Target Audience: This activity is designed for counselors, interprofessional teams, physician assistants, physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, students and educators . This activity is accredited for social workers.
Webinar Description: In this webinar, researchers from the Social Action Lab at the University of Pennsylvania will discuss a novel, virtual social-behavioral intervention, GROV (Grid for Reduction of Regional Vulnerability), which is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the DP01 mechanism led by PI Dolores Albarracin. The presentation will showcase how the intervention seeks to foster effective social regulation of community challenges as a way of promoting HIV and HCV testing, preventing overdoses, seeking mental and physical health treatments, establishing social relationships, etc. The research team will delve into the intervention’s design and procedures and share preliminary results during the webinar, followed by a question-and-answer session for attendees.
Educational Objectives:
- Recognize social regulatory approaches in HIV and HCV prevention.
- Encourage discussions to promote HIV/HCV testing while addressing underlying social and ecological issues.
- Identify strategies to ensure all onboarded participants are eligible and maintain a high retention level.
Continuing Education information:
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), provider #1163, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 1/23/2024-1/23/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.
Requirements for successful activity completion
In order to successfully complete this activity and obtain your Certificate:
- Create a free account with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
- Complete webinar content.
- Complete the activities posttest. Participants must complete the posttest and pass with a score of 80% or higher. If they do not pass the posttest on their first attempt, they will be allowed to re-test two additional times.
- Complete the required evaluation(s).
- After completing the evaluation, participants will be able to access their certificate through their Learning Academy dashboard. The certificate can be downloaded and accessed through the CSWE Learning Academy anytime.
