Resources

Community Health Centers

 

• Integrating HIV Screening into Routine Primary Care: A Health Center Model National Association of Community Health Centers
  www.aids-ed.org/aidsetc?page=etres-display&resource=etres-426

Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy

 

• Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy on Risk of Sexual Transmission of HIV Infection and Superinfection
  www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/treatment/resources/factsheets/art.htm

Emergency Departments

 

• Formative Research of HIV Testing Practices in Emergency Rooms in Austin, Texas (PDF 135KB)
• HIV Testing in Emergency Departments: A Practical Guide www.edhivtestguide.org/
• Emergency Department-Based HIV Testing: Facilitators and Barriers (PDF 33KB)
• Emergency Departments Should Consider Rapid HIV Testing in Routine Medical Services (PDF 21KB)
• Characteristics Used by Physicians to Identify Patients for HIV Testing in the ED as a Part of a Diagnostic Testing Model (PDF 179KB)
• HHC Rapid HIV Testing in the ED Project: Patient Flow Chart (PDF 539KB)
• Rapid HIV Testing in ED: A CME Accredited Resource (PDF 2.0MB)
• Rapid HIV testing in Emergency Departments (PDF 75KB)
• Formative Research of HIV Testing Practices in Emergency Rooms in Austin, Texas (PDF 135KB)
• Routine HIV Testing Program at Ben Taub Hospital Celebrates One-Year Anniversary (PDF 32KB)

General Information

 

• Expanding the Availability and Acceptance of Voluntary HIV Testing: Fundamental Principle to Guide Implementation (PDF 45KB)
• Opt-Out Testing for HIV in the US: Progress and Challenges (PDF 205KB)
• HIV Screening in Health Care Settings: Public Health and Civil Liberties in Conflict? (PDF 56KB)
• Survey Brief: Views and Experiences with HIV Testing in the U.S.
  www.kff.org/hivaids/7926.cfm
• Updated Fact Sheet: HIV Testing in the United States
  www.kff.org/hivaids/6094.cfm
• Can Increasing Awareness of HIV Seropositivity Reduce Infections by 50% in the United States?
  journals.lww.com/jaids/Fulltext/2007/03010/...
• It Is Time to Implement Routine, Not Risk-Based, HIV Testing (PDF 65KB)

Act Against AIDS

• Act Against AIDS is a multi-year, multi-faceted communication campaign that is being planned and released in phases. Each phase, with its own unique objectives and target audiences, will utilize mass media and direct-to-consumer communication channels to deliver important HIV prevention messages in a manner designed to be compelling, credible, and relevant. Some campaign phases will influence knowledge and information-seeking behaviors, while other phases will influence complex prevention and testing behaviors.
  www.cdc.gov/nineandahalfminutes/resources.html

Routine Testing for HIV/AIDS in Texas

• Policy Brief prepared by The Institute for Health Policy The University of Texas School of Public Health
  www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/uploadedFiles/Centers/IHP/Policy%20Brief%20-%20Routine%20Testing%20for%20HIV-AIDS%20in%20Texas.pdf

HIV and the Law

 

• Texas HIV Testing Laws 2008 (PDF 835KB)
• Texas Pediatric HIV Testing Law (PDF 41KB)
• Texas HIV Opt-Out Testing (PDF 285KB)
• Texas Law and HIV (PDF 274KB)

HIV in Texas

 

• Texas Integrated Epidemiologic Profile for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Services Planning (PDF 769KB)
• Texas HIV/STD Surveillance Report: 2007 Annual Report
  www.dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/stats/pdf/surv_2007.pdf

HIV Testing and Special Populations

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• Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Screening in Patients Older than 55 Years of Age (PDF 230KB)
• HIV Screening Among People Ages 55 and Older (PDF 16KB)
• Survey Brief: Views and Experiences with HIV Testing Among African Americans in the U.S.
  www.kff.org/hivaids/7927.cfm
• Rapid HIV Testing Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Men at Gay Pride Events (PDF 57KB)

Laboratory and Testing

 

• Residency Program Solutions Office Laboratory Medicine (PDF 99KB)
• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments www.cms.hhs.gov/clia/01_overview.asp

Perinatal HIV, Labor and Delivery

 

• Rapid HIV Testing In Labor and Delivery Unit (PDF 32KB)
• New Texas law for HIV testing pregnant women and infants (PDF 164KB)
• Prenatal and Perinatal HIV Testing: Expanded Recommendations (PDF 479KB)

Post Diagnostic Support Services in Texas

 

• Texas Department of State Health Services, HIV/STD Services in Texas, including treatment resources for persons living with HIV, alphabetical listing by city, www.dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/services/service.shtm
• The 2009 Services Handbook: A Guide to HIV & AIDS Services in the North Texas Area
  The 2009 Services Handbook is designed as a guide to help find information about organizations and services for people living with HIV and AIDS in Dallas County and surrounding areas. The 'Getting Started' section of this guide provides a better understanding of the help that is available and how to access services including who to call.
  www.rcdallas.org/include/2009%20hiv%20services%20handbook.pdf
• CDC Referrals 1-800-CDC-INFO (1800-232-4636). This CDC information resource can provide information on locations where HIV testing is performed as well as information on local clinic and health centers where HIV treatment is available.
• Houston Resource Guide: The Blue Book, www.rwpc.org/Blue_Book/08-09/08-09_blue_book_MAIN.htm

