The Training Center at ACRIA is built on the core concepts of health literacy and the value of community education. Effective health communication allows people to find what they need, understand it, and use it. This approach informs all the educational work we do.
Services
- Needs Assessment
- Training of non-medical service providers, people with HIV, and community members
- Curriculum Development
- Training of trainers to disseminate curricula
- Technical Assistance and Organizational Capacity Building
- Program Evaluation
- Print Materials Development
- Social Marketing and Health Communication Campaigns
Projects
- New York City DOHMH Center of Expertise on HIV & Aging
Outreach, prevention interventions, referrals to testing, training, curriculum development, and social marketing campaigns - New York State DOH AIDS Institute Center of Expertise on Aging & HIV, STIs and Viral Hepatitis
Statewide training, technical assistance, and curriculum development - New York State Center of Expertise Promoting Sexual Health, HIV/STI/HCV Health Care, and Secondary Prevention for Gay Men, MSM, and Transgender Individuals
Trainings for non-physician health and human services providers to address health care barriers - National Training & Technical Assistance Project
Learning interventions for regional and national service providers, to enhance their individual and organizational capacity - Community Workshops & Services
Workshops and support groups for people with HIV and other community members - Health Communication
Social marketing campaigns and literature development informed by a health literacy approach - Evaluation
The application of our research team’s continuous quality improvement model for education and client services programs
All Training Center services not available under existing funding are available on a fee-for-service basis. Contact training@acria.org for further information.
