End The Syndemic TN
End The Syndemic TN
Capacity building assistance helps individuals and organizations gain, strengthen, and enhance their skills, knowledge, and resources to accomplish their job. This often involves providing trainings as well as individualized technical assistance.
For End the Syndemic Tennessee, capacity building assistance aims to strengthen skills to address the HIV, sexually transmitted infection, substance use disorder, and viral hepatitis syndemic in an integrated fashion. Explore ways to engage and build your skills below.
The HIV, STI, Viral Hepatitis Capacity Building Assistance Program provides training and technical assistance to health departments and community-based organizations who provide HIV and STI prevention and care services. Self-paced online training and live, instructor-led courses are available year-round.
Free, self-paced courses on HIV, STI, Viral Hepatitis, and harm reduction are available through the Tennessee TRAIN Learning Network. TN TRAIN is free and CEUs are available for online courses. Make an account and then click the links below to take our current courses.
HIV, Hepatitis C, and Sexually Transmitted Infections Review Course
CEUs: CNE, CPH, CHES, CPRS
Use the calendar below to find upcoming live, instructor-led courses. Click a course you are interested in to learn more and register.
If you have questions about how to register for a course, contact the HSVH CBA Team.
HEAT Training is the required certification for HIV testers who receive HIV test kits from TDH and for Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) working in Tennessee health departments. Delivered in partnership with community-based organizations, the training emphasizes current, culturally responsive best practices.
Participants learn to:
View upcoming in-person and virtual trainings on the course schedule above. To stay informed about trainings, sign up for the HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis United Way Weekly Bulletin.
Priority registration: Tennessee health department staff, HIV Prevention Coalition staff, and individuals funded through state or federal HIV prevention programs.
CEUs: CNE, CPH, CPRS
Schedule Key for Continuing Education (CE) Credits: (CNE) Continuing Nursing Education, (CPH) Certified Public Health, (CPRS) Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, (CHES) Certified Health Education Specialist
To expand access to PrEP statewide, TDH offers training and funding for PrEP Navigators. This certification provides foundational knowledge of PrEP, including eligibility, effectiveness, and basic information on PEP and U=U.
The training also builds practical skills in:
The 3-day PrEP Navigation Certification Course is offered twice yearly.
Priority registration: Tennessee health department staff, HIV Prevention Coalition staff, and individuals funded through state or federal PrEP navigation programs.
This training supports the goal of increasing PrEP access in every Tennessee county and is designed for health department staff involved in HIV/STI prevention and treatment, such as nurses and DIS.
The course covers:
The 1-day certification course is offered twice yearly.
Priority registration: Tennessee health department staff.
Please note:
This training is not intended for PHOA/PHOS staff, who should complete the self-paced PrEP Basics course on TN TRAIN.
This course is not appropriate for providers seeking PrEP prescribing training. Prescriber training is available through the HSVH Capacity Building Assistance Program.
Harm reduction is an evidence-based, community-driven approach that supports the health and wellbeing of people who use drugs (PWUD). TDH’s Harm Reduction Training equips community organizations and health department staff to better address the unique healthcare needs of this population.
The training emphasizes HIV, STI, viral hepatitis prevention and care, substance use, and syndemic-related health needs through interactive discussion and activities.
The course is offered quarterly.
Priority registration: Tennessee health department staff, HIV Prevention Coalition staff, syringe services program staff, Certified Peer Recovery Specialists, TN Regional Overdose Prevention Specialists (ROPS), and individuals funded through federal HIV prevention programs.
CEUs: CNE, CPH, CPRS
Schedule Key for Continuing Education (CE) Credits: (CNE) Continuing Nursing Education, (CPH) Certified Public Health, (CPRS) Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, (CHES) Certified Health Education Specialist
Linkage to Care includes public health activities that connect people living with HIV to medical care and supportive services. While often initiated at diagnosis, linkage can occur at any point when someone is reconnected to HIV treatment.
This training focuses on:
The course is offered quarterly for funded Ryan White Part B providers in Tennessee.
Priority registration: Ryan White Part B staff, Tennessee health department staff, HIV Prevention Coalition staff, and individuals funded through state or federal HIV prevention programs. Ryan White Part A linkage and re-engagement staff are also welcome.
Corrections Navigation supports people living with HIV as they transition from incarceration back into the community. Trained HIV Corrections Navigators help clients start or resume HIV treatment and connect to supportive services such as housing, food, and employment.
This training covers:
The course is offered quarterly for funded Ryan White Part B providers.
Priority registration: Corrections Navigation staff and individuals funded through state or federal HIV prevention programs.
Virtual training information and locations for in-person courses are provided to registered participants. Hybrid courses are mostly virtual, with one in-person component (device training). If you would like to take a hybrid course fully virtually, please contact us at HSVH.CBA@tn.gov.
All live, instructor-led courses have a set number of seats and will close when full. If you have a question about an upcoming course, please contact us at HSVH.CBA@tn.gov
Courses with CEUs require additional steps beyond registration to earn CEUs. Your training team will provide you more information when you register. Failure to complete these steps in a timely manner may make it impossible to earn CEUs.
To get notified when new courses are announced click here to register for the weekly HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis email update.
Additional Capacity Building Partners & Resources
TDH works in partnership to leverage national and regional resources that increase the quality and quantity of professional development opportunities available to the members of the HIV, STI, Viral Hepatitis public health workforce in Tennessee.The partnerships listed below require that users create a log in, but otherwise are low (and in most cases) no cost options for staff development training.
SE AETC serves the HIV/AIDS educational needs of health care and social service providers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It offers comprehensive, collaborative educational opportunities designed to increase the size and strength of the HIV workforce. It is one of eight training centers founded by the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to provide training and facilitate dissemination of rapidly changing information about HIV/AIDS for service providers.
Click on the links to learn more about SE AETC Online Learning Curriculum and the bank of SE AETC archived webinars.
The TRAIN Learning Network is powered by the Public Health Foundation and works with the Centers for Disease Control and a national group of affiliate health agencies to make training courses, conference presentations, skill-building webinars, and certification training available online at little (and in most cases) no cost.
Click the link to learn more about CDC TRAIN.
For HIV Prevention partners running high-impact evidence-based interventions please contact the Capacity Building Assistance Program to learn how you can access the HIV CBA Training Plan through CDC TRAIN.
The National HIV Classroom Learning Center (NHCLC) provides training and resources to help health care agencies reduce new HIV infections by implementing interventions that are evidence based and supposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NHCLC training topics include: ARTAS, HIV testing in non-clinical settings, HIV testing in retail pharmacies, cultural humility, HIV navigation services, serving transgender populations, motivational interviewing, social network strategies, and many others.
Click the link to learn more about the National HIV Classroom Learning Center.
Tennessee Project ECHOs
Building statewide community of practices that foster education, resource sharing, and collaboration in response to the HIV, STI, substance use disorder, and viral hepatitis syndemic in Tennessee
What is Project ECHO?
Project ECHOs plays a crucial role in addressing complex, co-occurring public health issues by connecting local providers with specialists via virtual communities of practice.
ECHO supports practical interventions by:
Harm Reduction ECHO
When do we meet?
Every 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month
11am – 12pm Central | 12pm – 1pm Eastern
Viral Hepatitis ECHO
When do we meet?
Every 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month
11am – 12pm Central | 12pm – 1pm Eastern
Please allow 2-3 business days for a response.
Tennessee Capacity Building: HSVH.CBA@tn.gov
Viral Hepatitis ECHO: ECHO.TN@TN.gov
Harm Reduction ECHO: HarmReduction.ECHO@tn.gov
