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HIV Prevention Education
DOH-Sarasota offers HIV/AIDS prevention education
and risk reduction, provides condoms and educational materials, provides
technical assistance to community-based organizations, maintains a
resource directory of HIV/AIDS services in Sarasota County, works with
organizations to develop age-appropriate HIV/AIDS education course
curricula, and provides training through the Office of Epidemiology and Disease Intervention Services.
HIV/AIDS Certification Training
Courses
DOH-Sarasota
offers courses designed to meet the requirements of
health professionals and others who may come in contact with HIV.
Information about the individual classes may be found below, along with the
current course schedule.
HIV/AIDS Course Schedule 2014
[226KB .PDF]
HIV/AIDS Course Schedule 2015
[226KB .pdf]
HIV-104
- Meets educational requirements for
nurses, cosmologists, massage therapists, and other health care and
human service professionals.
- Continuing education credits are
not offered. However, a certificate is provided which
documents Department of Health requirements having been met.
- Four-hour course is offered monthly at
the Health Department (Sarasota).
- Free for participants from
not-for-profit agencies. $10 for all others.
- ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE at
Critical Concepts.
HIV-500
- Four-hour course focusing on counseling and HIV testing issues.
- Includes an exam with 80% accuracy required to pass.
- A prerequisite for the HIV-501 course.
HIV-501
- A 3-day intensive workshop focusing on counseling, testing, and referrals.
- Meets the 19-hour requirement set by the CDC. Continuing education credits are
available for nurses, social workers, marriage and family
therapists, and licensed mental health counselors.
- Free for participants
from not-for-profit agencies. $50 for all others.
Participants must have completed the HIV-500 course as a prerequisite.
HIV-501 Update
- A 3-hour course for
Health Department staff, volunteers, and community agency staff
members conducting HIV pretest and post-test counseling.
- Updates participants on changing
technical, medical, and legal information regarding HIV testing and
HIV disease.
- Free.
Speakers Bureau - Community Outreach
Trained speakers are available to
address local schools, community agencies, and other organizations on a
variety of HIV/AIDS topics.
- To arrange a Speakers Bureau presentation:
(941) 861-2988
People living with HIV/AIDS are also available to speak to local
organizations. This program is administered by CAN (Community AIDS
Network).
- For more information, contact CAN: (941)
366-0461
For more HIV/AIDS Education information:
- Sarasota - (941) 861-2988
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