[HIV-STD-Prevention] Weekly Prevention Resources -10/30/25 #u#

Thu Oct 30 13:36:21 PDT 2025

Hello, HIV and STI Prevention partners,

Welcome to this week's HIV/STI Prevention listserv email! Please email me at shelley.m.pearson at oha.oregon.gov<mailto:shelley.m.pearson at oha.oregon.gov> with any feedback about the listserv, with announcements/resources to share, or if you have colleagues who would like to be added to the list. For more information about the resources shared, please reach out via the contact information on each item. Information is provided for educational purposes only. Sharing this content is not an OHA endorsement.

In this week's email (click to jump to each item):

  *   "Voices Without Barriers" - Empowering Our Spanish-Speaking HIV Community (November 7)
  *   Comprehensive Syphilis Update Webinar (November 24)
  *   Job Opportunity: Communicable Disease Investigator with Jackson County Health & Human Services
  *   Two New Opportunities to Learn and Engage with Health Department Colleagues
  *   Responses Needed! Recent NCSD Connect Questions from Colleagues
  *   End HIV Oregon November Social Media Content Will Be Ready by Monday

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"Voices Without Barriers," a U.S. PLHIV Caucus event focused on empowering Latinae people living with HIV and promoting language access and leadership, will be convening on Friday, November 7, 2025 12pm - 2pm PT. This event is open to people living with HIV, their family and friends who would like to learn more about language access and the U.S. People Living with HIV Caucus.

This hybrid gathering will be offered in English and Spanish. The in person options are not located in Oregon but anyone can attend via the zoom.  Registration is optional for zoom attendance. Help spread the word, especially within our Spanish speaking community!

English flyer<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DFseBDeJny61dMl57QxwcEe9Rlrnu1R3/edit>
Spanish flyer<https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Tqylwbid1uJwCKBQ9wOFhbT1SHm7Nvl/view>

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UW STD Prevention Training Center Links & Useful Tools
Request PDF Visual Testing Guides<https://uwptc.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8556173c86d02de69171c258&id=af7e52feba&e=96876a4aea>
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National Curriculums
National STD Curriculum<https://uwptc.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8556173c86d02de69171c258&id=e6d7ea01bf&e=96876a4aea>
National HIV Curriculum<https://uwptc.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8556173c86d02de69171c258&id=b4da10c482&e=96876a4aea>
National HIV PrEP Curriculum<https://uwptc.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8556173c86d02de69171c258&id=00e6087f63&e=96876a4aea>
National Hepatitis C Curriculum<https://uwptc.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8556173c86d02de69171c258&id=398783cc17&e=96876a4aea>
National Hepatitis B Curriculum<https://uwptc.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8556173c86d02de69171c258&id=82fa98c8ab&e=96876a4aea>

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Questions?
Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.
uwptc at uw.edu<mailto:uwptc at uw.edu?subject=STD%20Update%3A%20Questions%2C%20Comments%2C%20Concerns>

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Two New Opportunities to Learn and Engage with Health Department Colleagues

NACCHO's STI HIV Syndemics Team is recruiting for two peer-to-peer sharing and technical assistance opportunities for local health departments (LHDs). One is focused on scaling up point-of-care testing for syphilis/HIV and the other is focused on applying syndemic approaches to prepare and respond to outbreaks of HIV, STI, and viral hepatitis. Both will start in January 2026 and more information about each is below.

 Local health departments can apply for both opportunities if staff have adequate capacity to meaningfully participate in both.

Syphilis+ Point-of-Care Testing Learning Collaborative

NACCHO is recruiting up to 20 health departments to participate in a Learning Collaborative to build capacity to implement or expand point-of-care testing in their community. Applicants should be actively planning to implement or expand use of point-of-care syphilis/HIV testing in a new or innovative community setting (e.g., jail, emergency department, mobile unit, encampment).

 The Learning Collaborative sessions will be used to brainstorm and problem-solve with the goal of increasing POCT use (implementation and/or expansion) in LC participants' communities. As a group, the LC will identify challenges/barriers to initiation or expansion, and tools or approaches to overcome them. They will also share successes/facilitators to support the development of tools or approaches to replicate them in other communities.

