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HIV Prevention Counseling: Fundamentals of Waived Rapid

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Inova Juniper
2740 Prosperity Ave, Suite 200, Fairfax, VA
Starts at: March 23, 2017 8:30am ET
Ends at: March 24, 2017 12:30pm 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 different kinds of rapid HIV tests through didactic and hands-on modules.  Participants will practice integrating the six steps of prevention counseling into the rapid-rapid HIV testing process.

Prerequisite- You must attend The Facts & The Fundamentals training; as all complete the CDC Online HIV Testing Module to attend this training.

Targeted Populations

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

  • Adolescents (ages 13 to 17)
  • Asian
  • Black or African American
  • Hispanic or LatinX
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
  • Women
  • Gay, lesbian, bisexual
  • People Experiencing Homlessness
  • Rural populations

Topics

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

  • Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
  • HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV resistance testing and interpretation
  • Linkage to Care
  • Cultural competence
  • Cultural Competency/Cultural Humility
  • Community linkages