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Volume 12, Issue 18
August 27, 2009

HRSA/HAB News

• H1N1 Guidance for HRSA Grantees
• Resources on Adherence/Patient Readiness
• Face of Ryan White: AETC’s Bruce Gilliam, MD
• Web Conference on Part D Allocation/Expenditure Reports: September 10
• Tool of the Month: Capacity Building Toolkit for Peer Programs
• AETC Network News Addresses Transgender Health and HIV, Collaboration
• Pre-Application Web Conference for Part C Early Intervention Services: September 15
  

Other News

• HIV/AIDS Community Discussions to Provide Input into National HIV Strategy
• NIH Summit on Mobile Technologies and Health Research and Care: October 29-30, Washington
• HIV/H1N1 Preparedness Webinar: September 2, Register by August 28
• New FDA Regulations Provide Broader Access to Experimental Drugs
• National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day: September 18

HRSA/HAB News

H1N1 Guidance for HRSA Grantees
HRSA has been working with HHS, other Federal agency partners, grantees, and grantee associations to get ready for the upcoming flu season.  One product of these efforts is the H1N1 Guidance for HRSA Grantees.  This guidance is intended primarily for HRSA-funded direct service grantees and their sub grantees and contractors, although other HRSA grantees may find the information useful.  In addition to HRSA grantees, this guidance may also be of interest to eligible 340B entities and cooperative agreement partners to the extent that the information in the guidance may be applicable.

The H1N1 Guidance for HRSA Grantees is voluntary.  HRSA is providing this to help HRSA–funded programs plan how to best protect their workforce and serve their communities.  HRSA will continue to monitor evolving pandemic preparedness efforts and work to provide guidance and information to grantees and grantee associations as it becomes available.  When products and updates in support of H1N1 pandemic response efforts are released, these will be posted to the same Website as the guidance.

View the guidance.

Resources on Adherence/Patient Readiness
A new collection of adherence/patient readiness assessment tools developed by Ryan White grantees is now available on the TARGET Center Website.  Featured tools, from El Rio (Arizona), Truman Medical (Missouri), Whitman Walker (DC), and Christiana Care (DE), were identified by quality consultant Lori DeLorenzo as part of HIVQUAL work.

Look under “Topics” on the TARGET Center homepage at:
(Not a US Government Website)

Interested in submitting tools to the TARGET Center TA Library? Upload them.
(Not a US Government Website)

Face of Ryan White: AETC’s Bruce Gilliam, MD
Dr. Gilliam trains clinicians in Maryland and elsewhere as part of the HRSA/HAB-supported Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic AETC.  He develops curricula, teaches, and wears many hats, like lead faculty trainer at the Baltimore site implementing a nationwide initiative to make HIV testing a routine part of primary care.  Check out the far-left photo on the TARGET Center homepage banner.
(Not a US Government Web site)

Programs and consumers are welcome to nominate themselves as “Faces of Ryan White” on the TARGET Center Web site at:
(Not a US Government Web site)

Web Conference on Part D Allocation/Expenditure Reports: September 10
HRSA/HAB will host a Web conference on Part D Allocation and Expenditure Reports on Thursday, September 10, 1:30 - 3:30 pm ET.  Register for the conference at:
(Not a US Government Website)

Tool of the Month: Capacity Building Toolkit for Peer Programs
Building Blocks to Peer Program Success is a new capacity building toolkit to help programs develop or enhance peer programs that seek to engage and retain people living with HIV/AIDS in care and treatment.  Topics covered in the toolkit include:

• Designing a peer program;
• Peer roles and responsibilities;
• Recruiting, hiring, and orienting peers;
• Supervising peers; and
• Evaluating peer programs.

The toolkit was developed by the PEER Center, a technical assistance cooperative agreement funded by HRSA/HAB.  Building Blocks to Peer Program Success is the featured Tool of the Month on the TARGET Center:
(Not a US Government Website)

Also see the toolkit at the PEER Center Website.
(Not a US Government Website)

To learn more, contact Sheila Phicil at < sphicil@bu.edu > or 617/638-1929.

