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.

Acknowledging Gender and Sex

In this course, built by the UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, participants will learn strategies to improve the overall health and well-being of transgender people.

DoxyPEP STI Prevention

Prevent Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia with taking doxycycline with 72 hours after sexual encounter. 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the findings of the DoxyPEP study
  2. Be aware of key considerations for implementing DoxyPEP in clinical practice
  3. Describe at least one way the local health department can support integration of HIV and STI prevention

STI/HIV/HCV Test Counselor Pre-Training (May 22nd – 26th, 2023)

Upcoming In-Person Training: May 22nd – 26th, 2023

This online course provides the information that forms the foundation for the HIV Counselor Training you will be attending soon. Both trainings build 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. Once you begin the quiz, you may go back to the readings. However, you may only submit your quiz answers once. Your quiz will be scored by a training administrator, and you will receive an email with your score. You need at least 80 percent of correct responses in order to be eligible to sign up for the training. If you do not pass on the first try, you will receive an email notification and then can re-take 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 TrainingAcademy@sfaf.org.

clinic worker showing card to patient

Embajadorxs de Vacunas

El programa de embajadorxs de vacunas se enfoca en educar e informar a lxs miembros de nuestra comunidad sobre lo más reciente en vacunas de COVID-19. 

Este entrenamiento también se enfoca en diferentes estrategias para lograr que nuestra comunidad que no se ha vacunado tome acción para vacunarse. 

Durante esta sesión, lxs participantes:

  • Obtenga información sobre COVID-19 y vacunas
  • Aprenda a tener conversaciones centradas en el individuo sobre las vacunas
  • Comprender mejor cómo usar el embajador de vacunas y los recursos del SFDPH

Advertencia de Contenido

Esta capacitación discutirá temas que pueden ser difíciles de ver o escuchar, pueden traerle traumas o pueden ofenderle. Por favor cuídese como lo necesite durante esta sesión. Las opiniones, comentarios, y expresiones de lxs participantes no reflejan los de San Francisco Community Health Academy, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, y San Francisco Department of Public Health. Esta capacitación discutirá temas que pueden ser difíciles de ver o escuchar, pueden traerle traumas o pueden ofenderle. Por favor cuídese como lo necesite durante esta sesión. Las opiniones, comentarios, y expresiones de lxs participantes no reflejan los de San Francisco Community Health Academy, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, y San Francisco Department of Public Health.

RESCHEDULED for March 16th Advanced Motivational Interviewing: MI part 2 – 3/16/23

Thursday, March 16th, 10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview

In this two-hour online training, participants will build their Motivational Interviewing skills and knowledge by focusing on understanding MI’s 5 clinical principles and strategies (reflective listening, open questions, affirmations, summarizing, and eliciting self-motivational statements). This session will also include roadblocks to reflective listening, the use of additional readiness tools, such as assessing importance and confidence, the two phases of MI, such as building motivation and strengthening client’s commitment to change, and handling resistance. This workshop will give participants the space to exercise their Motivational interviewing skills through discussion, scenarios and role plays.

PREREQUISTE: Prior to attending this training, participants should have participated in at least one Motivational Interviewing workshop or class or have comparable experience.

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

  • Explain the 5 Motivational Interviewing clinical principles and learn the 5 Motivational Interviewing strategies.
  • Learn and practice what not to do, including roadblocks to reflective listening.
  • Practice using MI strategies to elicit and reinforce change talk surrounding harm reduction, infectious disease prevention, and managing substance use, among other range of behaviors impacting health and wellness.
  • Enhance knowledge of motivational techniques and readiness for change by learning and using other tools, such as the assessment of importance and confidence about particular changes.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85247958904?pwd=RXdLUlhxTWRFZTZjNENlRjF4ME5TZz09

Meeting ID: 852 4795 8904
Passcode: 314424


Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:

  • Registered Nurses (RN)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
  • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

You can receive two (2) CEUs total at no cost.  

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

  • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom (especially if you are sharing an account with a coworker)
  • Complete the evaluation AND the 5-question post-test available on the course page
  • You will receive a completion certificate at the end of the training only if you complete the evaluation
  • CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month.

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, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

Two people sitting and facing each other

Beneficios y Navegación

En esta capacitación, Maria de Lourdes Richardson del Independent Living Resource Center nos platica sobre beneficios y navegación de seguro. Maria De Lourdes Richardson actualmente trabaja como coordinadora de servicios comunitarios para la comunidad latina y es una consejera certificada de HICAP. 

En esta capacitación:

  • Discutiremos entre los diferentes tipos de aseguranzas en San Francisco y en California 
  • Hablaremos sobre las diferencias entre Medi-Cal, Medicare, y Medicaid
  • Responderemos a las preguntas que nuestra comunidad pregunte. 

