The HIV Navigation Services (HNS) course is designed to improve navigation skills for those delivering prevention services to people living with HIV and high-risk HIV-negative individuals. This comprehensive course package is for service providers who want to know more about navigation skills, how navigation fits in the overall field of HIV prevention, structural components of a navigation program, and professional conduct.

Course Objectives:

• Explain how navigation services support at-risk populations (PWH and people who are high-risk HIV-negative) in obtaining better health outcomes. 
• Name the components of the HNS model. 
• Describe how navigators work as part of a professional team.
• Identify the skills necessary to support a client through the HIV care and prevention continua.
• Demonstrate HNS skills.
• Describe how quality assurance components support clients, the client navigators, and agencies.

Target Audience:

The recommended audience for this training includes staff from:

• Community-Based Organizations.
• Health Departments.
• Health Care Organizations implementing HIV programs and services.
• General navigation programs that seek to incorporate HNS as an additional component to their existing navigation services.