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HIV Prevention Certified Provider (HIVPCP) Certification Program

HealthHIV’s HIV Prevention Certified Provider Certification Program™ is a free, online, self-paced curriculum comprised of eight e-learning modules in HIV prevention. Upon completion, participants receive the HealthHIV HIV Prevention Certified Provider Certification™ and a listing in the national HIVPCP Directory.

The HealthHIV HIVPCP Certification™ demonstrates competency in interdisciplinary, multi-level strategies for HIV prevention. Participants who complete the certification program will have an understanding of the foundation of HIV epidemiology and policy in the United States, the provider’s role in identifying HIV risk and new cases, high impact strategies to prevent HIV through status-neutral-navigation, clinical guidelines to implement PrEP, and a framework of cultural humility that improves clients’ access to and retention in care.

Program Overview

  • Module 1: HIV Prevention – Epidemiology, Interventions and Strategies 
  • Module 2: HIV Testing and Assessing Risk for Short Behavioral Intervention and Referral 
  • Module 3: Maintaining Serostatus Negative and Viral Suppression – Preventing HIV Acquisition and Transmission 
  • Module 4: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Clinical 
  • Module 5: Enhancing Cultural Humility and Understanding Barriers to Care 
  • Module 6: PrEP Adherence, Part 1 
  • Module 7: PrEP Adherence, Part 2 
  • Module 8: TelePrEP Services – Improving PrEP Access

Ryan White Grant Year 34 Part A and B Provider Meeting

HAHSTA’s Care and Treatment Division’s Ryan White Grant Year 34 Provider Meeting took place Thursday, February 15, 2024.

Meeting Agenda

11:00  – 11:05 am
Welcome & Updates
Avemaria Smith, Interim Chief, Care and Treatment Division

11:05 – 11:45 am
Part A and B Programmatic Overview
Ebony Fortune, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Manager, Care and Treatment Division 
Ekaji Osayande, Ryan White Program Officer, Care and Treatment Division
Princess Johnson, Ryan White Program Officer, Care and Treatment Division
Trammell Walters, Ryan White Part B Grant Manager, Care & Treatment Division

Q&A (5 Minutes)

11:50 am – 12:35 pm
Data
Messay Zerga, Health Informatics Specialist, Care and Treatment Division
Julie Orban, Public Health Analyst/HIV Services Planner, Care and Treatment Division

Q&A (5 Minutes)

Quality
Courtney Middlebrooks, Quality Management Specialist, Care and Treatment Division

  • Quality Management improvement
  • Customer Satisfaction Survey and DC Quality Response Team 
  • Quality Deliverables 

Q&A (5 Minutes)

12:40 pm
Fiscal
Monique Brown, Grants Management Specialist, Financial Management and Administrative Division

  • EGMS
  • Use of DIFS

Q&A (5 Minutes)

1:00 pm
Wrap-Up

Session Recordings

Presentation

Resources

EBTI CMOC January 2023 Session “Mental Health 101” and “Case Management Best Practices Toolkit”

Faculty: Corey Beauford, LICSW, LCSW-C
Owner, Inspired Consulting Group
Clinical Instructor with the University of Maryland School of Social Work

Mental Health 101: Social workers, case managers, and other counselors face significant challenges in working with people living with HIV (PLWH) and their families. HIV-affected populations typically require a full range of services to manage the illness and the significant stress and problems HIV causes. Service needs are increased when clients have mental health problems in addition to living with HIV. This training will give an overview of various mental illnesses, signs and symptoms, and treatment options.

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Understand general knowledge on diagnostic criteria for selected mental and substance use disorders
  • Identify various factors, including cultural factors, that contribute to a patient being diagnosed with a mental or substance use disorder. 
  • Discuss treatment considerations – including psychopharmacology – specific to patients with mental and substance use disorders. 
  • Understand the impact that countertransference and transference can have on the therapeutic relationship and identify strategies useful for resolving worker biases.

Case Management Best Practices Toolkit: This webinar discusses the Case Manager Best Practices toolkit which includes treatment protocols, models of care coordination, challenges and how to address them, and an integrated team approach.

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Define the duties of a Care Coordinator and Case Manager
  • Define and describe Treatment Improvement Protocols established by CSAT outlining the roles of a Care Coordinator
  • Identify strategies useful for addressing comm.on client psychosocial needs
  • Explain the “Integrated Treatment Team Approach.”

