MPOX Series - CA PTC |

MPOX Disease Intervention Series

The goal of this training is to prepare staff of local health departments to perform effective disease intervention (DI) interviews for mpox. This training aims to build on disease intervention skills by applying knowledge of the complexities and nuances specifically related to mpox DI interviews.
By the end of this training, you should be able to:

1. Communicate accurate information about mpox symptoms, transmission, prevention, treatment, and services.

2. Gain awareness of the lived experiences of gay, bi, other men who have sex with men (MSM), including transgender men, and other trans people as it relates to mpox.

3.Understand a sex-positive, person-centered approach to taking a sexual history for mpox.

4. Use motivational interviewing and health coaching tools to support clients in seeking vaccination, screening, or treatment for mpox.

5. Examine personal and structural biases to reduce stigma during mpox interviews.

Courses in this series may be taken in any order.

Mpox 101

An overview of the basic science and epidemiology of mpox, such as definition, prevalence rates, treatment, transmission, prevention, and clinical information.

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Sex Positivity

Learn what it means to be sex-positive in mpox disease interviews. In this course you will define, identify, and apply the uses of sex positive language for sexual history taking and contact elicitation for mpox interviews.

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Motivational Interviewing and Health Coaching

Learn communication skills to support sexual history taking & action planning. Define and apply core motivational interviewing skills for sexual history taking, contact elicitation, and action planning for mpox interviews.

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Minimizing the Impact of Stigma and Bias

Learnt to provide respectful mpox disease interview services to gay, Bi, and other MSM. A foundational overview focusing on the lived experience of the gay, bi, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) who are most impacted by mpox, as well as examining personal and structural bias to reduce stigma during mpox interviews.

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Mpox and Trans People

Considerations for mpox interviews with transgender clients. A foundational overview focusing on the lived experience of transgender and nonbinary clients as it relates to mpox, as well as examining personal and structural bias to reduce stigma during mpox interviews.

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