East Bay AETC

The East Bay AETC, under the direction of Kathleen Clanon, MD, is federally funded through the Ryan White CARE Act to provide HIV/AIDS training and education to healthcare providers in California's Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties. The East Bay AETC provides trainings, mini-residency placement, clinical consultations and capacity buidling for providers, CBOs, and jails.

For more information about the East Bay AETC, please contact Shailey Merchant Klinedinst, Training Manager, at 510-835-3700 ext 119 or Emily Matthewson, Training Coordinator, at 510-835-3700 ext 103 or ebaetc at jba-cht.com.

• Training and Capacity Building

 

• For Jails & CBOs Working with Former Inmates

 

• Rapid Testing in L&D

 

• Routine HIV Testing

 

• Resources

 

 

Training and Capacity Building

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The East Bay AETC has been re-funded for another 5 years (July 2010-June 2015)!

Over the next five years we are funded to:

• Expand the number and ability of HIV clinicians serving most at-risk populations (MARPs) to provide high quality HIV care, testing and early diagnosis with improved knowledge and skills.
• Provide trainings and other support activities for high-volume HIV care specialists to maintain high quality skills.
• Mini-residencies for "hands on" clinical experiences for clinicians who want to learn more about the diagnosis, early management, and ongoing treatment of HIV.
• Provide longitudinal capacity building and training to HIV care sites to improve engagement and retention in care for HIV-infected patients.
• Provide training and capacity building to support expanded HIV testing and linkages to care with non-HIV care sites

To request training or capacity building, contact Shailey Merchant Klinedinst, Training Manager, at 510-835-3700 ext 119 or merchant at jba-cht.com.

Mini-residencies are "hands on" clinical experiences for clinicians who want to learn more about the diagnosis, early management, and ongoing treatment of HIV. Lectures, seminars, and small group discussions enhance the clinical experience. Each mini-residency is structured to meet the unique needs of the individual participant based on his or her experience, background, and time available.

ACMC Mini-Residency

The East Bay AETC's HIV Care Mini-Residency at ACMC is designed for physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and mid-level providers involved in the care of HIV+ patients. Participants have the opportunity to participate in direct patient care at Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland. The program is free and participants may earn up to 12.0 continuing medical education credits. The goal of the program is to develop clinical competence in providing care for HIV+ patients. Training includes didactic and observational experience, chart reviews, and case conferences.

To register, download the registration form (when it becomes available here) and email us at ebaetc at jba-cht.com or call our registration line at 510-835-3795, extension 121.

For Jails & CBOs Working with Recently-Released HIV+ Patients

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Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI )Project:

The East Bay, UC Davis and UCSF San Francisco Area AIDS Education Training Centers (AETCs) have a joint, collaborative 5-year regional Jail HIV Strategy Project, targeting county jail and community-based health care providers serving incarcerated and recently-released HIV+ patients in the counties served by these three northern California areas including Alameda County. The focus of the project is on improving linkage to care, transitional care and the continuity of care for HIV+ patients who cycle through and between county jails, community clinic referral sites, and state prisons, with the jail at the center of the link between the community and prison.

We can offer:

• Training for providers (by experts in the field) around HIV care and management of the disease; HIV testing; streamlining care.
• Provide technical assistance and capacity building to assist with HIV+ inmates transition out of jail into care
• Serve as facilitator in bringing together jail providers, CBO, Clinics, etc interested in transitional care and the continuity of care for HIV+

Rapid Testing in L&D

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Perinatal transmission of HIV is almost 99% preventable. However, women in California continue to present to labor & delivery units with undocumented HIV status; if they are HIV positive, they are putting their child at risk for HIV infection. Women who have not received prenatal care or were not offered HIV testing are at risk for transmitting HIV to their infants. Rapid testing on L&D (RTLD) provides a safety net for identifying HIV positive women and, therefore, ensuring that the hospital provides care that will lower the risk of perinatal transmission. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the State Office of AIDS, the Northern California RTLD Project assists hospitals with implementation of HIV rapid testing on labor and delivery units. The project also provides training and technical assistance to prenatal providers in California.

To request free training or technical assistance, please contact Amanda Newstetter at 510-835-3700 ext. 127 or newstetter at jba-cht.com

What We Can Offer

Technical assistance support and training activities are custom-tailored to each site, and may include any of the following:

• Sample policies, procedures, protocols, and forms used for conducting rapid testing in labor and delivery
• Information on currently available rapid testing technologies (cost, methods, sensitivity, specificity)
• Current recommendation for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV infected women
• Resources and background materials that support the need for and efforts to identify HIV status in laboring women
• Technical advice on applying to CDHS Lab Field Services for approval to offer HIV rapid testing
• Training and consultation for staff on issues related to:
  • Implementation: e.g. initiating the HIV testing discussing with laboring women; gaining consent; laboratory procedures; how and when results are given; medications protocols for HIV medications to administer in L&D and postpartum.
  • Staff concerns related to systems changes, additional and new tasks, and identifying and working with HIV-infect women.
• Information on the National Perinatal HIV Consultation and Referral Service.

Routine HIV Testing

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In 2006 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began recommending routine HIV testing: All people between 13 and 64 years old should receive at least one HIV test. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the East Bay AETC is helping community health clinics implement routine HIV testing. In our work with health clinics and our partnership with training sites across the nation, we have developed a variety of resources.

To request training or technical assistance, please contact Shailey Merchant Klinedinst at 510-835-3700 ext. 119 or merchant at jba-cht.com

Resources

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Pacific AETC

www.ucsf.edu/paetc

National Clinicians Consultation Center

www.ucsf.edu/hivcntr

Warmline - National HIV Telephone Consultation Service

1-800-933-3413

PEPline - National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline

1-888-HIV-4911

Perinatal HIV Hotline - National Perinatal HIV Consultation and Referral Service

1-888-448-8765

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