These resources were developed using lessons learned from multiple HRSA Special Programs of National Significance (SPNS) initiatives under the Integrating HIV Innovations (IHIP) project. They are gear...
Developed by the AETC Mental Health Committee for the Integrating Mental Health and Substance Use Care into HIV Primary Care Toolkit...
The goal of this project is to provide an evidence-based online curriculum for health care providers and trainers of health care providers to increase their knowledge on human immunodeficiency virus (...
Originally presented on Feb. 21, 2018, this training, facilitated by Rev. Tommie Watkins, PhD, MDiv, LMSW, discusses the history of shame and guilt, and the relationship between shame, depression and...
(Recorded May 9, 2018)
Learning objectives include:
This toolkit provides 17 recommendation health providers can take to decrease the stigma experienced by Black and Latino gay, bisexual, and other MSM in accessing health care services...
More than 18 million people in the U.S. misuse prescription-type opioids, heroin, cocaine, or methamphetamine. Injection and snorting/smoking are routes of administration used by millions of people wh...
Intervention manuals from HRSA's Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Transgender Women of Color Initiative, detail innovative interventions to improve timely entry, engagement, and retent...
The Motivational Interviewing (MI) pocket card provides a brief overview of principles and best practices for successfully eliciting behavior change with patients. MI elicits the patient’s motivation...
This White Paper was developed by the National Alliance for HIV Education and Workforce Development (NAHEWD), and provides recommendations for the AETCs with the goal of expanding the AETC Program rea...
The Center for HIV Law & Policy:
Training slides cover HHS recommendations for treatment of transgender people with HIV. Topics include HIV-related epidemiology, barriers to care, gender affirmation, including medical gender affirmat...
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program serves over half a million people each year. In 2018, 533,758 clients received services from Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded providers. Among all clients served in 2...
This document serves as an informal educational tool meant to address gaps in knowledge related to cultural humility, to demonstrate the necessity of drawing on these concepts and guidelines to improv...
Learning objectives include:
(Recorded May 14, 2020)
Presented by Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, this session discussed racial and ethnic disparities in the time of COVID-19, highlighted data on disparities in COVID-19 diagnosis and mortalit...
The National HIV Curriculum (NHC) provides free, up-to-date content for clinicians to learn about HIV diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The 37 lessons and corresponding question bank topics offer...
This training provides an overview of statistics on suicide and people with HIV and people who are using substances and discusses a patient assessment for suicidal ideation and how to determine safety...
Training slides outline steps for improving communication in healthcare for the LGBT+ community.
Presentation slides provide examples of the commonalities between HIV and domestic violence and discuss how education and empowerment can overcome stigma and fear.
(Recorded September 23, 2020) Session I from NEAETC's More Than Health Care series on improving quality of life for people with HIV, HCV, and substance use disorders.
Emely Orellana de Bauti...
Training slides outline types and dimensions of stigma; review how HIV-related and intersectional stigma experienced by clients can affect HIV prevention and treatment behaviors and health outcomes; i...
This series provides best practices and updates for HIV, viral hepatitis, mental health and STI treatment in the correctional setting.
(R...
Recording of "Combating Discrimination Based on HIV or OUD" on January 13, 2021.
In this webinar, speakers outlined the civil rights of people with HIV, HCV, and substance use disorder. The right to he...
Archived webinar.
On 3/2/21, Dr. Alex Keuroghlian MD, MPH, lead this webinar on Mental Health for Transgender and Gender-diverse People.
This session contextualized mental health inequities across diagnostic categories...
(This event was presented on Friday, February 12, 2021)
Training slides review the ways that microaggressions present in healthcare settings and how they can potentially impact patient experience and engagement in care.
Session 6 of the AETC Program HIV and SARS-CoV-2 Winter Webinar Series (recorded 3/4/21). Presenters discussed intersectional structural discrimination and its relevance and context in the landscape o...
Presentation from webinar: HIV and Stigma: Addressing Stigma in Primary Care Practice, Fostering an Inclusive Clinic Environment around HIV Prevention (no recording available).
Training slides explore...
Recorded on March 17, 2021
Meeting the diverse needs of people at the crossroads of incarceration, HIV, and substance use can appear daunting and complex. Barriers to both preventative and ongoing care...
Recorded on 6/14/2021
This presentation discussed a status neutral approach in addressing sexual health in adolescents and includes information regarding preventing and addressing STIs and HIV...
Training slides provide an update for healthcare professionals on the intersection of people with HIV, substance use, and mental health conditions.
The focus is on increased education on cultural compe...
Recorded June 15, 2021.
