This is a foundational course for HIV service providers to increase their knowledge of cultural competence and cultural humility as interdependent concepts, as well as their skills to apply these in their day-to-day interactions with clients. Learners will be exposed to other related foundational concepts and will have opportunities for practice and discussion.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this training, participants will be able to do the following:

• Recognize key definitions related to Cultural Competency and Cultural Humility.
• Explain how client-provider power imbalances may affect providers’ engagement with clients.
• Demonstrate two effective communication strategies to use with clients during cross-cultural interactions.
• Examine how cultural collisions can affect client-provider communication and impact HIV prevention services.
• List each of the steps in the LEARN model framework to improve cross-cultural communication in HIV prevention.
• Describe at least three steps to continue to develop knowledge, skills, and abilities in Cultural Competency and Cultural Humility.