SAMHSA CTRS Trainings

Substance Abuse Mental Heath Services Administration (SAMHSA), Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) in collaboration with NNAAPC aim to demonstrate HIV prevention counseling is the most accessible of all HIV prevention interventions.
 
The effectiveness of Counseling, Testing, Referral Services (CTRS) as an intervention to increase one’s awareness of HIV risks and status, hinges on whether it is appropriate to the clients’ culture, language, sex, sexual orientation, age and developmental level (CDC, 2001).  In other words, the willingness to adapt the way one works to fit the client’s culture leads to valuable interactions and better health results.
 
With so many discouraging statistics about Native communities it is important to remember that Native communities maintain skills, health practices, sources of renewal, and supportive relationships that have allowed them to survive.
 
Building upon the strengths of an AI/AN community can lead to appropriate adaptations and integration of CTRS to best serve the community. If you are interested in free HIV testing kits, please contact SAMHSA at (240) 276-1653.

    Current SAMHSA Partners                                                                    

• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
• Commitment to Action for 7th-Generation Awareness & Education:
  HIV/AIDS Prevention Project
• Native American Community Health Center, Inc
• Native Images, Inc
• Navajo AIDS Network, Inc
• Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
• South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency

 

 

    SAMHSA Trainings                                                                                  

When: August 25 & 26, 2008
Host: Coharie Tribe: Healing Lodge
Where: Clinton, North Carolina

When: September 24 and 25, 2008
Host: Lumbee Tribe
Where: Pembroke, North Carolina

When: February 9, 2009
Host: Florida Department of Health - Bureau of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis
Where: Tallahassee, Florida

When: February 10, 2009
Host: Florida Department of Health - Bureau of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitus
Where:Tallahassee, Florida

When: February 18, 2009
Host: Native American Health Center - (San Fransico Clinic)
Where: San Francisco, California

When: February 19, 2009
Host: Native American Health Center - (Oakland Clinic)
Where: Oakland, California

When: February 20, 2009
Host: Native American AIDS Project
Where: San Francisco, California

When: February 23, 2009
Host: AIDS Project Los Angeles and United American Indian Involvement, Inc.
Where: Los Angeles, California

When: February 27, 2009
Host: Sacramento Native American Health Center
Where: Sacramento, California

When: March 2, 2009
Host: Washoe Tribal Health Center
Where: Gardnerville, Nevada

When: March 10 - 11, 2009
Host: Alaska Native Medical Center
Where: Anchorage, Alaska

When: March 23, 2009
Host: Florida Department of Health - Bureau of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis
Where: Immokalee, Florida

For information pertaining to any of the trainings listed above, please contact
Matt Ignacio, SAMHSA Training Coordinator, at mignacio@nnaapc.org or 720.382.2244 X 308.