A Real Talk About HIV: Empowering the Students of North Carolina A&T with Sexual Health Knowledge

Contact: MATT MILLER
Phone: 646-336-6495
Fax: 646-336-6497
Email: [email protected]

NEW YORK (03/24/26) – DKBmed LLC is partnering with College Health TV to deliver HIV education to young adults at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The program, entitled Real Talk: Your Power to Prevent HIV, will feature a keynote speech delivered by Emmy-nominated medical broadcast journalist Dr. Corey Hebert, educational brochures, and prize giveaways.

Real Talk will have a booth at the North Carolina A&T student wellness day health fair on Tuesday, April 14th from 5-8pm. Real Talk previously had a booth at the Hampton University student health fair on September 24, 2025 and will have one at the Dillard University student health fair on March 28, 2026. Together, DKBmed and College Health TV have produced educational videos broadcasted across 22 HBCUs in university fitness centers and student health centers. These videos have garnered over 24,500 views on YouTube.

The Real Talk: Your Power to Prevent HIV educational initiative endeavors to increase knowledge of HIV testing, transmission, and prevention, particularly in high-risk populations. Although HIV can affect anyone, most diagnoses continue to occur in young adult males (84%), Black individuals (50%), people aged 18-22 (59%), and those living in the American South (56%). Because college students engage in behaviors that elevate the risk of contracting HIV, such as condomless sex, targeted interventions towards young adults can have a sizeable effect in limiting the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases. Authors of a study on HIV risk behaviors and testing have previously noted that “HBCUs are in a unique position to be visible supporters of HIV education and prevention because of their perceived value and respectability by students, parents, and the broader African American Community.”

Dr. Corey Hebert, a faculty member for the Real Talk program, has long known the opportunity presented by working with students where they are and addressing the issues they face in an accessible, respectful manner: “We have a lot of issues in the African American community, especially on college campuses, with health and wellness. By taking the appropriate preventative measures, we can make sure HIV is not one of those issues. That starts with education targeting young adults about PrEP and safe sex.”

About College Health TV

College Health TV is the leading streaming service in the United States for health education videos that are available to college students free of charge. Since its founding in 2016, College Health TV has cultivated an extensive library of video content on alcohol abuse and drugs, diabetes, exercise and fitness, food and nutrition, health insurance, healthy relationships, mental health, oral health, preventive health, school-life balance, sexual health, sleep, stress management, and more. New content is developed every month and subsidized through advertising dollars from commercial sponsors outside of the alcohol, cannabis, and gambling industries. To learn more about College Health TV, visit their website at: https://www.collegehealthtv.com/

About DKBmed

DKBmed is an integrated continuing medical education company operated by an experienced team of medical education experts. DKBmed provides health care professionals with effective medical education that closes identified knowledge and practice gaps to improve patient health.

Working with accredited providers and other partners, DKBmed develops innovative educational programs and quality improvement (QI) initiatives, bringing new learning methodologies to the CME landscape. DKBmed has become a leader in QI in the independent medical education space with QI projects in Pain Management, HIV, Depression, Influenza, and Diabetic Eye Disease. DKBmed was also an early adopter of case scenarios with real patients and live actors, TED/DKBmed Talks, 3D animation, webcasts, podcasts, and smart phone applications for clinicians and patients. These forward-thinking approaches enable health care professionals to learn and access educational programs in a manner that is most convenient and appropriate for them.

DKBmed’s programs are accessible through the company’s website (www.dkbmed.com). They reach more than 150,000 health care professionals in primary care and in a variety of specialties and disease states including: HIV, COVID-19, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, influenza, dermatology, retinal disease, rheumatoid arthritis, COPD, asthma, multiple sclerosis, pain management, depression and viral hepatitis (HBV, HCV) and oncology.