Peer Health Advocate Training Curriculum

The following Peer Health Advocate Training program (PHAT) draws on the results of an existing curriculum that was piloted in 2016 in partnership with University of Victoria based researchers (https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/10504). It has now been updated and developed so that it can be shared and adapted to specific contexts, as well as formatted for online access.
The training covers topics such as: Western and Indigenous perspectives on health, sexual health, sex positivity, understanding sexuality and gender identity from both Western and Indigenous cultural contexts, sex work history and activism, trauma- informed care, mental health, internalized stigma and trauma from systemic oppression, therapeutic skills, harm reduction strategies (related to sex and substance use), overdose prevention, and accessing local health and wellness resources.