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 AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETCs)

International (I-TECH)
             Training and Education Center to promote activities that increase human capacity for providing HIV/AIDS care and support in countries and regions hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic.

National Minority
             An HIV resource center headquartered at Howard University in Washington, D.C. with additional sites at Historically Black Institutions. Offers a preceptorship program to train and educate health care providers who treat minority patients with HIV/AIDS.

National Resource Center
             Provides education and training resources for the regional AETCs to support their mission to offer timely, high quality, state-of-the-art information to healthcare professionals working with existing and emerging populations affected by HIV.

Regional Centers
             HIV resource centers for health care providers. A source for lists of educational programs and materials.

  Delta Region - AR, LA, MS
  Florida / Caribbean / Puerto Rico - includes US Virgin Islands
  Midwest - IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, WI
  Mountain Plains - CO, KS, ND, NE, NM, SD, UT, WY
  New England - CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
  New York and New Jersey
  Northwest - AK, ID, MT, OR, WA
  Pacific - AZ, CA, HI, NV
  Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic - DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV
  Southeast - AL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN
  Texas and Oklahoma


 Cultural and Gender Resources

A Guide to the Clinical Care of Women with HIV
             A manual addressing the primary care needs unique to women with HIV infection. This guide (Inventory Code: HAB00208)
can be ordered free of charge on the HRSA website.
Health Resources and Services Administration

Care of Women Living with HIV in Limited-Resource Settings
             A series of tutorials designed to provide health care professionals with the technical knowledge needed to provide high quality health care services to women with HIV/AIDS and to train other health care professionals.
Department of Health and Human Services and USAID

Guidance for Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data in Clinical Trials For FDA Regulated Products
             FDA DRAFT Guidance for Industry to recommend categories for collecting effectiveness and safety data during
clinical trials for ethnic and racial demographic groups.
Food and Drug Administration

HIV, AIDS, and Older People
             Information about HIV and AIDS for older people.
National Institute on Aging

          Additional information selected by The National Library of Medicine
          can be found on the following web pages:

HIV/AIDS and Minorities
             NLM - Specialized Information Services


 Management of HIV Complications

Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic - - United States, 2003
             CDC initiative aimed at reducing the number of new infections caused by HIV each year in the United States.
CDC MMWR, April 18, 2003

CDC Recommendations Against the Use of Rifampin and Pyrazinamide for Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
             New information regarding treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in HIV-infected Individuals.
CDC MMWR, August 8, 2003

Clinician's Guide to HIV/HCV Co-Infection
             A pocket-sized reference for clinicians on HIV/HCV co-infection, covering HCV screening and evaluation, HIV/HCV treatment in co-infected patients, and suggestions for patient education.
Center of Excellence, Mountain Plains AETC

Incorporating HIV Prevention into the Medical Care of Persons Living with HIV
             Guidelines for health care providers discussing how to incorporate HIV prevention messages into the routine medical care of HIV-infected patients.
CDC, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Institutes of Health and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Training Slides for the November 2001 Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections
             Training slides for the management of opportunistic infections.
AETC National Resource Center at the Johns Hopkins University

Tuberculosis Update - Slide Set
             Updated presentation from the Pacific/NW faculty development conference. 46 slides.
Pacific AETC


 Maternal-Child Transmission

Cardiac Differences in Infants Born to HIV-Positive Mothers May Persist — Effects Based on Child's Infection Status
             Results from a five-year, multicenter study indicating that children born to HIV-positive mothers have hearts that are larger than those of children born to healthy mothers and that may not pump as effectively.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Women
             Slide Series (available in PDF and PowerPoint formats) of HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Women through 2001.
CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention

Mother-to-Infant HIV Transmission Rate Less Than 2% in Phase III Perinatal Trial
             Data on PACTG 316 designed to evaluate whether adding nevirapine to standard regimens would have any extra benefit in reducing mother-to-infant transmission.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Nevirapine Sustains Advantage Over AZT During Breastfeeding Period
             Results of a study of infants who, along with their mothers, received NVP soon after birth rather than being treated with AZT.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Preventing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV - Poster [PDF]
             Poster intended for clinic settings in the U.S. It covers the full spectrum of issues, from baseline assessment to postpartum interventions.
MidAtlantic AETC

Preventing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV [PDF]
             Newly updated summary of the federally approved HIV treatment guidelines designed to be laminated and placed on a 5" x 8" pocket card.
François-Xavier Bagnoud Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Testing during Labor and Delivery for Women of Unknown HIV Status: A Practical Guide and Model Protocol
             CDC protocol designed to offer guidance to health care workers who are planning and implementing a rapid HIV testing program for pregnant women of unknown HIV status during labor and delivery.
CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention

