Community Education & Outreach

Developing Skills for Enhanced Outreach

This four-day training is designed to provide outreach workers with the skills to increase their effectiveness of conducting outreach to hard-to-reach populations using and Enhanced Outreach model. This training will provide outreach workers with a wide array of activities that will teach them how to approach clients, gain their trust and help clients access needed services (i.e., HIV services). The training includes opportunities for skills practice regarding health behavior change and concepts of motivational interviewing.

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

  • Identify key outreach messages for targeted populations;
  • Summarize the stages of enhanced outreach;
  • Describe how multiple encounters is an effective approach to outreach;
  • List the stages of change; and
  • State at least three concepts of motivational interviewing.

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

Audience: Experienced and new health and human service providers conducting outreach as part of their jobs.

**Please Note: Depending on the training center, this training will be offered in four consecutive days or two two-day sessions.

To Register: Use the Training Centers' links.

Date Location Training Center
September 22-23 & September 26-27 Amityville CPHE
September 7-8 & September 21-22 Buffalo ARC-GBC

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Do You Work With High-risk Pregnant Women? Your Role in Reducing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV

One of the greatest successes in HIV prevention in New York State has been reducing the rate of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. However, cases of MTCT continue to occur each year. This half-day training is for non-physician health and human services providers who work with pregnant women who may have issues with substance use, mental health, homelessness or incarceration. In many instances these women are known to providers but there are missed opportunities for engaging them in prenatal care, HIV testing and other supportive services.

As a result of this training, participants will:

  • Describe the epidemiological trends and factors related to mother to child transmission of HIV in New York State;
  • List factors which have contributed to a decrease in MTCT;
  • Describe NYSDOH regulations related to reducing MTCT;
  • Discuss the impact of staff values and attitudes on delivery of services to high risk pregnant women;
  • Recall factors that may contribute to continued MTCT; and
  • List strategies to promote access to HIV testing for high risk pregnant women, and treatment adherence, access to care, and support services for HIV positive pregnant women.

Prerequisite: None.

Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers who work with HIV positive and/or at-risk women of child-bearing age including: outreach workers, case managers, social workers, drug treatment program staff, support services providers, staff who implement HIV prevention interventions and others.

To Register: Use the Training Centers' links.

Date Location Training Center
August 18 Manhattan NDRI
September 19 Hawthorne ARCS

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