Partnership for Health – Safer Sex

Request Classroom Training

To request that a classroom training be scheduled, please submit a training request through the Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) Tracking System (CTS).

Register for and Take Training

To register for scheduled classroom sessions or access eLearning modules, please visit CDC TRAIN and access the HIV CBA Learning Group and Training Plan.

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About Partnership for Health-Safer Sex

Partnership for Health-Safer Sex (PfH-SS) is a brief (three- to five-minute), clinic-based, individual-level, provider-administered intervention emphasizing the importance of the patient-provider relationship to promote healthy patient behaviors. The provider uses good communication techniques to assess patient’s risk behavior and message framing for patient-reported transmission behavior.

Intervention Goal

To improve patient-provider communication about safer sex, disclosure of HIV status, and HIV prevention.

Intervention Core Elements

• Providers delivering the intervention to HIV-positive patients in HIV outpatient clinics.
• The clinic adopting prevention as an essential component of patient care.
• All clinic staff trained to facilitate prevention counseling into standard practice.
• Waiting room posters and brochures used to reinforce prevention messages delivered by the provider.
• Supportive relationships built and maintained between the patient and the provider.
• During routine visits, the provider initiates at least a three- to five-minute discussion with the patient on protection, partner protection, and disclosure.
• Referrals provided for needs that require more extensive counseling and services.

Intervention Population

• HIV-positive patients

Partnership for Health-Safer Sex Training

There is no CDC-supported training currently available for Partnership for Health-Safer Sex. Technical assistance for the implementation of Partnership for Health-Safer Sex is available.

To request technical assistance:

1. CDC’s directly funded health department and CBO partners may request technical assistance by submitting a request in the CBA Tracking System.
2. Organizations not directly funded by CDC may contact their local health department for assistance in submitting a request.

If you have questions or need additional assistance, please contact HIVCBA@cdc.gov.