Basic Training on HIV, STDs, Viral Hepatitis, & TB

HIV/AIDS Confidentiality Law

This half-day training provides information about New York State's HIV Confidentiality Law (Public Health Law Article 27-F). This training is designed to meet provider requirements for initial and newly hired and annual confidentiality training.

Topics to be covered:

  • Basic components and intent of the law;
  • Rules concerning confidentiality;
  • Disclosure and signed releases;
  • Penalties and sanctions for violation of the law;
  • Documentation and record keeping;
  • Workplace policy and procedure requirements; and
  • Information about regulations regarding HIV case reporting and partner notification as it relates to confidentiality issues.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All newly hired health and human service providers.

To Register: Use the Training Centers' links.

Date Location Training Center
August 24 Manhattan Cicatelli
September 8 Copiague CPHE

CNE: The School of Public Health, University of Albany, is an approved provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurse's Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This program is being presented in joint sponsorship with the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute. (Contact Hours: 4.0 hours; Approval Code 6VKSFE-PRV-06-007)

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How to Provide Mandatory Annual Confidentiality Updates

This three-hour training is a capacity building session for program managers of hospitals, health care facilities, community-based organizations and other organizations that must comply with New York State's HIV Confidentiality Law, Public Health Law Article 27-F. This training will provide the skills, strategies and resources needed to develop and update their organization's HIV confidentiality policies and procedures and conduct the required annual staff in-service on HIV confidentiality.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

  • State the major requirements of the New York State HIV Confidentiality Law;
  • Conduct an annual review and update of their agency's HIV confidentiality policies and procedures;
  • Develop agency-specific HIV confidentiality policies and procedures that meet legal requirements if the agency does not currently have them;
  • Access model policies and procedures, employee attestations, sample slide sets and other resources to help them conduct the agency's annual HIV confidentiality staff in-service;
  • List three options for conducting the HIV confidentiality staff in-service efficiently and effectively, including combining with HIPAA training; and
  • Conduct a simple, straightforward, annual in-house staff in-service on HIV confidentiality.

Prerequisite: Participants should have basic knowledge of Article 27-F and their agency's current HIV confidentiality policies and procedures.

Audience: Program directors, program managers, and supervisors who are responsible for (i) developing and updating their organization's HIV confidentiality policies and procedures and/or (ii) conducting their organization's annual HIV confidentiality staff in-service.

To Register: Use the Training Centers' links.

Date Location Training Center
March 17 Manhattan LAC

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It's Time: Integrate Viral Hepatitis into Your Work

This two-day training will help to increase providers' confidence, knowledge and skill levels in integrating a range of viral hepatitis services into an already compact workday.

As a result of this training, participants will learn basic facts about Hepatitis A, B, and C including:

  • Epidemiology;
  • Transmission;
  • Spectrum of illness;
  • Prevention strategies;
  • Vaccine recommendations;
  • Treatment options;
  • Skills in offering viral hepatitis prevention and harm reduction messages;
  • Practical tips, models, and tools for integrating hepatitis screening, counseling, vaccination, treatment and referrals for care into your current work setting; and
  • Resources for support in work.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: Health and human service providers working in the following settings: substance use programs, correctional settings, and public health clinics.

To Register: Use the Training Centers' links.

Date Location Training Center
September 13-14 Rochester CHBT
September 15-16 Syracuse REACH

OASAS: The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute is an OASAS Certified Education and Training Provider. This course is approved for initial credentialing and renewal of CASAC, CPP and CPS, unless otherwise noted. 13.0 clock hours.*

*Course are not approved for initial credentialing for CPS.

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HIV and Hepatitis C Coinfection

More than 25% of people living with HIV in the United States are coinfected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Among people who acquired HIV as a result of injection drug use, the rates of HIV/HCV coinfection may be as high as 90%. HCV screening is recommended for persons infected with HIV. Health and human service providers who work with people living with HIV need updated information about HIV/HCV coinfection in order to provide effective services to their clients.

As a result of this half-day training, participants will be able to:

  • Recall basic information about the liver and hepatitis C, including transmission, prevention, course of illness, screening and treatment;
  • Counsel their HIV positive clientHIV & Hep Cs about the importance of knowing their HCV status;
  • Describe how coinfection with HIV and HCV affects the progression of each disease;
  • Recall current trends and improvements in treatment for people who are coinfected with HIV and HCV; and
  • List at least three additional service needs of people with HIV who are also coinfected with HCV.

Prerequisite: Although there is no prerequisite for this training, it is strongly recommended that participants have previous training in HIV/AIDS.

Audience: All health and human service providers including: nurses, HIV/STD counselors, substance abuse counselors, case managers, case management technicians, prevention specialists, and outreach workers.

To Register: Use the Training Centers' links.

Date Location Training Center
August 30 Manhattan Cicatelli
September 1 Hawthorne ARCS

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Building Bridges to Cultural Competency

This one-day training explores the broad definition of culture and its relationship to competent and effective health care and human service delivery.

As a result of training participants will:

  • Discuss invisible privilege and its affect on both receiving and providing services;
  • Be encouraged to self reflect and explore potential obstacles to providing effective services; and
  • Learn how these obstacles are created when diverse cultures, Western medicine and human service deliveries collide.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All health and human service providers.

To Register: Use the Training Centers' links.

Date Location Training Center
August 17 Johnson City STAP
August 18 Manhattan NDRI
September 19 Amityville CPHE
September 26 Hawthorne ARCS

OASAS: The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute is an OASAS Certified Education and Training Provider. This course is approved for initial credentialing and renewal of CASAC, CPP and CPS for 6.5 clock hours.

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