Advertencia de Contenido

Esta capacitación discutirá temas que pueden ser difíciles de ver o escuchar, pueden traerle traumas o pueden ofenderle. Por favor cuídese como lo necesite durante esta sesión. Las opiniones, comentarios, y expresiones de lxs participantes no reflejan los de San Francisco Community Health Academy, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, y San Francisco Department of Public Health. Esta capacitación discutirá temas que pueden ser difíciles de ver o escuchar, pueden traerle traumas o pueden ofenderle. Por favor cuídese como lo necesite durante esta sesión. Las opiniones, comentarios, y expresiones de lxs participantes no reflejan los de San Francisco Community Health Academy, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, y San Francisco Department of Public Health.

Advanced Motivational Interviewing: MI Part 2- 2/28/23

Tuesday, February 28th, 10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview

In this two-hour online training, participants will build their Motivational Interviewing skills and knowledge by focusing on understanding MI’s 5 clinical principles and strategies (reflective listening, open questions, affirmations, summarizing, and eliciting self-motivational statements). This session will also include roadblocks to reflective listening, the use of additional readiness tools, such as assessing importance and confidence, the two phases of MI, such as building motivation and strengthening client’s commitment to change, and handling resistance. This workshop will give participants the space to exercise their Motivational interviewing skills through discussion, scenarios and role plays.

PREREQUISTE: Prior to attending this training, participants should have participated in at least one Motivational Interviewing workshop or class or have comparable experience.

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

  • Explain the 5 Motivational Interviewing clinical principles and learn the 5 Motivational Interviewing strategies.
  • Learn and practice what not to do, including roadblocks to reflective listening.
  • Practice using MI strategies to elicit and reinforce change talk surrounding harm reduction, infectious disease prevention, and managing substance use, among other range of behaviors impacting health and wellness.
  • Enhance knowledge of motivational techniques and readiness for change by learning and using other tools, such as the assessment of importance and confidence about particular changes.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81771762766?pwd=UWtTNlMzZEo0T1NCQzhrZ3Z0L05hZz09

Meeting ID:  817 7176 2766

Passcode: 199299


Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:

  • Registered Nurses (RN)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
  • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

You can receive two (2) CEUs total at no cost.  

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

  • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom (especially if you are sharing an account with a coworker)
  • Complete the evaluation AND the 5-question post-test available on the course page
  • You will receive a completion certificate at the end of the training only if you complete the evaluation
  • CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month.

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, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing: MI part 1- 2/23/23

Thursday February 23rd, 10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview:

In this two-hour online training, participants will learn about the foundations of Motivational Interviewing (MI), understand the process of change, key motivational areas, and differences between MI and other models, and deepen their knowledge and best practices for appropriate counseling interventions under the Stages of Change model. This session will also focus on the value of ambivalence and relapse/recycling in change processes, how to best help others who are not ready for change, and shared strategies to assist others (and ourselves) to increase motivation, self-efficacy and optimism towards health.

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

  • Discuss factors that influence one’s ability to change.
  • Explain the Stages of Change.
  • List at least two strategies a provider can try when incorporating Motivational Interviewing with a client.
  • Describe one approach or response to avoid when trying MI.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83552848374?pwd=S0dMdUtOYzZueVZlTnZ2M05VKzd3dz09

Meeting ID: 835 5284 8374
Passcode: 371528


Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:  

  • Registered Nurses (RN)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
  • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

  • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
  • Complete the evaluation and the post-test after the training
  • You will receive a completion certificate at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation.
  • CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month.

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, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

Conflict Management and De-Escalation 2/2/23

Thursday, February 2nd, 2022 10:30am-12:30pm

The goal of this training is to provide general guidelines for the prevention and management of conflict, as well as a plan everyone can use to navigate conflict when it arises. We will discuss what conflict looks like and strategies for navigating it, as well as discuss building personal skills in self-management during conflict and safety.

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

    • Define conflict, escalation, and de-escalation
    • Discuss how systems of power and privilege can influence conflict
    • Explore their own relationship to conflict including triggers, challenges, and strategies for self-management
    • Explain 3 strategies for working with an escalated person

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83952279765?pwd=VGVoVWVXUmZiWWJ2L2V2eG9rUFJiZz09

Meeting ID: 839 5227 9765 Passcode: 678004


Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:  

      • Registered Nurses (RN)
      • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
      • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
      • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
      • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

    • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
    • complete the evaluation AND the 5 question post-test

You will receive a completion certificate at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation.

CEUs may take up to one month to receive

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, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.


Self-Care and Resilience 2/7/2023

Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 from 10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview:

This two-hour training provides an overview of stress, self-care and burnout prevention. In this workshop, participants will discuss how stress and burn out impact their work and life. Participants will also be able to explore how self-care and stress-reduction techniques can improve their workplace happiness and is a harm reduction strategy.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to…

  • Discuss how self-care supports your work and is a harm reduction technique
  • Recall the positive and negative impact of stress
  • Discuss how emotional investment can impact vulnerability to burn out
  • Consider stress-reduction techniques to try on while working and while away from work

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83382119736?pwd=ay9MNzZ3aExhS09zRTlXU2JILzdndz09

Meeting ID: 833 8211 9736
Passcode: 552365


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, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.