Innovative Outreach Strategies for HIV Prevention

This webinar will describe how to implement creative outreach strategies that promote risk reduction and prevention of HIV. The faculty will discuss how to engage communities disproportionately affected by HIV while providing resources that best fit the needs of each community.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Identify the target population to tailor outreach events to fit the needs of the community.
  • Recognize the benefits of marketing to provide resources and assist with linkage to care services.
  • Discuss strategies to promote HIV prevention and reduce stigma during outreach events.
  • Describe methods to upscale campaigns to increase engagement.
  • Identify strategies to provide safe spaces for community members.

Mapping the Way Towards Community Assessment and Engagement

Mapping allows community members and organizations to plan better management of resources, develop and implement interventions and programs, and resolve resource conflicts. 

This offering provides an overview of the Effi Barry Community Mapping Toolkit and how mapping social determinants of health can drive HIV prevention and intervention.

Faculty: Dr. Tamara Taggert, Kate Drezner, Stacey Cooper, and Anna Bacharach

About the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs Short Screener (GAIN-SS)

The purpose of using the GAIN-SS tool in general populations is to identify customers who would be flagged as having one or more behavioral health disorders and refer them for treatment. GAIN-SS screens out those without behavioral health disorders. Ryan White sub-recipients funded for Medical Case Management (MCM) and Non-medical Case Management (NMCM) are required to screen customers using the GAIN-SS or a HAHSTA approved alternate screening.

Engaging Youth in HIV Prevention and Care

This webinar provides an overview of developmental aspects of youth that are living with HIV/AIDS, including challenges and/or barriers to prevention, treatment, and medical adherence to care.

Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Describe how youth are different from adults living with HIV.
  • Summarize approaches to support youth-friendly HIV care services.
  • Discuss developmental aspects of youth that are living with HIV/AIDS.
  • Discuss challenges and/or barriers to treatment and medical adherence for youth living with HIV/AIDS.

Faculty
Keristen Mazyck – Medical Care Manager, Ryan White Wellness Center
Keristen Mazyck is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW-CP) where she works at the Ryan White Wellness Center as a Medical Care Manager. She has worked in several capacities within the Ryan White Program for over 15 years. She is a designated HIVPCP provider and enjoys sharing her wealth of knowledge to others about effective strategies and interventions that contribute to improving health outcomes for persons living with HIV/AIDS and at-risk populations for HIV. Keristen is passionate about the youth population living with HIV as she is committed to helping them achieve quality of life through a strength-based perspective and interventions.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Breaking Barriers: Biomedical Interventions Paving the Way to Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US

This webinar delves into the context and state of the HIV epidemic, different forms of PrEP and PrEP formulations, how PrEP is utilized, side effects of PrEP use, and barriers to accessing methods of HIV prevention and treatment. The faculty will present case studies to illustrate these topics, and will also provide strategies for implementing biomedical interventions with the goal of furthering health equity.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Outline HIV and PrEP disparities in the United States.
  • Explain the importance of utilizing a status neutral approach in order to End the HIV Epidemic in the United States.
  • Summarize current HIV prevention and treatment formulations and guidelines.
  • Review common side effects of PrEP and HIV treatment.
  • Identify barriers and opportunities to increase PrEP uptake and retain persons living with HIV in care.

The Intersection of Mental Health and HIV Among Youth

People with HIV (PWH) – especially children, adolescents, and young adults – are at an increased risk for developing mental health disorders compared to those who don’t have HIV. PWH commonly internalize negative attitudes and beliefs resulting from widespread HIV stigma, which leads to poor mental health outcomes and difficulty medically managing HIV. Challenges with mental health can negatively affect engagement in medical care and adherence to medical treatment.

This webinar will increase the audience’s understanding of mental health challenges among children, adolescents, and young adults with HIV. The webinar will provide strategies for addressing particular needs and promoting overall physical and mental health.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, you will be able to:

  • Identify at least three common mental health challenges that children, adolescents, and young adults face when living with HIV.
  • Describe how mental health challenges can impact medical care and treatment.
  • Describe at least three ways to address the particular mental health challenges that children, adolescents, and young adults living with HIV face in order to improve their self-perceived health and reception of medical treatment.

Continuing education credits are available for this session.