 Eligibility and Expectations

The Learning Collaborative is open to all health departments, but priority may be given to jurisdictions looking to initiate the use of POCT rather than expansion of testing. HDs can select a single person or a team of 2-3 to participate. Participants will attend an in-person meeting in February 2026 and then 4 virtual sessions between March and July 2026. Active participation is expected, which includes:

  *   Attend and enthusiastically participate in Learning Collaborative meetings (including the in-person meeting)
  *   Share your local context, goals, challenges, and successes
  *   Provide feedback and exchange strategies with peers
  *   Complete brief "homework" between sessions (e.g., discussing priorities or pitfalls with others at your LHD; identifying policies, regulations, laws that impact POCT use in your jurisdiction).

If you are interested in participating in the Learning Collaborative, please complete this interest form<https://us-east-2.protection.sophos.com/?d=mmsend.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly9uYWNjaG8ubW1zZW5kLmNvbS9saW5rLmNmbT9yPXhGMnB1Vm96cWs4d0RGa2RJVnFUWXd-fiZwZT1vVmJrZklMLUlGNGxrSXlOTmtQNDE1OGNpSHg1STg1ZmoxVGdNUUxVWWktS0hScHlRQ3kyTkdKU1RBTHc5Mi1LcU9oaEh1OWY3UGppMlZJSlVZT255d35-JnQ9OTAxWEJFZWRhQ3VuZzdKVEtNQnQzZ35-&p=m&i=Njc2NDJjN2RkNWUyYTg3NzEyMmMwZTdh&t=OElONjI2SEw2OFNGZ0NvRzdVaGxmamRhYkJlaStCWFZVdjEyc2x4eW5SZz0=&h=d7c66dde700d4b5fb1ea118d7f8f72f4&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVZbWA3NKD9Wzh_K79-yTpYH4qy0dz7TZP_oiKoCiTTG4Q> by COB on Monday, December 1, 2025. Contact Rebekah Horowitz ( rhorowitz at naccho.org<mailto:rhorowitz at naccho.org>) with any questions.

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Syndemic Community of Practice

NACCHO is recruiting 10-15 local health departments (LHDs) to participate in a limited-time community of practice (CoP) to build capacity to apply a syndemic approach to outbreak preparedness and response for HIV, STIs, and viral hepatitis.

 CoP members will participate in approximately 6 monthly calls between December 2025 and July 2026. These sessions will involve presentations from LHDs that have responded to recent outbreaks and both informal and structured opportunities for peer sharing and strategizing. Participants will leave the CoP with concrete tools, practical strategies, and tailored plans they can apply directly in their jurisdiction.

 Eligibility and Expectations

 The CoP is open to all LHDs. LHDs can select a single representative or teams of two to three staff to participate in the CoP. Participants must include staff with a role in planning or implementing HIV, STI, and/or hepatitis outbreak preparedness and response efforts. CoP members are expected to commit to six months of active engagement, which includes:

*       Attend and actively participate in six virtual CoP meetings

*       Share your local context, goals, challenges, and successes

*       Provide feedback and exchange strategies with peers

*       Complete brief "homework" between sessions (e.g., discussing priorities for your LHD with a colleague or at a team meeting, reporting back to the CoP on progress)

Complete this brief form<https://us-east-2.protection.sophos.com/?d=mmsend.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly9uYWNjaG8ubW1zZW5kLmNvbS9saW5rLmNmbT9yPXhGMnB1Vm96cWs4d0RGa2RJVnFUWXd-fiZwZT1za3NFdUtVcEsyTWoxWGt1LUZpNld4cmpEQlVTOVR0QlJmdkViakxvSERpVnlqMWdEckJnSkFrdU1vQy1CTTZ3aHNJcklQT2Z4VllCZFFvR0JXQkVjUX5-JnQ9OTAxWEJFZWRhQ3VuZzdKVEtNQnQzZ35-&p=m&i=Njc2NDJjN2RkNWUyYTg3NzEyMmMwZTdh&t=ZHNqQ0M4SDUxU1BkZjFxb0IyMTVzWU9lem9HazdEUVRUbWJWeUtVaGdRND0=&h=d7c66dde700d4b5fb1ea118d7f8f72f4&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVZbWA3NKD9Wzh_K79-yTpYH4qy0dz7TZP_oiKoCiTTG4Q> to express your interest in joining the CoP by end of day Monday, December 1st. Contact Kat Kelley (kkelley at naccho.org<mailto:kkelley at naccho.org>) with any questions.

