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The Fundamentals of Prevention Counseling

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Virginia Housing Development Authority
4224 Cox Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060
Starts at: July 25, 2017 8:30am ET
Ends at: July 25, 2017 4:30pm ET
Free Admission
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Description

The Fundamentals is a one day course that provides guidelines and skill-building opportunities for professionals who implement prevention counseling and HIV antibody testing. This workshop incorporates recommendations and strategies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for personalizing prevention counseling sessions before and after testing for HIV. The Facts and the CDC on line Rapid HIV test course are pre-requisites for this course

Targeted Populations

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

  • Young Adults (ages 18 to 24)
  • Older Adults (ages 50 and over)

Topics

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

  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • Community linkages
  • Confidentiality/HIPAA
  • Quality Improvement