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Motivational Interviewing Continuing Medical Education 

Using the principles of Motivational Interviewing and ViiV Healthcare's Risk to Reasons framework, this content is designed to guide providers in implementing patient-centered HIV prevention and care, such as PrEP, by focusing on what motivates and empowers cisgender women to take charge of their sexual health. Rather than focusing solely on risk, the approach helps providers reframe the conversation around each patient’s personal values, goals, and reasons, supporting informed and confident decision-making.

At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:

• Explain the basics of Motivational Interviewing and the Risk to Reasons approach, and how they can support women in making decisions about HIV prevention and care.
• Demonstrate having conversations that focus on what matters most to each woman, like her values, goals, and reasons for staying healthy, rather than just talking about risk.
• Learn and implement simple, practical strategies to bring this approach into everyday reproductive care, making it easier to talk about options like PrEP in a way that feels empowering.

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• Project Manager, Jayelin Parker, MSW, MPH, presented at STI Engage 2025 in Phoenix, AZ in June 2025.
• Sydney Santos, MSPH, presented a poster at the STI & HIV World Congress Conference in Montreal, Canada.
• Research Assistant, Shika Marur, presented at the Infectious Disease Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Public Health Association conferences. 

• Medical student, Hiba Pediyakkal, presented at the CDC’s 2024 STI Prevention Conference in Atlanta, GA.

• Dr. Theresa Rager and Katie Foug shared our team's adolescent STI-related data at the Infectious Disease Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Meeting in Portland, Oregon.

• Dr. Theresa Rager presented an oral presentation at STI Engage in Washington, DC.

• The CHIPPER Research Team met in Los Angeles, CA, at the  3^rd National Ending the HIV Epidemic Partnerships for Research Meeting.

• The CHIPPER Research Team presented two posters at the 2024 International Workshop on HIV and Women in Washington, DC.

• Dr. Theresa Rager presented an oral presentation and was honored to have been awarded the 2024 Huffman Capraro Award for best oral presentation by a trainee at NASPAG’s Annual Clinical and Research Meeting in Orlando, FL.