HAB INFORMATION E-MAIL
Volume 11, Issue 13
June 19, 2008
HRSA/HAB NEWS
- Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Meeting
Update: Workshops Selected, TA on Planning
Sessions
- Connecting to Care Workbooks Available
in English and Spanish
- Web Conference on HIPPA and Data Sharing:
June 26, 2:00 3:00 pm ET
- Webcast on CAREWare New Performance
Measures Module: June 20, 1:00 - 2:30
pm ET
- Wyoming AETC Featured as Face of Ryan
White on TARGET Center
- NQC TA Call on Increasing Patient Show
Rates: June 25, 3:00 pm ET
OTHER NEWS
- New Issue of mental health AIDS
Addresses Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions,
Stress Management Interventions
- Spanish Language Website, infoSIDA,
Redesigned
- Satellite Broadcast on Health Implications
of Caregiving: June 25, 1:00 2:30
pm ET
- HIVMA Awards Two Minority Clinical Fellowships
HRSA/HAB NEWS
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Meeting Update:
Workshops Selected, TA on Planning Sessions
The 2008 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Meeting
will be held August 25-28, 2008 in Washington,
DC. Many thanks to everyone who submitted
abstracts for workshops. We received over
260 abstracts. Many of the proposed workshops
have been combined based on topic. We anticipate
that seven institutes and 180 workshops
will be conducted during the meeting. Popular
topics include: quality, data, collaboration
and linkages, and cultural competency.
For those of you who will be presenting
workshops at the meeting, tips for preparing
workshops are available. These cover the
next steps for planning workshops that were
accepted for presentation. The tips are
available as the Featured Resource
on the TARGET
Center home.
More
information on the conference is available.
Connecting to Care Workbooks
Available in English and Spanish
Connecting to Care workbooks
are now available in both English and Spanish
on CD-ROM. The workbooks are a collection
of 42 methodologies to link people living
with HIV to appropriate and continuous medical
care. Included are interventions that specifically
address the needs of individuals currently
or formerly incarcerated and those living
in rural communities. To request copies,
send an email to < connectingtocare@aidsaction.org
>.
The Connecting to Care initiative
is carried out by the AIDS Action Foundation
with support from HRSA/HAB. For more information
on the project go to the Sources of TA page
on the TARGET
Center.
Web Conference on HIPPA and Data Sharing:
June 26, 2:00 3:00 pm ET
Registration is now open for the web
conference, HIPAA and Data Sharing,
scheduled for Thursday, June 26 at 2:00
pm ET. This is the first in an occasional
series of web conferences addressing common
data challenges faced by Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program grantees. This web conference will
focus on HIPAA regulations and their impact
on data sharing practices such as data collection,
data management, and RDR data reporting.
This webcast is presented by the Ryan White
Data TA Cooperative Agreement. To register,
and to download
accompanying materials.
Webcast on CAREWare New Performance
Measures Module: June 20, 1:00 - 2:30 pm
ET
A webcast on the new performance measures
module for CAREWare will take place on Friday,
June 20, 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET. Space is limited
but if this training reaches capacity, another
webcast on the topic will be scheduled in
the future. To register, go to the following
link.
Wyoming AETC Featured as Face of Ryan
White on TARGET Center
The Wyoming AETC is the latest Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Program grantee featured
in a photo on the TARGET Center. Clinical
training for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
grantees in the upper Midwestern region
of the U.S. is delivered via the Mountain
Plains AETC, including the Wyoming AETC
local performance site. See their photo
and learn more about the program.
Interested in getting your program featured
as a Face of Ryan White? Submit a photo
and a brief summary of a resource (e.g.
protocol, program innovation) from which
other Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grantees
could benefit. Submit.
NQC TA Call on Increasing Patient Show
Rates: June 25, 3:00 pm ET
The next NQC TA call, "Patient
Show Rates: How Do We Make a Difference?
will take place on June 25, 3:00 pm ET.
