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HAB Information E-mail
Volume 12, Issue 21
November 5, 2009
HRSA/HAB News
- Going Online to Find HIV Care: TARGET Feature
- Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Reauthorized
- Face of Ryan White: Detroit, Colorado, and NQC Quality Champions
- Register Now for RDR/RSR Western Regional Training: November 18-20, Scottsdale
- New Report Focuses on Peer Involvement
- Web Conference on Patient Retention: December 2, 3:00 pm ET
- SPNS Grantees Develop Strategies for Client-level Data
- New AETC Network News: Training Pharmacists, Enhancing Continuing Education Programs
Other News
- Call to Action: White House Requests Public Input by November 13
- Flu Resources
- World AIDS Day: December 1, AIDS.Gov Conference Call November 17
- CDC’s Prevention IS Care Campaign
HRSA/HAB News
Going Online to Find HIV Care: TARGET Feature
Across the U.S., Ryan White agencies are making improvements to their Websites to help people find HIV/AIDS care. Consumer-friendly tools like searchable databases of services and downloadable service guides are far more evident than what was found a year ago, according to an informal TARGET Center review of RW grantee Websites. Examples include Houston's Blue Book (one of the grandfather's of Web-based service locators), New Mexico's First Appointment service guide, and Los Angeles County's map-based service finder. Check these resources out in the TARGET Center Feature Article 
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Reauthorized
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program was reauthorized on October 30. The bill extends the Program for 4 years. Jeanne White-Ginder, Ryan's mother, stood by President Obama as he signed the legislation. See a video of the President’s comments about the legacy of Ryan White as he reauthorized the landmark bill that helps provide medical treatment to more than half a million Americans living with HIV/AIDS.
Face of Ryan White: Detroit, Colorado, and NQC Quality Champions
Detroit Community Health Connection
For 20 years, Detroit Community Health Connection has provided primary medical care to the city’s underserved through five clinic sites. The Michigan Citizen recently featured an article on the organization’s roots and current work, funded by HRSA’s Health Center Program and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. Learn more by viewing the photo on the TARGET Center homepage.
Mountain Plains AETC
Jeffrey Kwong, MS, MPH, APRN-BC, ACRN coordinates clinical education for the Mountain Plains AETC, one of Ryan White’s regional sites that trains clinicians in HIV/AIDS care. He helps develop their educational materials and coordinates monthly clinical trainings for an eight-state region. Jeffrey also delivers HIV care at the University of Colorado’s Infectious Disease Group Practice. Learn more about Jeffrey’s work in the AETC Network News.
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NQC Quality Champions
Also featured on the TARGET Center homepage are photos of the 2009 winners of the National Quality Center’s (NQC) Quality of Care Awards.
Interested in nominating a program or consumer as a “Face of Ryan White” on the TARGET Center Website?
Register Now for RDR/RSR Western Regional Training: November 18-20, Scottsdale
Registration for the 2009 Ryan White Data Report (RDR) and Services Report (RSR) Western Regional Training in Scottsdale, AZ, taking place November 18-20, is now open to more than one person per grantee organization. More information about the trainings and how to register.
New Report Focuses on Peer Involvement
In February 2009, HRSA/HAB held a consultation meeting to examine the use of peers in HIV health care settings. A new report provides insights into the involvement of peers in HIV care.
The purpose of the meeting was to gain greater insight into the benefits and challenges of having peers on health care teams, to identify the major components of an ideal peer program, and to make recommendations regarding ways in which peer interventions can be funded and sustained within HIV systems of care. Participants included HRSA/HAB representatives, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grantees, researchers, technical assistance providers, health care professionals, program managers, and HIV-infected peers. Participants heard about the ways in which peers are being used in the fields of HIV, cancer, and diabetes to facilitate access to care, treatment, and health-related services. View the meeting summary, including recommendations to HRSA/HAB for future peer programs.
For additional information on peer involvement in HIV care
Web Conference on Patient Retention: December 2, 3:00 pm ET
Registration is open for the National Quality Center (NQC) Web conference on improving patient retention. The Web conference is scheduled for December 2, 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET. It was originally scheduled for November 12. Register now
SPNS Grantees Develop Strategies for Client-level Data
The latest issue of What’s Going on @ SPNS explores the challenges and advantages of using client-level data. As of January 2009, RW grantees began collecting client-level data as part of the requirements of the new Ryan White Services Report (RSR). Many Ryan White grantees and their providers are well prepared to collect client-level data and have been doing it for years, but others still have gaps to fill when it comes to readying their hardware and software systems for client-level data collection. The SPNS grantees featured in this bulletin are at various stages of IT capacity development and they offer different strategies for increasing capacity. View this issue.
New AETC Network News: Training Pharmacists, Enhancing Continuing Education Programs
The fall issue of AETC Network News features innovative programs carried out by the Midwest AETC’s performance sites to partner with pharmacists to improve the quality of HIV clinical services. Also featured is the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center (F/C AETC) efforts to increase audience interaction, gather essential demographics, and improve retention of data through the use of an audience response system (ARS) during many of its continuing medical education programs. View this issue.
Learn more about Sources of TA on clinical care, including AETC services.
Other News
Call to Action: White House Requests Public Input by November 13
In August, the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) launched a series of community discussions in 14 cities across the United States. In an effort to reach all Americans, ONAP also issued a "Call to Action: Americans Speak About HIV/AIDS" to encourage community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, schools, businesses, research institutions, and other groups to hold their own discussions and submit to the ONAP Website the strategic steps that could be taken in the Nation’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The ONAP Website will accept public input as part of the Call to Action through November 13, 2009. For more information on the Call to Action or to submit a recommendation for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
Flu Resources
Various resources addressing both H1N1 and seasonal flu are available for clinicians.
Now available is the revised Influenza Management Guide, 2009-2010. The Guide is developed by the National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center, UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, which is supported by HRSA/HAB.
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On October 21, CDC released updated interim recommendations, “HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents: Considerations for Clinicians Regarding 2009 H1N1 Influenza.”
For more information on H1N1 flu.
World AIDS Day: December 1, AIDS.Gov Conference Call November 17
World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1. The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day in 1988. The day provides governments, national AIDS programs, faith organizations, community organizations, and individuals with an opportunity to raise awareness and focus attention on the global AIDS epidemic. For more information and resources.
In advance of World AIDS Day, on November 17, 2:30-4:00 pm ET, AIDS.gov is hosting a World AIDS Day conference call for Federal staff and grantees. The call will provide a brief update on the state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. along with an overview of the global epidemic. Participants will have a chance to ask the following representatives about Federal HIV/AIDS programs:
- Dr. Howard Koh, HHS;
- Christopher Bates, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy;
- Ambassador Eric Goosby, PEPFAR;
- Dr. Kevin Fenton, CDC;
- David Vos, HUD;
- Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson, HRSA;
- Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, NIH/NIAID;
- Beverly Watts Davis, SAMHSA; and
- Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, VA.
Participants must register for the call by November 15. Participation is limited. For more information and to register.:
CDC’s Prevention IS Care Campaign
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched the Prevention IS Care campaign. Research shows that persons living with HIV often adopt healthy behaviors after their initial diagnosis but many revert back to risky behaviors after a period of time, putting their health and the health of others at risk.
Ongoing, brief prevention counseling is a cost-effective measure that can be incorporated into routine care for individuals living with HIV. Prevention IS Care includes tools for medical care providers to use on a daily basis with their patients who are living with HIV. The campaign includes continuing education opportunities for medical care providers to update and add depth to their knowledge and skills. Informational posters and brochures targeting patients are also available. Find out more.
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