HIV Test Locator
If you are sexually active, getting tested for STDs is one of the most important things you can do to protect your health. Make sure you have an open and honest conversation about your sexual history and STD testing with your doctor and ask whether you should be tested for STDs. If you are not comfortable talking with your regular health care provider about STDs, there are many clinics that provide confidential and free or low-cost testing.
HIV Testing E-Learning Courses
HIV Testing in Retail Pharmacies
The HIV Testing in Retail Pharmacies course includes an hour-long eLearning pre-course and a 5-hour virtual instructor-led training created by HealthHIV and Cicatelli Associates Inc.
This course is designed for pharmacy staff who wish to develop the skills necessary to conduct a complete HIV testing session with retail pharmacy patients. Learners will be introduced to the CDC’s Six-Step HIV Testing Protocol and will review considerations for implementing it in pharmacy settings.
Pharmacists, providers, and pharmacy staff are trusted members of their communities and often provide guidance to clients and consumers that is not only related to pharmaceutical treatment, but also for disease management and risk factors.
Learners are invited to take full advantage of this course and should find this experience both educational and enjoyable. Continuing education is available.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:- Describe the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative.
- Summarize the importance of post- and pre-exposure prophylaxis as HIV prevention options.
- Describe CDC’s HIV testing recommendations for adults and adolescents.
- Apply the six steps of an HIV testing session.
- Describe effective team skills needed to address HIV testing in retail pharmacies from the provided case studies.
Intended Audiences
Retail pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, retail clerks, and other pharmacy staff, clinicians (NP, PA, MD) working in retail pharmacies, and staff from partnering organizations or personnel providing testing services in a pharmacy setting.How to Access this Course
Submit a request through the CBA Tracking System at https://wwwn.cdc.gov/CTS.
HIV Self-Testing: A Supplemental Prevention Strategy
HIV Self-Testing is a supplemental strategy that supports Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. In this 60-minute eLearning course, developed by HealthHIV, you will learn knowledge and skills to support the design, protocol development, and implementation of an HIV self-testing program. The course includes knowledge checks of the material covered and resources that you can use during and after taking the course.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Explain the intent of HIV self-testing as an HIV prevention strategy.
- Identify two (2) advantages of HIV self-testing for programs.
- Identify two (2) challenges of HIV self-testing for programs.
- Identify the key considerations for developing a framework for your HIV self-testing program.
- Determine strategies for engaging priority populations for HIV self-testing services.
- Identify key components of monitoring and evaluation plans for HIV self-testing programs.
Intended Audiences
- Program Managers
- HIV Prevention Management Staff
How to Access this Course
- Create a CDC TRAIN account at https://www.train.org/cdctrain/user/register.
- Join the CDC HIV Capacity Building Assistance Learning Group in your profile. (Here are step-by-step instructions.)
- Register for this course at Register for this course: https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1104991
Fundamentals of Rapid HIV Testing
Rapid HIV Testing is a critical strategy for Ending the HIV Epidemic. This 5 module, 60-minute course is a foundational training for rapid HIV testing staff working in nonclinical community-based settings such as health departments, community-based organizations, and other nonclinical HIV testing sites. This course prepares rapid HIV testing staff to conduct the key steps of rapid HIV testing: setting up a workspace, conducting the rapid HIV test, preparing clients for the test and delivering test results, and conducting quality assurance activities. Participants also have opportunities to reflect on how they can use what they’ve learned and apply it to their current work. Learners may save their reflections for the future as they grow their knowledge in the field.
What learners who participated in Fundamentals of Rapid HIV Testing think:
How to Access this Course
To register for the course, visit: https://www.train.org/main/course/1103747/compilation
If you don’t have a TRAIN account, visit this link to set up an account to access the course: Learner Instructions for HIV Capacity Building Assistance Learning Group on CDC TRAIN
CDC Stop HIV Together Resources
The only way to know your HIV status is to get tested. Knowing your status gives you powerful information to keep you and your partner healthy.
CDC recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested for HIV at least once as part of routine health care, and more often if you do things that might increase your risk for getting HIV.
