Course Profile for
Women & HIV: Basic Information for Family Planning Staff


This course is no longer available on line
 

Description: This course is designed to provide family planning clinics with the knowledge to integrate HIV prevention education and other HIV-related services into routine exams for all women. Recognizing that any woman could be at risk for HIV and providing the necessary education and testing for all women is the focus of this course.
Price: There is no registration fee for this course. Please note, however, that a $10 certificate fee will be charged for nursing contact hours, which are optional.  
Accreditation Statement: Cicatelli Associates, Inc., is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credential Commission on Accreditation. It has been assigned code: 653NHU-PRV-04-4.

It is our policy to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of our sponsored educational programs. Faculty are expected to disclose to participants any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest related to the content of their presentation, or any discussion of unlabeled uses.

Authors: Authors of this course are listed below (in alphabetical order):
  • Gina Brown, MD
  • Risa Denenberg, RN, NP, BSN, MSN
Objectives:
  • Describe major epidemiological trends regarding HIV in women in the United States and the relevant conclusions that can be drawn from them. (Epidemiology)
  • Explain how HIV can—and cannot—be transmitted from person to person, including how HIV infects a host cell, and discuss transmission issues specific to women. (Transmission)
  • Work with clients to develop individualized risk reduction plans. (Risk Reduction)
System Requirements:
  • Windows 95 and above, Mac OS 9 and X.
  • Minimum of 64 MB of RAM.
  • Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Minimum 56K modem.
  • Browser: IE version 5 or higher, Netscape version 6 or higher.
Course Outline: Course Outline
  • Introduction—course objectives, audience, timing, faculty, outline, navigation, and procedure for obtaining continuing education credits.
  • Epidemiology—statistics regarding HIV occurrence and transmission in American women; conclusions based on these statistics.
  • Transmission—how HIV infects a host cell; how it is (and is not) transmitted from person to person; women-specific transmission issues.
  • Risk Reduction—working with patients to develop individualized HIV risk reduction plans.
Audience: Clinicians and health service support professionals who work with clients in family planning clinics and obstetrics and gynecology practices; any clinicians who provide care for women.
Nursing Contact Hours:

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