Activity Description
This webinar will explore strategies to improve access to HIV prevention, care, and supportive services for newcomer communities. Faculty will highlight the structural impact while offering practical approaches to build trust, ensure confidentiality, and provide culturally responsive, affirming services.
Target Audience
Target Audience: Community Health Workers, Doctors, Nurses, Physician Associates, Social Workers
Media: Enduring Material
Release Date: August 20, 2026
Expiration Date: August 20, 2027
Time to Complete: 60 minutes
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the learner will be able to:
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Identify at least three barriers that newcomer communities may face when accessing HIV prevention, care, and supportive services
Describe at least two strategies for building trust and maintaining confidentiality when working with newcomers
Recognize key elements of culturally responsive and affirming HIV services that support equitable access to care and improve client engagement
Accreditation, Credit, and Support
Participants can earn up to 1.0 credits/contact hours (CME, ANCC, ACPE, AAPA, ASWB, IPCE) for completion of this educational activity.
In support of improving patient care, HealthHIV is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
HealthHIV designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physician Continuing Medical Education
Physician Associate Credit Designation Statement
HealthHIV has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until August 20, 2027. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.Nursing Continuing Professional Development
Successful completion of this nursing continuing professional development activity will be awarded 1.0 contact hour. This activity has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.
Continuing Pharmacy Education
HealthHIV designates this continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
Type of Activity: Knowledge
Please see below for UAN number assigned:
JA4008396-0000-26-051-H02-P
Social Worker Continuing Education
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, HealthHIV is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. HealthHIV maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) Statement
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.Support Statement
This activity is provided without commercial support.
Planning Committee and Content/Peer Reviewers
The planners and content/peer reviewers from HealthHIV, the accredited provider, do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.
Faculty Disclosures
HealthHIV requires all individuals in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.
Lazaro Pesina
Assistant Director of Care Programs, NovaSaludMaryland
Disclosure: Lazaro Pesina has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose for this educational activity.
Humphrey Martinez
Quality and IT Consultant Engineer supporting Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Operations, NovaSalud
Maryland
Disclosure: Humphrey Martinez has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose for this educational activity.
Disclosure & Conflict of Interest Policy
It is the policy of HealthHIV to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. All individuals planning or participating in educational activities sponsored or co-sponsored by HealthHIV must disclose relationships with commercial entities that may have a financial interest in the educational activity. HealthHIV will review these relationships and take action to resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity.
Disclosures are collected and resolved at the time of planning. Disclosures represent the financial relationships individuals have with ineligible companies at the time of disclosure. A company is considered ineligible when its primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. These include pharmaceutical, medical device, and other companies that produce healthcare products.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. HealthHIV and the planners of this educational activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of HealthHIV. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patients' conditions and possible contraindications or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
Method of Participation
There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this CE activity. In order to receive credit, learners must complete the entire CE activity, complete the post-test and activity evaluation form, and your certificate of credit will be generated. A passing score of 80% or higher is needed to obtain credit. Your certificate will be available on eHealthHIV.org. If you have questions regarding your certificate, please contact Beth Brooks via email at beth@healthhiv.org.
For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this CE activity, please consult your professional licensing board.
For Physicians requesting MOC credit, the post-test and evaluation are required in their entirety as well as your Board Unique ID number, DOB (MM/DD), and a score of 80% or higher is needed to obtain MOC credit (80% is required for ABS).
For Pharmacists, HealthHIV will accept your completed evaluation form for up to 30 days post-activity and will report your participation to the NABP only if you provide your NABP e-Profile number and DOB (MM/DD). Within 6 weeks, you can view your participation record at the NABP website: https://nabp.pharmacy/.
About This Activity
HealthHIV is responsible for the selection of this activity's topics, the preparation of editorial content, and the distribution of this CE activity. Our activities may contain references to unapproved products or uses of these products in certain jurisdictions. The preparation of this activity is supported by educational grants subject to written agreements that clearly stipulate and enforce the editorial independence of HealthHIV.
The materials presented here are used with the permission of the authors and/or other sources.
If you have any questions related to educational credits, including the type or amount of credit awarded, reporting of credits to certifying boards, or general accreditation-related inquiries, please contact the Accreditation Team at accreditation@healthhiv.org. A member of our team will be happy to assist you.
If you are experiencing issues accessing or downloading your certificate of completion, or if you have questions specifically about your individual certificate, please reach out directly to Beth at beth@healthhiv.org.