Primary Care

 

Integrating HIV Screening into Routine Primary Care: A Health Center Model
Author: Cheryl Modica, PhD, MPH, BSN
Source: National Association of Community Health Centers
Date: 01/14/2009

• www.aidsetc.org/aidsetc?page=etres-display&resource=etres-426

Health Centers: A Health Home for Patients

• PowerPoint (PDF 671KB)

Rapid HIV Testing

 

• Adoption of Rapid Testing in Hospitals (PDF 72KB)
• Implementing Rapid HIV Testing (PDF 1.06MB)
• Outcomes of Offering Rapid POC HIV Testing in a STD Clinic (PDF 82KB)
• Considering Whether to Implement a Rapid Testing Program Using Rapid HIV Testing Technology: A Self-Assessment for Agencies (PDF 114KB)
• Improving Identification of Patients Infected with HIV Using rapid testing in the ED: A Systems-Based Approach (PDF 44KB)

Referrals and Resources

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AIDS Education and Training Center

• www.aidsetc.org/aidsetc?page=et-30-35

National Clinician’s Consultation Center

Warmline
National HIV Telephone Consultation Service 1-800-933-3413
The National HIV Telephone Consultation Service (Warmline) offers physicians and other health care providers up-to-the-minute HIV clinical information, and individualized expert case consultation across the broad range of clinical HIV/AIDS problems. The Warmline is staffed by clinicians experienced in HIV care who can help you provide the best possible care to your HIV-positive patients.

PEPline
National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline 1-888-HIV-4911
The National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (PEPline) offers treating clinicians up-to-the-minute advice on managing occupational exposures (i. e., needlesticks, splashes, etc.) to HIV, hepatitis and other blood-borne pathogens.

Perinatal HIV Hotline
National Perinatal HIV Consultation and Referral Service 1-888-448-8765
The National Perinatal HIV Consultation and Referral Service offers healthcare providers around-the-clock advise on testing and care of HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants and provides referral to HIV specialists and regional resources.

The Perinatal HIV Hotline (888-448-8765) and the PEPline (888-448-4911) are both available 24 hours, seven days per week. The Warmline (800-933-3413) is available 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST) Monday through Friday. All consultations are free and confidential.

CDC Referrals 1-800-CDC-INFO (1800-232-4636)

This CDC information resource can provide information on locations where HIV testing is performed as well as information on local clinic and health centers where HIV treatment is available.

Texas Department of State Health Services

• HIV/STD Services in Texas, alphabetical listing by city www.dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/services/service.shtm

National HIV TESTING Resources

• www.hivtest.org, easy to use web site for HIV testing sites and possible sources of referrals for treatment.

New York City Department of Health and Hygiene

• Referral to Specialty Care Form www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/csi/hivtestkit-clin-referral.pdf

The Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC)

• Resources and References for Routine HIV Testing in Health Care Settings Manual, January 2009 www.sfaetc.ucsf.edu/resources/PDF/TESTINGBINDERMarch09.pdf

Referral Resources for HIV in Texas DSHS

• Texas HIV/STD Community Resource Directory May 2007 Edition (PDF 421KB)

Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center

• The primary goal of the AETC is to improve the treatment, management, diagnosis, and counseling for individuals with HIV/AIDS 214-590-2181
  www.aidseducation.org

Texas HIV Connection

• The Texas HIV Connection is dedicated to decreasing substance abuse and HIV disease by increasing awareness, education, personal involvement and participation in the prevention of these and other related diseases. 877-287-1533. For a listing of upcoming trainings, please visit:
  www.hivconnection.org/calendar.html

U.S. - Mexico Border HIV/AIDS Resource Directory

• www.AETCBorderHealth.org

Reimbursement and Coding

 

• Coding for HIV and Aids (PDF 23KB)
• ICD Coding for HIV and AIDS (PDF 20KB)
• Kaiser Commission Key Fact: Citizen Documentation in Medicaid (PDF 123KB)
• Coding guidelines for routine HIV testing in health care settings

Stigma/AIDS Exceptionalism

 

• New Survey Finds Less Than a Year After CDC Announced the U.S. HIV Epidemic is Much Larger Than Previously Thought, Public’s Sense of Urgency is Down, Even Among Some Higher Risk Groups
  www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/posr042809pkg.cfm

Signage

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• Harris County Hospital District signage to notify patients of possible HIV testing posted in each registration clerk area, throughout the general seating areas and near where the blood is drawn. (PDF 25KB)

Test to Treat

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• Universal Voluntary HIV Testing and Immediate Antiretroviral Therapy as a Strategy for Elimination of HIV Transmission: a Mathematical Model (PDF 276KB)
• Universal Voluntary HIV Testing and Immediate Antiretroviral Therapy, comments (PDF 142KB)
• Universal Voluntary testing and Treatment for Prevention of HIV Transmission (PDF 112KB)