Guiding People in Their Use of PrEP
HealthHIV announces a new self-paced eLearning course, Guiding People in Their Use of PrEP. This course assists staff in community-based organizations, health departments, and other public health professions with knowledge and skills related to building awareness and engagement in PrEP and guiding clients to effectively use PrEP over time.
Through case scenarios, participants will be able to optimize clients’ uptake of and persistence to PrEP throughout their diverse journeys. Learners will identify eligible and suitable clients of PrEP through outreach, education, and testing efforts. A core part of the course covers how to find and effectively use currently available resources and information, including PleasePrEPMe, PrEPFacts, and others.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Identify areas of foundational knowledge that help navigation staff guide clients in their use of PrEP.
- Identify services that support clients in their use of PrEP.
- Identify key skills that aid health workers when guiding people to PrEP care.
- Identify model practices for engaging PrEP clients in the use of PrEP.
- Apply navigation strategies that guide clients to PrEP care in different case scenarios.
- Apply strategies that support clients to use PrEP over time.
Intended Audiences
Client-facing staff who conduct community-based testing and linkage to care services, such as outreach, HIV education, partner services, and cluster response services, including frontline and management staff in health departments, community-based organizations, clinics, and clinical systems who implement HIV prevention with PrEP.
Other Related Trainings
Strengthening Strategies that Support PrEP Adherence
This course helps health department staff and other public health professionals address barriers to adherence, monitor PrEP adherence, and develop partnerships to support adherence. A core part of course content will involve interactive components that help learners develop an action plan tailored to their specific situation.
Covering Costs of HIV PrEP
During this self-paced e-learning module, participants will review three cost components of HIV PrEP, and sources of insurance, and other key tools that PrEP educators can use to help their clients cover those costs and evaluate different options for covering costs based on the needs of clients in various situations. This module will prepare participants for beginning their work as PrEP educators as well as serve as a refresher for experienced professionals.
