Current Best Practices for Health Centers in STI-related Care Community of Practice

The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center will host a four-part community of practice focused on best practices for sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, treatment, and prevention in health centers. Sessions will focus on evidence-based approaches for screening, testing, and treating a range of STIs, including syphilis, Hepatitis A/B/C, HIV, and mpox. Participants will also explore innovative strategies for STI prevention such as DoxyPEP and PrEP, and gain knowledge on providing greater access to care for individuals seeking STI services from both experts with professional expertise and those with lived experience.

Participation Guidelines:

  • Organizations must be FQHCs or FQHC look-alikes to participate.
  • Health center staff will participate actively in all 4 sessions.

Schedule

  • 6/4/25 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
  • 6/11/25 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
  • 6/18/25 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
  • 6/25/25 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET

Session 1: Non-HIV Viral STIs

4 June, 2025

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  1. Understand current best options for testing and treatment for non-HIV viral STIs such as HPV, mpox, and hepatitis A/B/C.
  2. Understand how to interpret and implement vaccine schedules for non-HIV viral STIs such as HPV, mpox, and hepatitis A/B.
Slides are available with the download link below:
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Session 2: Bacterial STIs

11 June, 2025

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  1. Identify how to implement the latest recommendations in bacterial STI screening and understand how to interpret results.
  2. Understand the current trends in bacterial STIs.
  3. Discuss options for prevention of bacterial STIs such as DoxyPEP and understand how to implement this prevention option in a clinical setting.
Slides are available with the download link below:
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Session 3: HIV

18 June, 2025

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  1. Understand current best options for testing for HIV and how to interpret results.
  2. Discuss HIV prevention and treatment modalities such as PrEP, nPEP, and Treatment as Prevention (TasP).
  3. Explore options for clinic workflows to increase efficiency in prevention, testing, and treatment of HIV.
Evaluation

Session 4: Syndemics and Solutions

25 June, 2025

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  1. Discuss opportunities to optimize access to care for STIs through a multidisciplinary approach.
  2. Understand best practices in STI care through the lens of professional and lived experiences.
Evaluation