The San Francisco Community Health Academy is a free training program offered in Spanish and English, designed for community health workers and promotes aimed to develop and sharpen transferable public health skills through a racial equity lens.

August 26th – 30th HCV/HIV/STI Overdose Prevention Test Counselor Pre-Training

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Upcoming In-Person Training: August 26th – 30th

This online course provides the information that forms the foundation for the HCV/HIV/STI Overdose Prevention Test Counselor Training you will be attending soon. The live trainings and the Pre-training course are built on almost 30 years of experience talking with people about stopping the transmission of HIV.

This online course is separated into reading modules, followed by a 32-question quiz. There is no time limit to complete the reading or quiz. You need at least 80 percent of correct responses in order to be eligible to participate in the in-person training. If you do not pass on the first try, you can retake the quiz one more time after reading the material again.

Learners are not able to self-enroll in the pre-training course at this time. Instead, your site coordinator should have registered you for this program and you should have received an email notification from the SFDPH Center for Learning and Innovation saying you have been enrolled in this course. If you have not yet received this email notification, please reach out to your site coordinator first to ensure they have submitted an application for your registration in this program.

If you are a learner seeking to register yourself in this program and are unsure of who your site coordinator is, or you believe you are at a site without a coordinator, please contact Todd Watkins at todd.watkins@sfdph.org or Saadhana Deshpande at saadhana.deshpande@sfdph.org.

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HIV Worker Onboarding Series

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Description:

Welcome to the Academy’s HIV worker onboarding series. This series will provide you with a baseline knowledge of essential information you need for your role as a HIV worker. You can use this series as an onboarding tool or refresher training. This training includes 8 hours of training material.

Learning Objectives:

  • Acquire baseline knowledge of essential information needed by HIV workers.
  • Develop baseline knowledge around understanding client needs and how to support clients compassionately. 
  • Increase knowledge of serving HIV clients.
  • Learn best practices to prevent HIV.

Instructions:

  1. Complete the self-paced training series by clicking on the “enter” button for each course. After you complete each course, you will see the updated status on your learner dashboard. Make sure you have your cookies enabled on your computer in order to track your completion status.
  2. Once you have completed your onboarding or refresher training, go to your learner dashboard. In the completed courses section, enter a date range and click on “print transcript.”
  3. Save your transcript as a pdf and upload it to the Training Record Upload tab found at the bottom of this page. If you have already completed any of the following courses, you do not have to retake the training. Your completion should already be recorded on your transcript. Just make sure that the date range you choose include the dates when you have completed the course.
  4. On completion of the series and submission of transcript record, a course administrator will review your record. Once approved by the administrator, you will receive a certificate of knowledge in the role.

LINCS HIV Infection and AIDS CDC Training

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Boots on the Ground Part 1: Foundational Epidemiology

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Integrating PrEP and PEP into Partner Services

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DoxyPEP STI Prevention

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Increasing HIV Prevention & Treatment in Black Communities

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Harm Reduction and Beyond

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Reducing Stigma Against People Who Use Drugs

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Staying Resilient and Delivering Patient Care

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STIs 101: What You Need to Know

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Learning objectives:

  1. Know more about common STDs
  2. Find out what happens when STDs are not treated and/or cured
  3. Learn what to do if someone thinks they may have a STD
  4. Learn how to help the community lower its risk for STDs

How to access the course:

Please click this link to start the STD 101: What You Need to Know course with CDC TRAIN. To view the content, you will first need to create an account on the CDC TRAIN website, or login if you already have an account. If you are creating an account for the first time with CDC TRAIN, you will be prompted to include the following information in your profile: name, zip code, phone number, address, professional role, and organization and workplace setting.

After creating your account with CDC TRAIN, revisit this link to start the STD 101: What You Need to Know course. You will then be directed to another website outside of CDC TRAIN, where you will create a profile to access the course.

June 3rd – 7th HCV/HIV/STI Overdose Prevention Test Counselor Pre-Training

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Upcoming In-Person Training: June 3rd – 7th

This online course provides the information that forms the foundation for the HCV/HIV/STI Overdose Prevention Test Counselor Training you will be attending soon. The live trainings and the Pre-training course are built on almost 30 years of experience talking with people about stopping the transmission of HIV.

This online course is separated into reading modules, followed by a 32-question quiz. There is no time limit to complete the reading or quiz. You need at least 80 percent of correct responses in order to be eligible to participate in the in-person training. If you do not pass on the first try, you can retake the quiz one more time after reading the material again.

Learners are not able to self-enroll in the pre-training course at this time. Instead, your site coordinator should have registered you for this program and you should have received an email notification from the SFDPH Center for Learning and Innovation saying you have been enrolled in this course. If you have not yet received this email notification, please reach out to your site coordinator first to ensure they have submitted an application for your registration in this program.

If you are a learner seeking to register yourself in this program and are unsure of who your site coordinator is, or you believe you are at a site without a coordinator, please contact Todd Watkins at todd.watkins@sfdph.org.

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Sexual & Drug User Health Onboarding Series

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Description:

Welcome to the Academy’s Sexual & Drug User Health onboarding series. This series will provide you with a baseline knowledge of essential information that will support you in your role as a new worker. You can use this series as an onboarding tool or refresher training. This training includes 8.5 hours of training material. 