The learning objectives for this intermediate-level
TA call include: 1) understanding the patient-level
and system-level factors associated with
patient show rates for appointments; 2)
learning how to use your data to target
and initiate improvement efforts to improve
continuity of care; and 3) learning successful
strategies from the field to access resources
and literature for evidence-based strategies.
Space is limited, so register
now.
After you register, you will receive a confirmation
e-mail with the call-in number for the meeting
and instructions for logging on to the Webex
Internet session.
The National Quality Center is funded by
HRSA/HAB to provide technical assistance
on quality improvement to grantees of all
Parts. For more information on the National
Quality Center or to request on-site technical
assistance.
OTHER NEWS
New Issue of mental health AIDS
Addresses Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions,
Stress Management Interventions
The summer 2008 issue of "mental health
AIDS" focuses on research on HIV-related
cognitive-behavioral interventions and their
interface with stress management interventions.
In a relatively short period of time, several
major reviews and meta-analyses have been
published of interest to practicing clinicians
who offer cognitive-behavioral interventions,
stress management interventions, and cognitive-behavioral
stress management interventions to people
living with HIV. This issue highlights the
considerable promise of these interventions
when employed with this population as well
as limitations in the research conducted
to demonstrate their utility and in the
approaches themselves.
"Mental health AIDS," a quarterly
biopsychosocial research update on HIV and
mental health, is sponsored by the Center
for Mental Health Services of the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
It is available.
Spanish Language Website, infoSIDA, Redesigned
infoSIDA has launched a new and improved
home page design. infoSIDA is the Spanish-language
sister site of AIDSinfo and offers information
about HIV treatment and clinical trials.
All content is available in Spanish and
created specifically for patients. The site
offers patient-level fact sheets, clinical
trial information, a glossary of HIV-related
terms, and much more. infoSIDA al
instante, a Spanish-language e-newsletter,
is also available. Additionally, Spanish-speaking
health information specialists are available
to answer questions by phone at 800/448-0440
(M-F, 12-5 pm), online via Live Help (M-F,
12-4 pm), or by e-mail. Visit the redesigned
website.
Satellite Broadcast on Health Implications
of Caregiving: June 25, 1:00 2:30
pm ET
A satellite broadcast, Health
Implications of Caregiving, is designed
to address the challenges facing caregivers
in managing their own health and highlight
various resources in response to those needs.
The broadcast will take place Wednesday,
June 25, 1:00 2:30 pm ET. The goal
of this broadcast is to provide caregivers
and providers with information on the impact
caregiving can have on health, self-care
tips, approaches taken by several organizations
to support family, caregivers and to spotlight
several innovative programs that encourage
caregivers to care more for their own health.
The broadcast is sponsored by the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),
in partnership with the New Freedom Initiative
(NFI) Subcommittee on Caregiving. For more
information and to register
as a viewing.
HIVMA Awards Two Minority Clinical Fellowships
The HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA)
has awarded two Minority Clinical Fellowships.
The HIVMA Minority Fellowship recipients
will begin their one-year fellowships in
July. The fellowships provide each recipient
a stipend plus benefits for one year as
well as financial support for the fellows
mentor. Recipients work with HIVMA mentors
at institutions serving large minority populations
where they receive clinical training while
continuously managing HIV-infected patients
in hospitals and clinics.
Damaris Olagundoye, MD, who is finishing
a residency in obstetrics and gynecology,
will focus on HIV and pregnancy and reducing
rates of transmission to the fetus. She
will receive mentoring and clinical instruction
from Stephen Raffanti, MD, at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center and the Comprehensive
Care Center (CCC), one of the largest free-standing
HIV clinics in the country, both in Nashville.
Veronica Ayala-Sims, MD is finishing a combined
residency in internal medicine and pediatrics
at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
She will complete her fellowship with Daniel
Nixon, DO, PhD, at VCU.
For more
information on the awards.
In addition to the resources listed above,
dont forget to check out these other
HAB resources, which are updated regularly.
TARGET
Center, Central Source for Ryan White TA
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