AETC National Resource Center Biweekly Update: November 13, 2009

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AETC National Resource Center Biweekly Update: November 13, 2009

Date: 11/13/2009

New and Updated Resources

	HIV Clinician: Malignancies in HIV- Fall 2009 issue [PDF] Source: Delta Region AETC Note: The Fall issue is a special themed issue concerning Malignancies in HIV. There are articles on Kaposi sarcoma, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, HPV-related cancers, nursing support for cancer patients, Non-AIDS related malignancies, and drug-drug interactions of chemotherapy with HAART.

	AETC Network News - Fall 2009 [PDF] Source: AETC National Resource Center Date: 10/2009 Note: Features Mountain Plains Trainer Jeffrey Kwong, MATEC's HIV training for pharmacists, and Florida/Caribbean's Audience Response System.

	AETC Network News: Evaluation Spotlight - Winter 2009 [PDF] Source: nec Note: Features newly re-designed AETC National Evaluation's website and South East AETC's faculty mentoring project.

	AETC Directory: 2009 Edition [PDF] Source: AETC National Resource Center Date: 11/2009 Note: The 2009 AETC Directory provides information on the 11 regional AETCs and their local performance sites, the four national AETCs, and the International Training and Education Center on HIV. The Directory is indexed by state, university, and faculty/staff name.

	What Women Need to Know: The HIV Treatment Guidelines for Pregnant Women [Online] Author: Elaine Gross, RN, MS, CNS-C Source: François Xavier Bagnoud Center at UMDNJ Date: 2009 Note: Using a question and answer format, this booklet provides information for pregnant women with HIV infection. It is a consumer guide to the Public Health Service Task Force Recommendations for the 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. Written at a 7th grade reading level.

Other

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 at: http://careacttarget.org

	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 at: http://www.aidsetc.org/pdf/about/aetc-fall09.pdf

	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. Homepage website: http://careacttarget.org

Conferences/Trainings

Workshop: Eliminate Perinatal HIV Transmission

Location: Columbus, Ohio
Date: Friday, November 20th

Note: Workshop on using rapid HIV tests to eliminate perinatal HIV transmission, which will take place on Friday, November 20, at the Holiday Inn Columbus-Worthington in Worthington, OH. Interested members are requested to forward this information on to any hospital contacts, colleagues, listservs, Web sites, or newsletters you think may benefit by hearing about and attending the workshop. Target audience includes hospital staff from labor and delivery, nursery, emergency, laboratory, infectious disease, and pharmacy. This one-day workshop is FREE and FREE CEUs are available! Registration forms are now due by Friday, November 13th.

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