|  | | AETC National Resource Center Monthly Update: February 2012 New and Updated Resources | HIV Meds Updates
Source: AETC National Resource Center and UCSF Center for HIV Information
HIV Meds Quarterly provides brief updates and analysis of new findings related to common therapies used by HIV clinicians. In this issue:
| | | History of the HIV Epidemic [PPT 2 MB]
Date: 12/2011
Author: Marshall J. Glesby, MD, PhD
Source: New York/New Jersey AETC
15 slides detailing the history of the HIV epidemic, focusing on antiretroviral treatment. | | | HIV Cost-Effectiveness
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention is pleased to provide a basic guide to the cost-effectiveness analysis of prevention interventions for HIV infection and AIDS. The purpose of this guide is to help prevention program staff and planners become more familiar with potential uses of economic evaluation.
View the guide HIV cost-effectiveness resources | | | Provisional Guidance on the Use of Hepatitis C Virus Protease Inhibitors for Treatment of Hepatitis C in HIV-Infected Persons [PDF]
Date: 12/14/2011
Authors: David L. Thomas; John G. Bartlett; Marion G. Peters; Mark S. Sulkowski and Paul A. Pham
Clin Infect Dis. (2011) doi: 10.1093/cid/cir882. First published online: December 14, 2011.
Abstract: In May 2011, hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitors (PIs) were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat persons with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but not those dually infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although critical safety and efficacy data are lacking, the availability of the drugs and substantial medical need justify the off-label use of HCV PIs in select HIV/HCV-coinfected persons. Pending results of ongoing investigations, this article represents provisional guidance on the use of HCV PIs in HIV-infected persons. | | | Perioperative Management of HIV-Infected Patients [Online]
Date: 01/2012
Source: Office of the Medical Director, New York State Department of AIDS Institute, in collaboration with the John Hopkins University Division of Infectious Diseases
This report addresses the perioperative management of HIV-infected individuals undergoing surgical procedures. | |
Newsletters | Test & Treat: A New Paradigm for Slowing the Spread of HIV
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration
Date: 01/2012
HRSA CAREAction Newsletter This issue describes a comprehensive strategy for improving the care of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and for preventing transmission of the disease. This promising model is called "test and treat," and its premise is that HIV/AIDS can be eliminated from society if all adults are tested regularly and all infected persons are put on antiretroviral therapy (ART)-- regardless of CD4 level. | | | Transgender Health
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration
Date: 12/2011
HRSA CAREAction Newsletter Transgender women are more disproportionately affected by HIV disease than any other subpopulation. This issue discusses health concerns, cultural and clinical competency, and systemic barriers to care. | | | The National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) January Newsletter
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration
Date: 01/2012
This issue highlights the NNPTC's role in the upcoming National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS; the NNPTC's efforts in distributing the CDC's 2010 STD Treatment Guidelines; and the new online STD Management Course.
Download the newsletter | |
Conferences/Trainings | Hepatitis C Treatment Update: A Self-Study Module [PDF 2.1 MB]
Date: 01/2012
Author: Andrew H. Talal, MD, MPH
Editor: Marija Zeremski, PhD
Source: New York/New Jersey AETC and Albany Medical Center, Division of HIV Medicine
Part of the series,
Caring for the HIV-Infected Inmate: A CME-Accredited Resource for Prescribing Clinicians
. This CME and pharmacy-accredited self-study module is designed to provide physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, nurses and other interested medical providers with information about current and newly FDA-approved hepatitis C therapies. This module is accredited for CME and pharmacy credit until June 30, 2012.
Download the module | | | TB Prevention in the HIV-Infected Patient: Screening, Testing, and Treatment of Latent TB Infection [Online]
Date: 2012
Source: Curry International TB Center
This online course, which includes slides, audio narration, and interactive questions, provides information on how to screen, test, and treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). TB and HIV experts from the Western Region wrote and presented the case-based lessons in this course. The lessons can be taken separately or in any order. Each lesson is 20 minutes or less in length.