An HCV and HIV onboarding worker series will be coming soon. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Provide a baseline knowledge of essential information that will support you in your role working with clients.
  • Develop baseline knowledge around understanding client needs and how to support clients compassionately. 
  • Increase knowledge of stigma and harm reduction principles
  • Develop workers’ self-care practices 

Instructions:

  1. Complete the self-paced training series by clicking on the “enter” button for each course. After you complete each course, you will see the updated status on your learner dashboard. Make sure you have your cookies enabled on your computer in order to track your completion status.
  2. Once you have completed your onboarding or refresher training, go to your learner dashboard. In the completed courses section, enter a date range and click on “print transcript.”
  3. Save your transcript as a pdf and upload it to the Training Record Upload tab found at the bottom of this page. If you have already completed any of the following courses, you do not have to retake the training. Your completion should already be recorded on your transcript. Just make sure that the date range you choose include the dates when you have completed the course.
  4. On completion of the series and submission of transcript record, a course administrator will review your record. Once approved by the administrator, you will receive a certificate of knowledge in the role.

Opioid Overdose Recognition and Response

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Reducing Stigma Against People Who Use Drugs

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Fentanyl Test Strip Video Demo

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Intramuscular Naloxone Video Demo

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Staying Resilient and Delivering Patient Care

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Harm Reduction and Beyond

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De-escalation and Conflict Management

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Holistically Whole — Trauma Informed Care

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Acknowledging Gender and Sex

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Adult Transgender Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility
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STIs 101: What You Need to Know

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DoxyPEP STI Prevention

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Sexual Health and Sex Positivity

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Latinx HAP ONLY: 04.09.2024 10 am – 12 pm TA Training: Drugs 101 – Safer Use

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Tuesday, April 9th, 2024, from 10 am – 12 pm

Training Overview:

This session focuses on basic knowledge about the drugs that
are commonly used by participants at Syringe Service Programs (SSPs). We will review basic information about how drugs are used, why they are used, and ways to reduce the harms from using drugs. The training will provide an overview of how to engage program participants/clients in conversations around the way they are using drugs and potential harms that can be reduced and participants will learn how to use Harm Reduction methods to engage with people who use drugs and better understand their experience.

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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86259252077?pwd=633MpDOLEbTCLR8pWqByta4nbb6WMb.1

This TA session is for the Latinx HAP ONLY!

This training does not qualify for CEUS

Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients.

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing intersectionality, aiming to become an anti-racist institution. Participants in SFDPH activities must adhere to professional conduct standards and respect diverse identities. Discriminatory behavior will not be tolerated, and offenders may be removed and barred from future events. 

Latinx HAP ONLY: 04.02.2024 10 am – 12 pm TA Training: Foundations of Harm Reduction

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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024, from 10 am – 12 pm

Training Overview:

This training will provide health and human service providers
with a comprehensive overview of Harm Reduction. This approach incorporates a practical set of strategies designed to prevent disease and promote health by “meeting people where they are” rather than making judgments about where they should be in terms of their personal health and lifestyle. Recognizing that not
everyone is ready or able to stop risky behavior, harm reduction focuses on promoting ways to reduce the health risks associated with drug use and other high risk behaviors. This course will assist providers in more effectively engaging their clients in a range of interventions to reduce the risk of harm.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85339414825?pwd=v5SoeEgrasjLoSIE9YV9f7cGqq68Qf.1

This TA session is for the Latinx HAP ONLY!

This training does not qualify for CEUS

Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients.

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing intersectionality, aiming to become an anti-racist institution. Participants in SFDPH activities must adhere to professional conduct standards and respect diverse identities. Discriminatory behavior will not be tolerated, and offenders may be removed and barred from future events. 

Covered California Open Enrollment Basics 2023

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HIV FOG Bootcamp IX

This recorded presentation provides an overview of Covered California Enrollment Basics. The presentation was delivered by Bill Stewart in-person at the SF HIV Frontline Organizing Group 9th Annual Bootcamp on Oct 18, 2023.

Goals

  • Understand Open Enrollment
    • When is it?
    • Why is it important?
    • What can your clients do during Open Enrollment?
  • Understand Covered California
    • How do you enroll or renew?
    • What plans can you choose from?
    • What subsidies and premium assistance programs are available?
    • What happens if your client misses Open Enrollment?

Presenter

Bill Stewart, Esq

Positive Resource Center

Medi-Cal Update 2023

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SF HIV FOG Bootcamp IX

This recorded presentation provides an overview of changes to Medi-Cal in 2023. The presentation was delivered by Andy Scheer in-person at the SF HIV Frontline Organizing Group 9th Annual Bootcamp on Oct 18, 2023.

Objectives

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

  • Explain, briefly, how the Medi-Cal Continuous Coverage Unwinding affects clients enrolled in this insurance
  • Identify two recent changes to Medi-Cal eligibility
  • Describe the transition process from Medi-Cal to private insurance

Presenter

Andy Scheer

Email: andy.scheer@sfdph.org

Community Program Coordinator

End the HIV Epidemic

SFDPH HIV Health Services

Medicare Open Enrollment Basics 2023

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HIV FOG Bootcamp IX

This recorded presentation provides an overview of Medicare Open Enrollment Basics. The presentation was delivered by Ryan Leong in-person at the SF HIV Frontline Organizing Group 9th Annual Bootcamp on Oct 18, 2023.

Presenter

Ryan Leong, Esq