The guide covers retention strategies including enhancing the clinic environment, offering patient education, and focusing on patients' strengths for success in treatment. It is an important reference for clinicians and clinical staff to help retain HIV-infected patients in care. Included are practical tips and a "teaching tools" section for key examples of the skills-building strategies in action. (May 2011)

To download, order copies, or for more information please visit the Products page on the MPAETC website.

To download, order copies, or for more information please visit http://www.hivguidelines.org/clinical-guidelines/adolescents/transitioning-hiv-infected-adolescents-into-adult-care/

Note: This conference will be held on Saturday, August 13, 2011, in Atlanta, Georgia at the Atlanta Marriot Marquis Hotel. The conference aims to enhance understanding of how women's health and wellbeing are influenced by two highly-stigmatized and gendered national issues, HIV and violence against women. This event is intended for domestic violence, sexual assault, HIV/AIDS service providers, related social service providers, researchers, advocates, community educators, medical trainers, healthcare providers, and policy makers.

To register for this free event, please visit http://www.hvawc.org/

Note: If you missed the live program, "A Webinar Series on Women & HIV: Clinical Concepts from WHICC", held on June 22nd, The TX/OK AIDS Education & Training Center would like to invite you to take this opportunity to view the recorded sessions from this program. Clinicians attending will gain competencies in decreasing barriers for HIV testing, linkage to care, and retention in care for HIV infected minority women.

This is a free webinar series consisting of experts in the field of treating women with HIV, which will feature an interactive web-based approach to learning. The TX/OK AETC prepared this event in response to the needs of those agencies and providers who might have limited resources for travel, yet are eager to obtain the information.

Details and access to the recordings can be found on the event website .

Note: "AIDS at 30: The U.S. Epidemic" chronicles the thirty years since the first cases of a rare pneumonia found in young gay men were reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. This four minute video highlights landmarks in the history of AIDS from the discovery of the AIDS virus and the banning of Ryan White from attending school to the early twenty-first century when the CDC recommended AIDS testing for virtually every American.

To order a free DVD, please visit http://www.kff.org/hivaids/062111vid.cfm .

Note: The Affordable Care Act, landmark health legislation passed in 2010, created the National Prevention Council and called for the development of the National Prevention Strategy to realize the benefits of prevention for all Americans' health. The National Prevention Strategy is critical to the prevention focus of the Affordable Care Act and builds on the law's efforts to lower health care costs, improve the quality of care, and provide coverage options for the uninsured.