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.

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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

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SFDPH HIV Health Services

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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

Onboarding Training Depot

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Welcome to the RADR Fundamentals Training Depot, where you can find resources to support onboarding and refresher training for Public Health and DIS Fundamentals and other support for training and navigating our public health system.
If you would like a record of your learning progress in this course, here’s what you need to know:
Once you have completed your onboarding or refresher training, you can upload an image of your completed certificates, screen shots, and learning to the Training Record Upload tab lesson found at the end. Additional instructions can be found within the lessons.

Table of Contents

  1. Getting Started and Intro to SFDPH-RADR
  2. Public Health Fundamentals
  3. DIS Fundamentals
  4. Links to Other Training Resources
  5. Training Record Upload – Track Your Progress
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Integrating PrEP and PEP into Partner Services

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This course is designed to give Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) the tools they need to offer HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to their clients by reviewing what PrEP is, how it differs from post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) how to assess whether a patient is eligible for PrEP, and PrEP counseling. This course also provides a new job aid, the PrEP Counseling Checklist, that DIS can utilize during patient encounters.

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Staying Resilient and Delivering Patient Care

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Learning objectives:

In this virtual learning session with Robin Mattheis, MSW, participants will learn about the following:

  1. Adverse childhood experiences
  2. Trauma-informed care
  3. Building resilience
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Boots on the Ground Part 1: Foundational Epidemiology

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This course is an introduction to epidemiology. By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  1. Define epidemiology
  2. Describe the key factors impacting the incidence and spread of disease, injury, or health outcome (i.e. agent, host, environment)
  3. Describe basic key terms in epidemiology
  4. Describe distribution of disease, injury, or health outcomes and understand bias, validity, and reliability in assessing public health problems
  5. Identify bias, validity, and reliability
  6. Identify research methods
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Engagement Strategies To Reach African American Seniors With HIV

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Runtime: 90 minutes

Course information and objectives: Gain in-depth insight into creating strategies that will reach African American seniors living with HIV.

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Engagement Strategies To Reach Transgender & Homeless Populations

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Runtime: 100 minutes

Course information and objectives: Gain in-depth insight into how the right strategy can increase access to adequate health within homeless and transgender communities.

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Increasing Sexual Health Education And Communication Within African American Communities

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Runtime: 90 minutes
Course information and objectives: Gain in-depth insight into sexual health education in San Francisco and the impact it has on the African American community.

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Increasing HIV Prevention & Treatment in Black Communities

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Runtime: 100 minutes

Course information and objectives: Gain in-depth insight on effective ways to engage African American communities on HIV treatment and prevention.