Description: This updated guidance offers health care providers recommendations on providing care to newly displaced HIV-infected adults, children, and pregnant women who have yet to secure care in the areas where they have relocated. It includes information on initial assessment of the displaced HIV-infected patient and on general strategies for medication management of the patient, including specific guidance on antiretroviral therapy, care for HIV-infected pregnant women, on prophylaxis for opportunistic infections (OIs), and on vaccinations in the setting of HIV infection.

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CDC and its partners are pursuing a High-Impact Prevention approach to reducing new HIV infections, and they have published a High-Impact Prevention brochure. High-Impact Prevention efforts use combinations of scientifically proven, cost-effective, and scalable interventions targeted to the right populations in the right geographic areas, and focus on maximizing overall reductions in new HIV infections and increasing health equity. It is designed to maximize the impact of prevention efforts for all Americans at risk for HIV infection.

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CDC recently announced the availability of an updated fact sheet titled HIV among Transgender People . This fact sheet provides information and statistics on diagnoses of HIV infection and AIDS in transgender people. Prevention challenges and CDC programs that focus on transgender people living with HIV/AIDS and transgender people at risk for HIV infection are also detailed.

Fact Sheet

A comprehensive HIV care model was developed to meet the complex needs of HIV patients, with support from the Ryan White program, the Veterans Administration, and others, and this paper identifies the essential components of an effective HIV care model.
This article was first published online on October 20, 2011.

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This CD-ROM contains key HIV-related U.S. federal treatment guidelines and recommendations paired with training slide sets and reference materials geared toward clinicians treating people with HIV. A limited supply is available.

To order free copies email info@aidsetc.org .

AIDSVu is an online tool that makes detailed, yet easy-to-understand, data on persons living with an HIV infection diagnosis in the United States accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. The site provides users with a visual way to understand HIV prevalence data -- that is, the number of people who have been diagnosed and are living with HIV -- in communities across the country. AIDSVu offers a new and unique way to understand HIV on both a national and local level. AIDSVu also cross-references HIV data with other important information, like population demographics, the location of HIV testing sites and the estimated proportion of HIV diagnoses that are made late in the course of HIV disease.

Please call 888.813.4822 or send an e-mail to: info@AIDSVu.org for further information or general inquiries.

This evidence-based, teen alcohol risk screening guide was released for health care professionals to help identify children and teenagers age 9 to 18 who are at risk for alcohol-related problems, provide brief counseling, and refer them to treatment resources if that is indicated. It includes a two-question risk assessment as well as links to resources for motivational interviewing. NIAAA developed the guide and supporting pocket guide in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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DSTDP Connect is the result of DSTDP's commitment to provide one unified newsletter, while still providing useful information to DSTDP staff and partners. DSTDP Connect is a new bimonthly newsletter that highlights the tremendous work being done in STD prevention. It will keep you up-to-date on the activities at DSTDP, including publications, upcoming events, web features, and information about the DSTDP realignment process.

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Nearly half of all American adults lack health literacy. In order to improve knowledge among these 90 million people, the IOM's Roundtable on Health Literacy, along with the UCLA Anderson School of Management, held a workshop on November 30, 2010, to explore ways in which state-based organizations and individuals can work to improve health literacy. At the workshop, speakers discussed the clinical effects of health literacy improvement efforts, the economic outcomes of health literacy implementation, and the impact that various stakeholders can have on health literacy. The roundtable brings together leaders from the federal government, foundations, health plans, associations, and private companies to discuss challenges related to health literacy and to identify approaches to promote health literacy in both the public and private sectors. This document summarizes the workshop.

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Consider submitting a conference presentation proposal for the 24th Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS, to be held in Miami, May 24-26, 2012. The conference will highlight the Affordable Care Act, an initiative that seeks to improve health care access to millions by expanding Medicaid coverage. The Act also seeks to eliminate discrimination based on the presence of pre-existing conditions. New challenges and opportunities that exist for the front-line HIV social worker as our nation moves toward health care reform will be considered.
Note: Proposal submissions will be accepted until December 15th .

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Unified Health Communication (UHC): Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency is free, on-line, go-at-your-own-pace training. Take the course any time to improve your ability to communicate with patients and overcome barriers that can keep patients from taking their medications according to your instructions, going to the emergency room when they would be better served in primary care or otherwise preventing them from getting the full benefit of the quality care you provide.

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	Unified Health Communication 101 (with Continuing Education Credits)
	Unified Health Communication 100 (No Continuing Education Units Offered)

The HIV Corrections Fellowship is a one-year program that aims to address the pressing need for expanded care of HIV-infected persons in correctional facilities. Primarily based in the Los Angeles County Jail, the HIV Corrections Fellow will receive comprehensive training in HIV Medicine and will learn how to effectively implement this care within correctional and community settings.
Note: Applications will be accepted until December 31, 2011 .

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The HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) is pleased to announce their annual call for applicants for the HIVMA Minority Clinical Fellowship program. A growing shortage of HIV medical providers coupled with increased demand for HIV care leaves some of the communities hardest hit by HIV disease in the U.S. without access to HIV medical providers. The fellowship program supports underrepresented minority physicians (of African-American or Latino descent) in obtaining a concentrated year of clinical training in HIV medicine. The goal of the program is to increase the pool of physicians from communities that have been disproportionately affected by HIV disease.
Note: Applications for the 2012-2013 program will be accepted until January 2, 2011 .

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For more information contact Julio J. Fonesca at (703) 299-5168 or email jfonesca@hivma.org .

Here Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, and Director, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, outlines some of the information and updates shared at the National Viral Hepatitis Technical Assistance Meeting. In this blog post from blog.aids.gov , he focuses mainly on the Federal actions that are underway to implement the Viral Hepatitis Action Plan.

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