with HIV.
• Increase knowledge about homophobia, HIV stigma, and ageism - and how they affect older gay men and MSM living with HIV.

Audience: Health and social services providers, peer educators, and anyone in the general public with an interest in HIV/AIDS.

Prerequisite: None. It is recommended that participants previously attended “Overview of HIV.”

In this 90-minute webinar, health and human services providers will learn the most current epidemiological data regarding gay men and MSM living with HIV.  Data will be used to explain the scope of the problem about why HIV is rising among older adults—specifically older gay men and MSM. Participants will analyze how data shapes and impacts our work with this vulnerable population.

This training will further explore psychological and social aspects of gay men and MSM living with HIV. Participants will build on this knowledge base to further empathy and compassion for their clients.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify at least two (2) specific data points that demonstrate the impact of HIV on older gay men and MSM living with HIV.
• Understand that HIV has a disproportionate impact on older gay men and MSM living with HIV.
• Define “older adults” as those 50 years of age and beyond.
• State one (1) current statistic, each, about older adults living with HIV in NYS, NYC, and nationally.
• Name at least four (4) unique issues older gay men and MSM living with HIV face.
• Increase knowledge and awareness regarding why HIV is rising among older adults, specifically older gay men and MSM.

Audience: Health and social services providers, peer educators, and anyone in the general public with an interest in HIV/AIDS.

Prerequisite: None. It is recommended that participants previously attended “Overview of HIV.”

Description: This webinar provides an overview of the FDA-approved Lenacapavir (LEN) injection for HIV PrEP. Participants will learn how LEN differs from other forms of PrEP and how effective it is at preventing HIV transmission. Participants will also access updated NYS PrEP guidelines and resources.

Objectives: 

As result of attending this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Recall current, approved forms of PrEP
• Explain what Lenacapavir is and how it is different than other forms of HIV PrEP
• Find updated NYS guidelines
• Review Lenacapavir studies that show effectiveness
• Prepare navigators to have discussions with patients about different forms of PrEP, including Lenacapavir

Description: This 6-hour interactive virtual training (organized in two, 3-hour sessions) is designed to prepare non-clinical criminal justice peer workers with knowledge and skills to support continuity of care for clients living with HIV and/or HCV as they transition from a correctional setting to the community.

Prerequisite: It is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge of basic HIV/AIDS information, Hep C, incarceration, re-entry, and harm reduction. 

Audience: All non-physician health and human service providers and peer workers who work with people living with HIV and/or HCV.

Objectives

As a result of this training, participants will be able to: 

1. Understand the role of peer workers and community providers in supporting successful continuity of care for HIV and/or HCV upon community reentry. 
2. Describe the distinction between jail and prison corrections settings and how navigation services differ based on setting.   
3. Recall strategies to support continuity of HIV/HCV care for people transitioning from correctional settings to the community.
4. Outline the unique challenges that incarcerated people living with HIV and/or HCV face upon community reentry.  
5. Describe effective engagement techniques for working with people living with HIV and/or HCV who are transitioning into community systems of care.  
6. Discuss strategies for conducting assessments with people who were formerly incarcerated who are living with HIV and/or HCV to learn about their needs and to create appropriate linkages and referrals. 
7. Identify community support services and resources for people living with HIV and/or HCV who are returning to the community. 

Training Description: 

This training will provide participants with an opportunity to practice key skills related to offering HIV testing services.

Training Objectives:

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Recall the need and requirements for HIV testing.
2. Recall the benefits of Treatment as Prevention, PrEP ad PEP.
3. Deliver a non-reactive, preliminary positive, and confirmed positive HIV test result.
4. Conduct the NYS domestic violence screening protocol and steps for Partner Notification.
 

Intended Audience: Any individual involved in delivering HIV testing services, including Peer Workers.

Prerequisite: Knowledge of basic HIV/AIDS information and attendance at "HIV Testing in NYS: Online Training" or equivalent.

Credit Hours:  4.0

For more information about this curriculum, contact:

HIV Education and Training Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Corning Tower, Room 244
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12237-0658
hivet@health.ny.gov 
518.474.3045

An Overview of Name Change and Anti-Discrimination Protections for TGNCNB New Yorkers  

The laws protecting transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary (TGNCNB) adults and youth have evolved rapidly over the last five years, especially around name and identity documents, as well as anti-discrimination protections.  This 90-minute training will provide participants with an overview of the legal name and change of sex designation process, including non-binary X gender markers under NY’s Gender Recognition Act.  We will also share information about anti-discrimination protections under the Gender Expression and Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) which provides protection for these communities in public accommodations, housing, employment, education, and more.  (Please note: The name change information may also be helpful for victims of crime, including domestic violence, trafficking, and sexual violence)

Course Objectives:  By the end of this training, participants will better understand: 

• Terminology used by TGNCNB communities
• Some of the lived experiences of TGNCNB people, including community members living with HIV/AIDS
• The need for accurate identity documents in our modern world
• Overview of the judicial name and gender marker change processes in New York courts, including selected resources for assistance  
• Overview of GENDA’s civil rights protections and how to enforce those rights at the New York State Division of Human Rights

Infections like HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), and syphilis can create complications during pregnancy and result in serious health consequences for the pregnant individual and their baby. Nonphysician health and human services providers can play an important role in educating clients about the importance of early and continuous participation in prenatal care, which will include screening for HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis. This training aims to provide clinical information, resources, and best practices to non-physician health and human service providers with a focus on delivering supportive services to all pregnant individuals and their babies.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to: 

• Identify the importance of participation in prenatal care, beginning as soon as a person is aware of their pregnancy, and continuing until childbirth.
• Recall clinical facts regarding HIV, HCV, and syphilis during pregnancy and the post-partum period, including information about treatment during pregnancy, rates of perinatal transmission and screening for infants.
• Explain the epidemiology and surveillance data that supports the requirement of screening  for HIV, hepatitis C, and syphilis in pregnant persons. 
• Recall NYS clinical and public health guidelines for HIV, hepatitis C, and syphilis screening during pregnancy.
• Recall strategies for identifying injection drug use among pregnant people.
• Describe examples of practices that reduce stigma and discrimination to increase participation in prenatal care and HIV/HCV/syphilis screening among pregnant persons. 
• Describe the state and national campaigns and educational resources that encourage prenatal care and HIV, hepatitis C, and syphilis testing during pregnancy.

Pre-Requisite: It is strongly recommended that participants have previous basic training such as "Overview of HIV” (online learning class) and “Introduction to STIs,” and “The ABCs of Hepatitis.” 

Target Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers who work with clients/ patients with HIV, hepatitis C, and STDs including peer navigators/educators, case managers, social workers, client services staff, and others.