HIV/STI Prevention, Education, and Care Linkage
Trusted conversations that strengthen prevention, testing, and linkage to care
HIV/STI prevention works best when information is clear, care feels safe, and referrals are connected to people and places the community already trusts. Community Circles help move beyond one-way outreach by bringing people together in familiar settings to share lived experience, ask questions, identify barriers, and strengthen pathways to prevention, testing, and care.
These Circles support education around HIV/STI prevention, PrEP/PEP awareness, testing linkage, stigma reduction, confidentiality concerns, and referral coordination. The goal is not only to share information, but to understand what makes services easier to access, what makes people hesitate, and how partners can respond with more trusted and practical support.
What We Explore
What Can Participants Expect?
A Community Circle is not a lecture, panel, or survey-only project. It is a guided conversation where people can share what they know, what they have experienced, and what they believe would make HIV/STI prevention and care more accessible.
Participants can expect a welcoming setting, plain-language discussion, respect for privacy, and opportunities to help shape stronger referral pathways. Public summaries from the work should be de-identified and focused on shared learning, resources, and next steps.
WHO ARE PART OF US?
Partners and Community Champions help make HIV/STI Circles stronger by sharing trusted information, identifying referral gaps, supporting outreach, and helping carry accurate messages beyond a single event. Champions may include community organization staff, faith leaders, advocates, service providers, caregivers, or neighbors who are already connected to trusted local networks.
Together, CHI, partners, and champions can use what is learned to improve resource maps, strengthen warm handoffs, support prevention-first engagement, and build long-term community trust.
Help strengthen HIV/STI prevention and care access. Join a future Circle, suggest a trusted location, share community resources, or partner with CHI to support clearer information, safer referrals, and stronger care pathways