CHW Forum

Join us for a next-level training session designed to elevate your skills and impact as a Community Health Worker. Whether you’re looking to deepen your knowledge or advance your career, this is your opportunity to learn from the best and connect with like-minded professionals passionate about community health. ✨ What to Expect: ✅ Advanced skills to navigate complex health challenges ✅ Strategies for effective team integration and leadership ✅ Tools to streamline operations and amplify outcomes

The Facts is a hybrid course that provides information concerning the spectrum of HIV disease, HIV antibody testing, and developments in rapid testing, legal issues, disclosure assistance (partner counseling and referral services), risk assessment and reduction, and psychosocial issues.  This course will be delivered using synchronous and asynchronous modalities. Session 1 will be at the time listed above during a synchronous virtual session. Then you will be provided links to the VA Train system to complete online learning modules.  Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to: • Describe the spectrum of HIV disease • Discuss HIV antibody testing options including legal implications, the process of testing, and meaning of the results • Describe partner counseling and referral services in the Commonwealth of Virginia • Describe effective techniques for providing HIV risk assessment and reduction • Discuss implications of HIV infection as experienced by an HIV-infected person • Describe the Virginia Department of Health’s role in the partner counseling, referral, and disclosure assistance processes Starts at: January 8, 2025 9:00am ET Ends at: January 8, 2025 12:00pm ET Free Admission Click here for more information & to register