Training materials review the impact of HIV among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM), discuss perceived ideas about Black MSM and PrEP uptake, and identify strategies for re...
Training slides cover health inequities related to accessing culturally competent medical care, and discuss the role of rurality, and cultural norms on primary, secondary, and tertiary HIV prevention...
Training slides discuss intention vs the impact of microaggressions in the healthcare setting and review multifaceted approaches to addressing microaggressions – individual, institutional, and societa...
(Recorded 9/9/2021)
Recording of updates from the virtual "17th Annual National Conference on HIV and Aging" program. Presenters include Philip Bolduc, MD, AAHIVS; Betsy John, MPH; Gary Spinner, PA, MP...
After this learning session, attendees will be able to:
After this learning session, attendees will be able to:
Training slides review historical examples of structural racism in history, science, and medicine and how they have impacted health. The historical context of racism within HIV
care and service provisi...
Training slides define intersectionality and its theoretical underpinnings and draw a connection between intersectional forms of oppression and health inequities that marginalized groups face.
Part 1: Addressing Depression in People with HIV
Francine Cournos, MD, presents on providing mental health care to people with HIV in primary care settings. Learn about the importance of addressing dep...
Training slides review study methods and approaches to addressing HIV-related stigma among African communities in King County, WA, to increase HIV testing.
Training slides summarize why HIV disparities exist and review the structural and social factors of HIV inequities.
The Pacific AETC’s HIV Learning Network (HIVLN) is a free, longitudinal tele-health HIV training and consultation program for HIV clinical care teams and individual clinicians in the Pacific Region. H...
(Recorded 9/16/22)
This multidisciplinary program for primary care teams provides updates on discussing important emerging areas of HIV medicine as they relate to today’s primary care practices...
Each year HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau sponsors a conference for Ryan White Program clinicians to learn about advances in care and treatment. The AETC National Coordinating Resource Center and its partner,...
This guide provides several brief strategies for health coaches and case managers working with people living with HIV, including steps in patient interactions, motivational interviewing techniques, an...
The 69 slides on Occupational Exposure to HIV, HCV, and HBV provide an overview of basic HIV information as well as fulfill the following objectives:
This reference guide provides a basic introduction to “curanderismo” to enhance the provider’s ability to confidently initiate conversations with patients who practice this form of traditional healing...
The guide synthesizes lessons learned from the federally funded Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Enhancing Access to and Retention in Quality HIV Care for Women of Color (WOC) Initiati...
The purpose of this resource is to illustrate how HIV and mood disorders, like depression and anxiety, are highly correlated. Also, to highlight the need for routine depression screening in persons li...
Model developed by the AETC Workforce Development Committee, NAHEWD
Approximately 7/10 people with HIV in the U.S. are not virally suppressed. This infographic illustrates some of the barriers to achieving viral load suppression, and offers suggestions and resources t...
"This Guide is written for those who are leading these efforts [creating an inclusive and affirming LGBT environment] at their health center or other health care organization. Presented here are ten t...
This report summarizes the importance of documenting gender identity and sexual orientation in the electronic health records of patients, and gives recommendations on how best to do that...
This Policy Brief is a follow-up document to the 2011 WHO document, "Prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and transgender people"...
36 evidence-based recommendations are provided for interventions to optimize the HIV care environment; increase HIV testing and linkage to care, treatment coverage, retention in care, and viral suppre...
Development of a Safer Conception Counseling Toolkit in Kenya: Stigma, Fears, and Recommendations for the Delivery of Services...
Overview of different barriers to care among people with HIV.
Presenter:
Robertson Nash, PhD (c), ACNP, BC
Nurse Practitioner,
Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic,
Department of Infectious Disease,
Vanderb...
The infographic outlines the purpose and methodology for integrating HIV care into interprofessional education (IPE) and identifies how the AETC Program is helping to facilitate this training through...
In this short video rural clinicians and people with HIV describe the challenges of access and stigma in rural environments. Challenges include finding providers who are knowledgeable about HIV, fear...
Infographic highlights some of the risk factors that contribute to higher HIV infection rates in Black women in the U.S. Recommendations for HIV prevention interventions and clinical resources are inc...
This infographic identifies the social determinants and risk factors that contribute to new HIV infections among YBMSM (ages 13-24) and offers recommendations for maximizing HIV prevention strategies...
I never thought my experience as a Black woman, nor my experience as a woman who enjoys sex, would combine in a way that could put me in jail. When I was diagnosed with HIV in 2003, I had a very limited understanding of what that meant with respect to accessing treatment, being virally suppressed, d...
