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HIV Criminalization: What the DC Community Should Know

Understanding HIV criminalization is essential to advancing HIV prevention and care. This fact sheet provides an overview of current laws, common misconceptions, and the impact of HIV criminalization on individuals and communities.

Beyond the Charge: Understanding HIV Criminalization

This webinar examines the current landscape of HIV criminalization, including how laws are applied and their impact on individuals and communities. It explores the intersections of stigma and the legal system, while highlighting disparities in enforcement and outcomes.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

  • Define HIV criminalization.
  • Identify the key features of HIV criminalization laws in the United States.
  • Describe the adverse effects of HIV criminalization on structurally marginalized communities.
  • Discern how HIV criminalization impacts overall community health outcomes.

Trauma-Informed Care: Practical Tools for the HIV Prevention Workforce

This webinar provides an overview of trauma-informed care and its application across clinical and programmatic HIV settings. Participants will explore how trauma impacts health behaviors, engagement in care, and service delivery, and will be introduced to practical, evidence-informed tools that can be integrated into everyday practice. This session emphasizes creating safe, supportive environments and strengthening provider and program capacity to deliver respectful, person-centered care.

Learning Objectives
  • Define trauma and the core principles of trauma-informed care.
  • Describe how trauma can impact health outcomes, engagement, and adherence to care.
  • Identify practical tools and strategies to incorporate trauma-informed approaches into clinical and program settings.
  • Recognize ways to create safe, supportive, and culturally responsive environments for clients.
  • Explain the role of providers and organizations in reducing re-traumatization and promoting resilience.

Real Talk, Real Impact: HIV Prevention and Sex Work

This webinar explores the intersection of sex work, access to healthcare, and community safety. Participants will learn practical strategies for building trust, engaging respectfully, and supporting autonomy while working to reduce stigma and create safer, more inclusive service environments.

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Describe key structural factors that affect the health and well-being of sex workers
  • Identify effective approaches for building trust and rapport
  • Describe safety-focused engagement strategies for working in community settings

Faculty: Kaniya Walker

The Drugs in Our Community: How They’re Taken and the Effects They Have

This 90-minute webinar provides a comprehensive overview of the common drugs used within our communities. Participants will familiarize themselves with the range of substances used, as well as the variety of methods people use to take them.

Review the risks associated with different methods of intake and related behaviors, along with health concerns, including HIV and hepatitis. Participants will gain the skills to conduct a comprehensive, respectful assessment to work effectively with clients who use drugs and engage in meaningful and impactful dialogue.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

  • Discuss common substances and their effects on the body.
  • Explain the various methods of intake and their impact.
  • Identify health concerns associated with methods of intake, including their connection to HIV and hepatitis.
  • Describe respectful, nonjudgmental approaches to discussing substance use and conducting assessments.

**Please note that continuing education credits are not available for this webinar.**

Presenter: Steve Wood is the Senior Training Coordinator at HealthHIV. He has worked in the Drug User Health field since 1986 in several different disciplines as a trainer and curriculum writer, as well as several years providing direct service to the community. Steve has worked with the founders of the H.R.C. at their inception, helped to establish drug user health programs throughout the country, and trained a multitude of Community Health Workers in Maryland on Drug User Health under the TEACH Program. Before coming to HealthHIV, Steve served as Director of a large community service program that advocated for the rights of people who use drugs, along with connecting them to services.

HIV Testing and Care in Emergency Departments

Part of The Power of Prevention: Community Strategies for Safer Sexual Health Series

This fact sheet provides information on navigating HIV testing in Emergency Departments (EDs) as a confidential part of routine care.

The Power of Prevention: DoxyPEP

Part of The Power of Prevention: Community Strategies for Safer Sexual Health Series

This fact sheet explains Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) and its use in preventing certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Injectable PrEP Options: Advancing Patient-Centered HIV Prevention in DC

Part of The Power of Prevention: Clinical Strategies for Safer Sexual Health Series

This fact sheet supports physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, nurses, case managers, and public health professionals in integrating injectable PrEP into their clinical and programmatic practices.

HIV Testing and Linkage to Care in Emergency Departments

Part of The Power of Prevention: Clinical Strategies for Safer Sexual Health Series

This fact sheet focuses on the critical role of Emergency Departments (EDs) in HIV testing and the importance of timely Linkage to Care (LTC).