Welcome!

The Office of Family Planning Male Health Educator Training Institute will be held July 12 to July 16, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.

What is it?

The Male Health Educator Training Institute is an annual intensive week-long seminar sponsored by Title X to support our continuing commitment to male reproductive health. It is designed to provide health educators with comprehensive knowledge of reproductive health, family planning and basic health education competencies to enable them to work more effectively with male clients in family planning programs and clinics. The Institute presents two training modules each day and attendance at each module is mandatory.

Who should attend?

Attendees should be health educators in Title X-funded programs providing DIRECT health education to males. To qualify as DIRECT providers, health educators must spend at least 50% of their time providing health education to male clients. Program clinicians, managers, directors, or other administrative personnel are not the target audience for this training. The training is structured to benefit both new health educators and those who want to enhance basic skills and competencies. If you are:

• A new health educator responsible for outreach to males

• An experienced health educator but new to the fields of male reproductive health and/or family planning

• Ready to work hard and make new friends

THIS TRAINING IS FOR YOU!

What topics will be covered?

• Reproductive Health Update (optional)

• Overview of Men’s Health

• Fatherhood

• Sexual Development and Reproductive Health

• Family Planning

• Relationships and Communication

• Intimate Partner Violence

• Human Sexuality

• Cultural Competence

• Health Education

Meeting Sponsor and Host

This training is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Population Affairs, Office of Family Planning (OPA/OFP), which administers the Title X Family Planning Program.

Conference logistics are arranged by Cicatelli Associates Inc., the National Training Center for Family Planning.

Who Pays for What?

The National Training Center for Family Planning pays:

• Hotel (sleeping room only)
   

• Per Diem (At the beginning of the training, attendees will be issued a personal check. The check amount will represent the per diem at the allowable federal rate for the number of days you spend in Albuquerque, NM. Attendees must bring a credit card and/or have access to their own funds for meal options beyond the federal allowable per diem and for other spending needs. No funds beyond the  per diem check will be extended to attendees.)

Title X Agency/Program (your employer) pays:

• All of your travel costs to and from the training site (all air, train, bus, mileage, ground travel/taxis, shuttles, car, parking, etc.).

Attendees (you) pay for:

• Food beyond the limits of the federal per diem for Albuquerque, NM

• Hotel incidentals (phone calls from your room, in-room bar, laundry services, movies ordered, etc.)

• All tips (hotel staff, restaurant staff, taxi/shuttle drivers)

• Shopping (gifts, souvenirs, etc.).

Attendees must bring a credit card to the training. A credit card is required:

• to make and hold your hotel reservation

• to check into the hotel

• to pay any incidental costs when checking out of the hotel.