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*Myriad factors, including but not limited to epidemiology, can inform whether and how a jurisdiction formally declares an outbreak. Consequently, NACCHO will allow LHDs to define their jurisdiction's experience or risk for an outbreak, on their own terms, in the Interest Form.

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The following questions have recently been asked by colleagues on NCSD Connect. Consider logging in to respond and support your fellow disease intervention professionals.

  1.  "New DIS Training: With CDC's Passport to Partner Services no longer available, what alternative strategies or training modules are your programs using to onboard and prepare new DIS staff. Especially those with no prior experience."
Click here to respond to this question on NCSD Connect (login required)<https://ncsdlearningcenter.myabsorb.com/#/collaborations/89fa3aa8-f190-485c-ab0e-b60e1eecf634/posts/e5de9aef-2f09-4105-a14d-ef7335c5a0da> <https://ncsdlearningcenter.myabsorb.com/#/collaborations/89fa3aa8-f190-485c-ab0e-b60e1eecf634/posts/e5de9aef-2f09-4105-a14d-ef7335c5a0da>

  1.  "Electronic Syphilis VCA: Interested in learning how other programs are managing syphilis VCA. Has anyone developed an electronic alternative to VCAmon (application from CDC)?"
Click here to respond to this question on NCSD Connect (login required)<https://ncsdlearningcenter.myabsorb.com/#/collaborations/89fa3aa8-f190-485c-ab0e-b60e1eecf634/posts/d4d7f6bb-2889-42b6-aa79-78a302179501> <https://ncsdlearningcenter.myabsorb.com/#/collaborations/89fa3aa8-f190-485c-ab0e-b60e1eecf634/posts/d4d7f6bb-2889-42b6-aa79-78a302179501>

  1.  "STI and HIV Standing Nursing Orders: Does anyone have Nursing Standing orders for STI & HIV treatment? My hospital would like to start have nurses running STI testing visits and I am looking for sample Standing Orders for nurses to be able to draw labs and provide self testing swabs to patients who appear for STI testing."
Click here to respond to this question on NCSD Connect (login required)<https://ncsdlearningcenter.myabsorb.com/#/collaborations/89fa3aa8-f190-485c-ab0e-b60e1eecf634/posts/83b91444-662e-4c75-96f9-c5e053baf234>
There are even more questions on NCSD Connect awaiting your response! Login to problem-solve with other DI professionals here: NCSD Connect | NCSD Learning Center<https://ncsdlearningcenter.myabsorb.com/#/collaborations/89fa3aa8-f190-485c-ab0e-b60e1eecf634>.

NCSD Learning Center
LearningCenter at ncsddc.org<mailto:LearningCenter at ncsddc.org>

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The social media images/visuals for End HIV/STI Oregon will be in the Ambassador Kit for the month of November by Monday, November  3. Remember that you can always customize the captions of the social media posts to be specific to your community. Have a testing event? Want to reach out to a specific community? We can help! Please don't hesitate to reach out if there's anything you'd like to see in the Ambassador Kit or social media posts. Contact Linda Drach at OHA (linda.drach at oha.oregon.gov<mailto:linda.drach at oha.oregon.gov>) or go directly to Sproles, our social media consultant at Coates Kokes (sproles at coateskokes.com<mailto:sproles at coateskokes.com>).

You can always access the new and archived monthly resources at www.endhivoregon.org<http://www.endhivoregon.org/>. There's a link to our partner page on the footer of the website or you can go directly to the partner page at www.endhivoregon.org/partners<http://www.endhivoregon.org/partners>. On the partner page, click on the "Partner Resource Downloads" button (screenshot below) and enter password HIVResources to open the Ambassador Kit.

Screenshots:
Look for this button on the website footer to open the partner page
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On the partner page, click on this button to log in with password HIVResources
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Thanks,
Linda

Linda Drach
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Operations & Policy Analyst 4
HIV/STD/TB Section
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
Public Health Division
Cell: 503-449-1442
http://www.oregon.gov/OHA

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Shelley Pearson
Pronouns: she/her/hers
HIV/STI Administrative and Communications Specialist
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division
Phone: 503-381-6173 (text capable)
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