Honoring Traditions, Advancing Health: Delivering Culturally Responsive HIV Prevention and Care with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
This e-learning module explores the intersection of cultural traditions and HIV prevention in Native communities.
Learners will gain foundational knowledge of the historical, social, and cultural factors that influence HIV risk and access to care, as well as an overview of disparities impacting Native populations. The module highlights culturally responsive, community-led approaches to prevention, including the integration of traditional practices and the importance of trust-building.
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Define key cultural values, traditions, and historical factors that influence HIV prevention in Native communities.
- Describe disparities and social determinants that impact HIV risk and access to care among Native populations.
- Identify culturally responsive and community-led HIV prevention approaches, including the role of traditional practices.
- Recognize strategies used to build trust and support engagement with Native communities in HIV prevention efforts.
Faculty
Richard T. Haverkate, MPH
Chief, HIV/HCV/STI Branch, Indian Health Service
Kerry Hawk Lessard, MAA
Executive Director, Native American LifeLines
Accreditation, Credit, and Support
In support of improving patient care, HealthHIV is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credits/Contact Hours
Participants can earn up to 1.0 credit/contact hour (CME, AAPA, ANCC, CPE, ASWB) for completion of this educational activity.
Target Audience
The target audience for this program is physicians, pharmacists, registered nurses, physician associates, psychologists, social workers, and other healthcare providers engaged in the care of patients with HIV.
Media
Enduring Material
Release Date
June 29, 2026
Expiration Date
June 29, 2027
Time to Complete
60 Minute
HealthHIV designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
HealthHIV has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Successful completion of this nursing continuing professional development activity will be awarded 1.0 contact hour.
HealthHIV designates this continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
Type of Activity: Knowledge
Please see below for UAN number assigned:
JA4008396-0000-26-031-H02-P
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, HealthHIV is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses are approved under this program. Regulatory boards have the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 general continuing education credit.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
This program was developed without commercial support.
The planners and content/peer reviewers from HealthHIV, the accredited provider, have been reviewed for relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. Any identified relevant financial relationships have been mitigated in accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.
Kerry Hawk Lessard, MAA
Executive Director, Native American LifeLines, Baltimore, MD
Disclosure: Kerry Hawk Lessard has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose for this educational activity.
Richard T. Haverkate, MPH
Chief, HIV/HCV/STI Branch, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services
Disclosure: Richard T. Haverkate has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose for this educational activity.
HealthHIV is committed to providing high quality continuing education to healthcare professionals, as individuals and teams, with a protected space to learn, teach, and engage in scientific discourse free from influence from ineligible companies that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias into education. To that end, HealthHIV requires faculty, presenters, planners, staff, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this CE activity to disclose all financial relationships they have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME, as related to the content of this CE activity, regardless of the amount or their view of the relevance to the education. All identified COI will be thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to HealthHIV policy. These disclosures will be provided to learners prior to the start of the CE activity.
This educational activity may contain discussions of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this CE activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the CE activity are those of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this CE activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this CE activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this CE activity. In order to receive credit, learners must complete the entire CE activity, complete the post-test and activity evaluation form, and your certificate of credit will be generated. A passing score of 80% or higher is needed to obtain credit. Your certificate will be available on eHealthHIV.org. If you have questions regarding your certificate, please contact Beth Brooks via email at [email protected].
For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this CE activity, please consult your professional licensing board.
For Pharmacists, HealthHIV will accept your completed evaluation form for up to 30 days post-activity and will report your participation to the NABP only if you provide your NABP e-Profile number and DOB (MM/DD). Within 6 weeks, you can view your participation record at the NABP website: https://nabp.pharmacy/.
HealthHIV is responsible for the selection of this activity’s topics, the preparation of editorial content, and the distribution of this CE activity. Our activities may contain references to unapproved products or uses of these products in certain jurisdictions. The preparation of this activity is supported by educational grants subject to written agreements that clearly stipulate and enforce the editorial independence of HealthHIV.
The materials presented here are used with the permission of the authors and/or other sources.
If you have any questions related to educational credits, including the type or amount of credit awarded, reporting of credits to certifying boards, or general accreditation-related inquiries, please contact the Accreditation Team at [email protected]. A member of our team will be happy to assist you.
If you are experiencing issues accessing or downloading your certificate of completion, or if you have questions specifically about your individual certificate, please reach out directly to Beth at [email protected].
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