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The Fundamentals of Prevention Counseling

  • EVMS/ODU Waitzer Hall Room 944 735 Fairfax Avenue Norfolk, Virginia, 23507 United States (map)

To register, please email erarcc@odu.edu or call 757.446.6170

The Fundamentals of Prevention Counseling is a one-day course that provides guidelines and skill-building opportunities for professionals who implement prevention counseling and HIV antibody testing. This workshop incorporates recommendations and strategies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for personalizing prevention counseling sessions before and after testing for HIV. The Facts course is a prerequisite for this course.

UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM, THE PARTICIPANT WILL BE ABLE TO:

  • Identify strategies to support clients in making behavior changes that will reduce the risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV

  • Demonstrate through practice sessions the six steps of prevention counseling

  • Support the client in making a decision about testing and preparing for the result

  • Assist the client who tests to begin to integrate the result emotionally, behaviorally, and socially

Contact

Person: Shelly Banks, MPH
Email: bankssr@odu.edu

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