California Prevention Training Center

January is #CervicalHealthAwarenessMonth. In this webinar, UCSF's Dr Policar and Patty Cason, RN, give guidance to clinicians on managing abnormal cervical cancer screening test results, colposcopy, and follow up. http://ow.ly/7tHh50D3DSb

Janelli Vallin calls on @GavinNewsom to fund reparations for survivors of forced sterilization in California in his upcoming budget in @CalMatters http://bit.ly/398rdtW #EndEugenicsLegacy #CompensateSurvivors

Thanks to all of our partners this year working tirelessly to improve our world. We cannot do our work without you. Here's to a continued commitment to realizing health equity and to brighter days in 2021. Happy New Year! #equity #health #NYE

Our second podcast episode is out now! In this two-parter, we talk with Lidia Carlton of Planned Parenthood about today's sex ed - why there's pushback against gender diversity, and why sex ed is a perfect vehicle for teaching about race and ability. http://ow.ly/pEWa50CVPTz

Our partners at @ucghi have a program coordinator position open to support health equity and diversity. Learn more about the chance to work with this innovative team. http://ow.ly/mIUL50CRuZj

Our new podcast drops Monday! Our first guest, disease intervention specialist Wanda Jackson, gives us an up close look at contact tracing and tells us why it's more important than ever to have compassion. Stay tuned. #COVID19 #sex #podcast #health

Health departments and CBOs in the western U.S. are coming together to ensure continued prevention, treatment and care for those living with HIV, in the midst of coronavirus. http://ow.ly/4ytn50CG2ku

As we near the Presidential election, trans folx and their allies, consider what another 4 years with the current administration may mean. https://apnews.com//transgender-election-2020-donald-trump

The gap between the Bay Area's haves and have-nots is wider than anywhere else in CA. But how is COVID-19 impacting poverty worldwide? https://www.brookings.edu//the-impact-of-covid-19-on-glob/

What does the future hold for Roe v Wade in this political climate? https://www.vox.com//supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade-bar

Our team helped lead the effort to train more than 8,000 contact tracers in California to fight COVID-19. A new online program we've helped create to train contact tracers nationwide is now available. ow.ly/qCtV50Bxm2W

Mistrust of healthcare systems runs deep in communities of color. But experts say it’s possible to get good rates of Black and Brown folks engaged, if community outreach is done right, as it has been recently for HIV. http://ow.ly/Zoj850BtVoj

Don't miss this!! Tomorrow at 9am PST Our medical director Dr Ina Park will be speaking alongside Dr. Anthony Fauci, Sr. Policy Fellow w/ AIDS United Ronald Johnson, and an expert line-up to discuss long-term health at the intersection of ageing, HIV and COVID-19. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aging-with-hiv-surviving-anoth

Join @UCSF's Dr Michael Policar 9/17 at 12PST for a discussion on what COVID-19 means for family planning services in CA. The conversation will focus on well person visits, colposcopy visits, coding and billing Family PACT, and more. https://register.gotowebinar.com/regist/6214008021437010703

Join our webinar on how Family PACT services have changed in response to coronavirus. We'll cover changes in contraceptive visits, evaluation of genital tract infections, well-person visits, and more! http://ow.ly/Oa5o50BhvXv

UCSF Bixby Center's Cynthia Gutierrez, a native of Nicaragua, is raising funds for hundreds of Nicaraguan refugees to get #COVID19 tests so they can return home.

A great in-depth resource on COVID-19, including a real-time tracker, from Johns Hopkins scholars on how the virus spreads, moves through regions, and how it infects us. https://coronavirus.jhu.edu//module-4-epidemiology-underst

How risky is sex compared to other forms of physical contact during #COVID19? https://www.umms.org//managing-medica/coronavirus-risk/sex