Successful Implementation of Perinatal HIV Prevention Guidelines
             A multistate surveillance evaluation.
CDC MMWR, May 2001


 Portals/News Reports

National Library of Medicine AIDS Portal
             A collection of links to a wide variety of resources for patients, health care providers and researchers. Includes links to information en Español.
National Library of Medicine

          Additional information selected by The National Library of Medicine
          can be found on the following web pages:

HIV/AIDS News, Newsletters, Newsgroups
             NLM - Specialized Information Services


 Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: Non-Occupational

Preventive Therapy for Non-Occupational Exposures to HIV
             Fact sheet discussing preventive therapy for non-occupational exposures to HIV.
CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention


 Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: Occupational

Exposure to Blood: What Health-Care Workers Need to Know
             A booklet discussing how to handle occupational exposures.
CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases

National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (PEPline)
             As part of the AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center, this center provides health care providers with a national resource to obtain timely and appropriate responses to clinical questions related to treatment of persons with HIV infection and/or possible health care worker exposure to HIV and other blood-borne pathogens.

    PEPline -- 1-888-HIV-4911
Telephone consultation for providers regarding postexposure prophylaxis, 24 hours/day.
National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center, UCSF

Surveillance of Health Care Personnel in U.S. with HIV/AIDS
             Surveillance of healthcare personnel in the United States with HIV/AIDS through December 31, 2001.
CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

Training Slides for the June 2001 U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV and HIV and recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
             Training slides for the management of occupational exposures.
National HIV Clinicians Consultation Center

UCLA Needlestick Web Site
             An interactive web site to help health care professionals make decisions about managing occupational exposures.
UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine


 Professional References

A Guide to Primary Care of People with HIV/AIDS
             Manual designed to provide practical information for the common questions that arise in the care of patients with HIV infection. Order CD-ROMs on the HRSA website.
Health Resources and Services Administration - HIV/AIDS Bureau

Antiretroviral Pocket Reference Cards for Clinicians
             Pocket-sized cards detailing all currently approved antiretroviral medication for adult and pediatric use are available for download from the Florida/Caribbean AETC web site. Printed copies can also be ordered on the Florida/Caribbean AETC web site.
Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center

Clinical Guide On Supportive And Palliative Care For People With HIV/AIDS
             Practical, experience-based advice and authoritative guidelines for clinicians in providing palliative and supportive services to their patients living with HIV/AIDS. Order free of charge on the HRSA website.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Clinical Management of the HIV-Infected Adult: A Manual For Midlevel Clinicians
             263-page manual covers broad range of primary care topics and HIV specialty care (03/2003).    [PDF 5700K]
Southeast AETC and MATEC

HIV/AIDS Prevention, Early Intervention, and Health Promotion: A Self-Study Module for the Primary Care Provider
             This interactive CD-ROM is a valuable tool covering the essential role of primary care providers in the HIV epidemic. Order CD-ROMs on the MPAETC Web site.
The Mountain-Plains AETC

Integrating Nutrition Therapy into Medical Management of HIV
             Supplement to Clinical Infectious Diseases

Sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Veterans Affairs

Pocket Guide to Adult HIV/AIDS Treatment
             Companion document to the Guide to Primary Care of People with HIV/AIDS.
Health Resources and Services Administration - HIV/AIDS Bureau

Technical Assistance Costing Tool (TACT)
             A resource to help clinicians and Health Care Organizations identify costs in providing HIV/AIDS care.
Health Resources and Services Administration

          Additional information selected by The National Library of Medicine
          can be found on the following web pages:

AIDS
             NLM - MEDLINEplus

HIV/AIDS Pictures/Diagrams
             NLM - Specialized Information Services

HIV/AIDS Treatment Information
             NLM - Specialized Information Services


 Treatment Consultation

National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center (Warmline)
             As part of the AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center, this center provides health care providers with a national resource to obtain timely and appropriate responses to clinical questions related to treatment of persons with HIV infection and/or possible health care worker exposure to HIV and other blood-borne pathogens.

    Warmline -- 1-800-933-3413
Telephone consultations for providers from 9 am to 8 pm Eastern time. Calls are answered by a multi-disciplinary team including physicians and pharmacists.
National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center, UCSF

Training Slides for the June 2003 Perinatal HIV Guidelines
             These slides cover the material in the updated guidelines and feature six case studies to assist trainers.
National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center at the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center, UMDNJ and AETC National Resource Center

Training Slides for the November 2003 Pediatric HIV Guidelines
             These slides cover the material in the latest release of the Pediatric guidelines.
AETC National Resource Center

Training Slides for the Updated March 2004 Adult and Adolescent HIV Guidelines
             These slides cover the material in the latest release of the Adult and Adolescent guidelines.
AETC National Resource Center
 
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