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Alere Determine Rapid Testing Training

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Alexandria Health Department
4480 King St , Alexandria, VA
Starts at: October 25, 2018 9:00am ET
Ends at: October 25, 2018 1:30pm ET
Free Admission

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Description

The Fundamentals of Waived Rapid HIV Testing is a skill building workshop that will allow participants to practice administering two rapid HIV tests (ALERE Determine and INSTI) through didactic and hands-on modules.  Participants will practice integrating the six steps of prevention counseling into the rapid-rapid HIV testing process.

Topics

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

  • Behavioral Prevention
  • HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • Cultural competence
  • Health literacy
  • Stigma or discrimination
  • Cultural Competency/Cultural Humility