See other HRSA/HAB sources of TA on peers/consumers at:
(Not a US Government Website)

AETC Network News Addresses Transgender Health and HIV, Collaboration
The summer issue of the AETC Network News focuses on transgender health and HIV and the importance of building collaborative activities in training health care workers.  This issue also features Bruce Gilliam, MD, Clinical Director of the Pennsylvania/MidAtlantic AETC (PA/MidAtlantic AETC) University of Maryland at the Baltimore local performance site (LPS).  The LPS has recently conducted activities to support a routine HIV testing initiative and an AIDS Certified Registered Nurse (ACRN) Review Course.  AETC Network News is produced by the HRSA/HAB-supported AETC National Resource Center.
(Not a US Government Website)

See other resources on transgender health and HIV/AIDS in the TARGET Center's TA Library.
(Not a US Government Website)

Pre-Application Web Conference for Part C Early Intervention Services: September 15
HRSA/HAB will host a pre-application Web conference for Ryan White Part C Early Intervention Services on Tuesday, September 15, 1:30 - 3:30 pm ET.  Applications for Ryan White Part C Early Intervention Services are due October 16.

To register for the Web conference go to:
(Not a US Government Website)

More information on submitting a proposal for Ryan White Part C Early Intervention Services is available at:

Other News

HIV/AIDS Community Discussions to Provide Input into National HIV Strategy
A series of national HIV/AIDS community discussions, hosted by the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP), will offer the public a chance to provide input as the White House works to fulfill the President’s pledge to develop a National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS).  The first event, the Atlanta HIV/AIDS Community Discussion, took place August 25th at the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference.  Other cities in which community discussions will be held are: Washington, DC; New York, NY; San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles, CA; Houston, TX; Albuquerque, NM; Jackson, MS; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Minneapolis, MN; Columbia, SC; Puerto Rico; and the Virgin Islands. Specific dates will be announced later.

View a press release on the community discussions.

NIH Summit on Mobile Technologies and Health Research and Care: October 29-30, Washington
The 2009 mHealth Summit on Mobile Technologies as a Platform for Health Research and Healthcare Delivery will take place October 29-30 in Washington, DC.  Sponsored by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, the summit will bring together researchers, mobile technology experts, policymakers, and others.  The summit will focus on exploring the partnership between biomedical research and the use of mobile technologies to improve public health.  The mHealth Summit is designed to:

• Build a bridge between clinical and biomedical researchers with mobile technology experts to identify mHealth solutions to public health challenges;
• Foster integration of mobile and medical technology to improve delivery of health care to underserved populations;
• Examine current policies regarding mobile health technologies and their use in reducing or eliminating domestic and global health disparities; and
• Discuss and craft a vision for the integration of biomedical research with mHealth technologies moving forward.

Summit partners include: National Institutes of Health; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Rockefeller Foundation; United Nations Foundation; Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership; and the World Bank.  The event is supported by partnering sponsor Microsoft Research and supporting sponsors the Abbott Fund, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer.

For information on the summit.
(Not a US Government Website)

To register.

HIV/H1N1 Preparedness Webinar: September 2, Register by August 28
A webinar for Federal staff and grantees who serve people living with HIV/AIDS will be held September 2, 2009, 2:00 – 2:45 pm ET.  Join experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and HIV grantees to hear an update on H1N1 preparedness, especially as it applies to people living with HIV/AIDS.

The registration deadline is tomorrow, August 28.  For more information contact <contact@aids.gov>.

To register.

New FDA Regulations Provide Broader Access to Experimental Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released new regulations designed to provide broader access to experimental drugs for seriously ill people, including people living with HIV, who have exhausted all other commercially available treatments.  The regulations more clearly identify which patients are eligible for special access to experimental drugs.  When manufacturers can charge patients for drugs is also more clearly addressed.  View the new regulations.

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day: September 18
September 18 marks the second annual National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day.  The day is designed to highlight challenges such as the need for prevention, research, data, and medical understanding of the aging process and the impact of HIV/AIDS.  There are various groups of older Americans affected by HIV.  These include: 1) the growing number of people living with HIV/AIDS who are aging with the disease or are already over 50 at the time of diagnosis; 2) the increasing percentage of Americans that needs to protect themselves from HIV infection, including the aging baby boomer population; and 3) the increasing numbers of grandparents becoming the primary custodial parent for children who have lost their parent(s) to HIV/AIDS.  These groups face many unique challenges and issues.  For more information.

In addition to the resources listed above, don’t forget to check out these other HAB resources, which are updated regularly.

TARGET Center, Central Source for Ryan White TA:

(Not a US Government Website)