The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently launched a new web page providing details about the Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning (ECHPP) Project, which is a cornerstone of the larger HHS-wide 12 Cities Project.
The new page provides information on the three-year demonstration project funded by CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) for the 12 municipalities with the highest number of people living with AIDS in the United States. Executive summaries of the plans developed by each of the jurisdictions are also posted so you can read more about the methods the jurisdictions used in their planning and the interventions and audiences they prioritized as well as the methods proposed to better integrate HIV prevention, care and treatment. These examples may be helpful as you work within your organization or community to examine current HIV prevention activities and determine whether reprioritizing resources, interventions, audiences, or collaborations might yield better results.
As a substance abuse treatment provide, I will to know how I can incorporate AIDS/HIV services into my program. Where to get info and training if needed. Thanks. Anthony Olujimi, MD,MPH
Dr. Olujimi, thank you for your inquiry. Integrating HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services into substance abuse treatment is an important…
If you haven’t already done so, visit AIDS.gov’s page on Drug Use for some initial information and a listing of fact sheets, guidelines and additional resources. The page is located at http://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/prevention/reduce-your-risk/substance-abuse-use/. You might also be interested in some of our recent blog posts about behavioral health and HIV/AIDS (see http://blog.aids.gov/category/policy/samhsa)
As a healthcare provider, you might also wish to confer with the following federally-supported services specifically for health care providers:
Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center
University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work
1640 W. Roosevelt Road, Suite 511 (M/C 779)
Chicago, IL, 60608-1316
Email: matec@uic.edu
Phone: 312-996-1373
Fax: 312-413-4184
Web Site: http://www.matec.info
In addition, you can find out about other possibly relevant training and information resources available from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on their HIV/AIDS information page at http://www.samhsa.gov/hiv.
Finally, SAMHSA also supports a nationwide, multidisciplinary resource for professionals in the addictions treatment and recovery services field. There
Great Lakes Addictions Technology Transfer Center
University of Illinois at Chicago
Jane Addams College of Social Work
1640 W. Roosevelt Road, Ste 511
Chicago, Illinois 60608-1316
phone: (312) 996-1373
fax: (312) 413-1585
email: greatlakes@ATTCnetwork.org
Among the initiatives of the ATTC network is the Center for HIV, Hepatitis and Addiction Training and Technology (CHHATT). Learn more about its services at http://www.nattc.org/regcenters/c1.asp?rcid=2&content=CUSTOM1
For information on the entire ATTC network, visit http://www.attcnetwork.org/index.asp
We hope this information is helpful. Best wishes in your important work to integrate HIV/AIDS prevention, screening, and linkage to primary care into your substance abuse treatment work.
Hello Dr. Anthony Olujimi and AIDS.gov admin, my name Sanny Rizky Jatnika thanks for all information (and Link) above, recently we were collecting all information about HIV for small foundation in my village in Indonesia, thanks