NYS Department of Health AIDS Institute

HIV Education & Training Programs

The goal of this two-hour webinar is to bring awareness to the topic of Hepatitis C among pregnant persons and people with the capacity to get pregnant, support non-clinicals providers in understanding the importance of promoting health among clients as it relates to Hepatitis C, and educate providers about the importance of linkages to care and reducing potential Hepatitis C transmission.

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

1. Describe an overview of Hepatitis C
2. Understand the epidemiology of Hepatitis C among pregnant people and people with the capacity to get pregnant
3. Explain Hepatitis C testing as part of routine prenatal care, highlighting recent legislation that mandates universal Hepatitis C screening among pregnant people. 
4. Identify factors of perinatal transmission
5. Describe care and treatment for Hepatitis C in pregnant people
6. Summarize harm reduction techniques to reduce future transmission and promote health
7. Refer clients to NYS Hepatitis C resources

Audience: Non-medical service providers, such as case managers, social workers, patient navigators, peer workers; and People living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C.

Prerequisite: Hepatitis C Basics

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.

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.”

This 90-minute interactive webinar builds on our popular Hepatitis C Jeopardy game to expand your knowledge of HIV/Hepatitis C coinfection. In true Jeopardy style, we provide the answers, and you provide the questions. Come test your knowledge of Hepatitis C transmission, prevention, testing, care and treatment. It’s a great way to review or increase your knowledge base while having fun.

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

• Define HIV and Hepatitis C Co-infection
• Describe the epidemiology of HIV and Hepatitis C Co-infection
• Explain similarities and differences between HIV and Hepatitis C transmission
• Describe how co-infection impacts the progression of each disease 
• Identify prevention and harm reduction strategies

Please plan to participate verbally or through the Chat function. 

Audience: Non-medical health and human social services providers.

Prerequisite: None.

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.”

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