Description: Explores how trauma-informed approaches can be effectively used to engage young people in HIV preventive behaviors.

Learning objectives:

• Examine the unique challenges youth face in engaging with HIV prevention, including stigma, mistrust, trauma, and systemic barriers.
• Introduce trauma-informed care principles—such as safety, trustworthiness, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural humility—and explore how these can be applied to HIV prevention efforts with youth.
• Identify effective, youth-centered strategies for promoting HIV preventive behaviors (e.g., PrEP education, condom use, regular testing) that integrate trauma-informed techniques. 

Intended Audience

We aim to engage any health workforce team member interested in the topic, including clinicians, clinic staff, care team members, community workers, and pharmacists who work with key populations.
For example:

• Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistant
• Nurses, Medical Assistants
• Social Workers, Case Managers
• Community Health Workers
• Pharmacists
• Mental health providers
• Substance abuse professionals
• Public Health&a

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