Resources & Guidelines

Resources

*Resources are listed in alphabetical order and by the most current date.

Aging

• NEW! Graying of AIDS (January 2012)
• NEW! The HIV and Aging Consensus Project: Recommended Treatment Strategies for Clinicians Managing Older Patients with HIV - The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA) has released the first clinical treatment strategies for managing older HIV patients. (January 2012)

Antiretroviral Resources

• Treating HIV-infected People with Antiretrovirals Protects Partners from Infection (May 2011)

Conference Resources

• CROI Conference Review: 30 Years of HIV (March 2011)
• CROI 2010 Slides - Summary of conference now available!

Corrections

• NEW! Understanding State Departments of Health & Corrections Collaboration (November 2011) - The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), conducted a two-part survey assessment to:
  1. Understand the degree to which state health departments (HD) interact with state departments of corrections (DOC) regarding prevention, care and treatment of HIV and viral hepatitis in state correctional facilities; and
  2. Gather information concerning states’ awareness of any policies and practices that unjustly sanction the criminalization of exposure and/or transmission of HIV among persons living with HIV/AIDS. This endeavor aligns with the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) and its implementation plan, which provide a road map for reducing HIV/AIDS incidence in the U.S. through the scale-up of a range of meaningful interdisciplinary approaches.

Fact Sheets

• Ryan White Fact Sheet - provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation (November 2011)

Health Reform

• Health Reform Hits Main Street - Confused about how the new health reform law really works?   This short, animated movie - featuring the "You Toons" - explains the problems with the current health care system, the changes that are happening now, and the big changes coming in 2014. Written and produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation.  View it now!

Heart Disease Resources

• HIV & Your Heart - American Heart Association co-developed with the American Academy of HIV Medicine (March 2011)

Hepatitis Resources

• Opportune Time: Identifying and Managing HCV & HIV in Correctional Settings - Presented by: David Paar, MD & David Wohl,MD (May 2011)
• National Training Center for Integrating Hepatitis into HIV/STD Prevention Services

Influenza Resources

• Influenza Management Guide 2010-2011 - American Family Physician, A peer reviewed journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians. (November 2010)
• Special Considerations for HIV Patients(November 2010)

Lipodystrophy & Dyslipidemia

• HIV Associated Lipodystrophy & Dyslipidemia - Patient Education Tool (October 2011)
  • Spanish Version (October 2011)

HIV Testing & Screening Resources

• Implementation of Routine HIV Testing in Healthcare settings: Issues for Community Health Centers (April 2011)
• Interactive Tutorial on Routine HIV Screening in Health Care Settings from the Northwest AIDS Education & Training Center (NW AETC).  Provides 1.5 hours of free CME & CNE credit. (December 2010)
• Rapid Testing Approved (December 2010)
• HIV Testing & Screening Cost & Reimbursement Toolkit  The Health Research & Educational Trust, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, has produced a FREE downloadable toolkit on HIV testing and screening cost and reimbursement.  The package of tools helps providers that want to start or expand a routine HIV screening or diagnostic testing program.  The toolkit includes:
• A chart highlighting which payers reimburse for testing and screening
• A basic cost calculator to estimate expenses and revenue of a testing program
• A summary of key issues, questions and resources, including:
• Quality improvement ramifications
• Benefits of early diagnosis of infection
• Community benefit potential

            (December 2010)

• Change in Perinatal HIV Testing Law In effect (as of January 1, 2010)
  Changes to Texas Health and Safety Code, Section 81.090, made during the 81st Legislative Session by House Bill 1795 brought Texas Perinatal HIV Testing Requirements into harmony with CDC recommendations. In addition to testing required at the first prenatal visit, effective January 1, 2010. Texas law now requires a second test to be done during the third trimester, and upon admission to delivery, if no record of the third trimester HIV test is available. The law also provides for expedited HIV testing of infants at delivery, if a mothers results are not available.
• Testing and Pregnancy (August 2009)
• NASTAD Brief: CDC HIV Testing Initiative (March 2009)

Oral Health

• Oral Health Report Video from Special Health Resources for Texas - (December 2011)

Pediatric

• NEW! Guideline on HIV Disclosure Counselling for Children up to 12 Years of Age - Provided by the World Health Organization (January 2012)

Perinatal

• A Message to Health Care Professionals: Teen Pregnancy Video - The video features teens who speak out about how decreasing unintended pregnancy rates in the United States are still too high as every day over a thousand babies are born to teen mothers. Teens urge health care professionals across the nation to talk to their teen patients about pregnancy and contraception to help improve the lives of all young people. (November 2011)
• Text4Baby - The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) is launching text4baby, a free mobile information service that provides pregnant women and new moms with information to help them care for their health and give their babies the best possible start in life.  Women who sign up for the service by texting "BABY" to 511411 (or BEBE in Spanish), will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to their due date or baby's date of birth. 
• Change in Perinatal HIV Testing Law In effect (as of January 1, 2010)
  Changes to Texas Health and Safety Code, Section 81.090, made during the 81st Legislative Session by House Bill 1795 brought Texas Perinatal HIV Testing Requirements into harmony with CDC recommendations. In addition to testing required at the first prenatal visit, effective January 1, 2010. Texas law now requires a second test to be done during the third trimester, and upon admission to delivery, if no record of the third trimester HIV test is available. The law also provides for expedited HIV testing of infants at delivery, if a mothers results are not available.
• Testing and Pregnancy (August 2009)

TB Resources

• 16th Annual Conference, "International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Disease"Brochure - In February 2012, the International Union Against Tubercolosis and Lung Disease - North American Region will be holding this meeting in San Antonio, TX.
  • Pre-workshop on "Advances in the Diagnosis & Treatment of Tubercolosis" - In addition to the 16th Annual Conference (see above), the RTMCCs will be co-sponsoring this workshop. There is no fee for he pre-workshop, however registration is required. 
• Health Care Providers and TB Program Materials by Topic (March 2011)

Tools

• NEW! NCHHSTP Atlas - allows users to create maps, charts, and tables using HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted disease (STD) data collected by CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). (January 2012)

Transgender Health

• Center of Excellence for Transgender Health - Sexual Health of Transgender Patients (April 2011)

Youth

• HIV Among Youth Fact Sheet - CDC (December 2011)

Articles

*Organized by the title.

Essential Components of Effective HIV Care: A Policy Paper of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Ryan White Medical Providers Coalition (August 2011)

Treatment Guidelines

*Guidelines are organized by the most current date.

Adults & Adolescents

• "Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults & Adolescents" (October 2011)
• Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children (September 2009)

HBV, HCV, & HIV

• CDC: Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis (June 2001)

Occupational Exposures

• CDC: Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV & Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis (September 2005)

Pediatric

• Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection ( August 2010)

Perinatal

• Updated Perinatal Treatment Guidelines (May 2010)
• Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission in the United States (September 2011)

Primary Care

• Primary Care Guidelines for the Management of Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Recommendations of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (September 2004)

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