The HNS course is designed to improve navigation skills for those delivering prevention services to people living with HIV and high risk HIV- individuals. This comprehensive course package is for service providers who want to know more about navigation skills, how navigation fits in the overall field of HIV prevention, structural components of a navigation program, and professional conduct.
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
- Explain how navigation services support at-risk populations (people living with HIV and high risk HIV- people) obtain better health outcomes
- Name the components of the HNS protocol
- Describe how Navigators work as part of a professional team to support a client through the HIV Continuum of Care
- Identify the required core competencies and knowledge of HNS
- Apply the skills and knowledge of HNS
- List the areas of need for Navigator professional development
- Examine organizational capability to provide navigation services
- Identify next steps to enhance organizational capacity
Describe how quality assurance components support clients, the client Navigators, and agencies
Target Audience: Navigation staff from:
- Community-Based Organizations
- Health Departments
- Health Care Organizations implementing HIV programs and services
General navigation programs that seek to incorporate HNS as an additional component to their existing navigation services
Prerequisites:
Completion of the HNS pre-course online module is required. The pre-course takes about 45 minutes to complete, and details will be sent with the acceptance letters.
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