For more information and to download the modules | | | TB 101 for Health Care Workers [Link]
Date: 2012
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
TB 101 is designed to educate health care workers about basic concepts related to TB prevention and control in the United States. The target audience for the course includes newly hired TB program staff and health care workers in areas related to TB (such as individuals who work in correctional facilities or HIV/AIDS clinics).
For more information Start the web course | |
Announcements | Introducing: The HIV Medical Homes Resource Center (MHRC)
Source: HIV Medical Homes Resource Center
The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center of the School of Nursing at The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, (FXBC/UMDNJ) and the University of California, San Francisco, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Center for Excellence in Primary Care (UCSF/CEPC) have collaborated to form the HIV Medical Homes Resource Center (HIV-MHRC), a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) funded national training and technical assistance cooperative agreement. The goal of the HIV-MHRC is to provide training and technical assistance to assist Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grantees in understanding, developing and successfully applying to become recognized PC-MHs.
For more information, please visit the
TARGET Center website
.
| | | Help the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) collect information for the 2012 Ryan White All Grantee Meeting by completing the Information Gathering Tool
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration
Save the date for the 2012 Ryan White All Grantee Meeting (AGM), November 27-29, 2012.On behalf of the HAB Planning Committee for the 2012 Ryan White AGM, please complete this BRIEF online pre-conference assessment to help plan the subject content for the 2012 AGM. This information will be shared in aggregate. Access the survey | | | Bring HIV Care Training & Technical Assistance to Your Health Center
Source: AETC National Center for Expansion of HIV Care in Minority Communities
The AIDS Education and Training Center National Center for HIV Care in Minority Communities (AETC NCHCMC) is providing up to 30 health centers not directly funded through the Ryan White program the opportunity to join the second year of its HIV in Primary Care Learning Community. Health centers will be selected through a competitive process. Deadline for applications is February 15, 2012.
For more information, please visit the
To begin the online application and learn more | | | Follow the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program on Twitter
| | | Call for papers: HIV and Reproduction: Fertility, Contraception, and Preconception Issues and Interventions
Source: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Investigators are invited to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to understand the effects of HIV on fertility, the contraceptive considerations in HIV-infected women, interventions for safer conception, and the evaluation of pregnancy and other fertility outcomes in both resource-rich and resource-limited settings. Manuscript submission deadline has been extended to February 10, 2012.
Learn more: Review the author guidelines | |
Awareness Days Special Edition: HIV Testing Resources Slide Sets Patient Information | Opt-out Form for Patients
Source: Pacific AETC
A one-page template for providing written information for patients informing them that HIV testing will be performed (including rationale) and informing them of their right to decline the test.
Download form | |
Charts, Tables & Posters Pocket Guides Articles | Applying HIV Testing Guidelines in Clinical Practice, Advice from the NCCC on Implementation
Source: American Family Physician
Published December 15, 2009. This article offers recommendations for screening, counseling, special considerations during pregnancy, and more.
Read the article
Learn more | | | An Update on the Status of State Testing Laws
Source: National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center
Research letter published in JAMA with an update on the current status (May, 2011) of HIV testing laws in the US.
Read the article | | | Update on Implementation of HIV Rapid Testing in Health Department Supported HIV Prevention Programs
Source: NASTAD
Report of a NASTAD survey of 65 state and local health departments to provide a deeper understanding of the use of rapid HIV testing in conjunction with health departments supported HIV prevention efforts; the survey was a follow-up to previous assessments conducted in 2006 and 2008. Implementation of HIV testing in dental care settings was also addressed in the survey.
Read the report | | | Report on Findings from an Assessment of Health Department Efforts to Implement HIV Testing in Health Care Settings
Source: NASTAD
Results of a survey of health departments conducted to gain an understanding of health department efforts to implement and support HIV screening programs and to examine the extent to which the CDC's Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents and Pregnant Women in Health Care Settings have influenced or will influence health department efforts to implement HIV screening in health care settings. June 26, 2007 (Released November, 2011)
Read the report | | | Understanding Patient Acceptance and Refusal of HIV Testing in the Emergency Department
Source: Bio Med Central Public Health
Published January 3, 2012. This article explores the many factors that influence the decision to accept and refuse ED HIV testing.
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