Welcome to the home page for the Mississippi Delta Region AIDS Education and Training Center.  The Delta Region AETC is a network of healthcare provider education centers established in 1988.  Federally and state funded to provide HIV/AIDS continuing education and information to physicians and to improve accessibility and quality of HIV/AIDS preventive and treatment services, the Delta Region AETC is headquartered at Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans with regional sites here at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas.

HIV/AIDS Statewide Data Network (includes new RW data entry forms)

Resource Center Administration  
Email: draetc@medicine.umsmed.edu

	Staff Members (<click for directory)
	Map to DRAETC-MS office
	MS DRAETC Consultation Program (Adobe Acrobat)  4 Consultation Request Form*
	4 Consultation Program, additional info (pages 2-4)*
	*You will need Adobe Acrobat to open these files. If you do not have Acrobat and would like to download it now, click here to go to Adobe's site to download & install it.)

Resource Center Trainings

	Training Programs Calendar
	Participant Information Form (PIF) and Training Needs Survey (form & instructions) 4  This is an annual HRSA requirement of participants attending all ETC programs or trainings  (only one per trainee each grant year is needed.  We can duplicate for subsequent trainings after the first per year). 4  This is a NEW form, for use starting 7/1/07 4  Please be sure not to omit answering question 1 on the PIF, as occasionally occurs. 4  Please print your name clearly on both pages & fax to 601-984-5777 after completing forms.
	Care and Management Overview of HIV Infection (course description) 4 Registration form (next date, May 8-9, 2008) 4 Agenda 4 Training location info* - Jackson Medical Mall Conference Center (map prints better than displays) 4 Please note the faxing/mailing information on the bottom of the registration form. 4 Confirmation of your registration will be e-mailed or faxed to you, therefore, please be sure to print this information clearly on your registration form. Thank you!
	Advanced HIV Clinical Training (course description) 4  A special invitation from DRAETC-MS Clinical Training Coordinator 4  Registration form* 4  Other pre-attendance requirements:  Pre-test survey*, ISS agreement* 4  Training location info* - Clinics at Jackson Medical Mall  (map prints better than displays)
	HIV Clinical forum & Continuum of Care Committee meeting, June 5, 2008 4 Registration form Registration deadline is 5/29. Continuum of Care committee members: please be sure to check the box near the bottom of this form to confirm attendance at the committee meeting also. 4 Agenda
	ARCHIVE of past training program documents/handouts 4  “Steering the Ship of Pregnancy and HIV” 4 "Quality Management in Provision of HIV/AIDS Care: A Current Overview HIV”
	*You will need Adobe Acrobat 4.0 or a later version, to open these files. If you do not have Acrobat and would like to download it now, click here to go to Adobe's site to download & install it.)

Local Community Resources

	Mississippi Directory of HIV/AIDS Service Agencies
	Mississippi Community Planning Group for HIV Prevention - 2007-2009 - Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan
	Mississippi Health Sciences Information Network (MisHIN)
	Mississippi Urban Research Center 4 The African American Prevention Interventional Network 4 High Impact Program
	UMC Continuing Education Programs
	JSU sponsored links: 4Global-World HIV/AIDS Alliance (GHAA; JSU is a partner) 4National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 4Southern Prevention Intervention Center of the African American Prevention Intervention Network 4Youths, Adolescents and Young Adults Center of the African American Prevention Intervention Network (YAYA/APIN)
	State Department of Health

	4 ADAP Drug Program, Patient Eligibility Sheet (revised 04/24/06, distributed 6/2/06))
	4Home based Program to provide home IV services to eligible persons - provider guidelines
	4HIV/STD Prevention and Education Department's 2008 Training Schedule & Application

State Agencies of Mississippi (compiled by the University of Mississippi)

Regional HIV/AIDS Resources

	from the Delta Region AIDS ETC, Regional Office, New Orleans, LA
	HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines Case Consultation Data/Statistic
	University of Alabama Birmingham Clinical Trials
	Community HIV Network of Memphis, TN (services, information, access to clinical trials)

Continuing Educational Courses

HIV eJournal Club

	HIV Resistance and the Importance of Adherance, animated  tutorial from John Hopkins
	HIVWebStudy  This site provides interactive, case-based modules related to the clinical care of HIV-infected persons.  Provided by the Northwest Aids Education & Training Center (AETC)
	Online Interactive Multimedia CME Program: Antiretroviral Drug Resistance and Sequencing: Mechanisms, Measurements and Management, from Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
	The National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers STD Case Series designed to provide continuing education for practitioners in primary health care, family medicine, emergency medicine and other specialties who provide care to persons with or at risk for sexually transmitted diseases. Continuing education credits offered without a charge (CME, CNE, CEU).
	Mountain-Plains Regional Training Center, On-site Clinical Training & Self Study Modules (click "Resources")
	Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
	HIV Preceptorship at Howard University (National Minority AIDS Education & Training Center)
	HIV and Hepatitis

HIV-AIDS Reference Sources

	National AETC Clinicians Consultation Center:  An AIDS Education and Training Centers clinical resource for health care professionals, from the University of California, San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital.
	HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report

Focus on Treatment

	HIV Clincial Resources/HIV Qual (New York AIDS Institute)
	National Guidelines Clearing House (for Clinical Practice Guidelines)
	AIDSinfo (new from the National Library of Medicine)
	Bulletin of Experimental Treatment for AIDS
	The Body Pro:  HIV-AIDS Resource for Healthcare Professionals

Patient Support

	Online resources:  newsgroups, discussion lists, email-distributed news.
	Local Newsletters & Support Groups: Central Mississippi Circle of Care's Monthly Newsletter: current issue, August, 2004 (Adobe Acrobat 4.0 file)   Adult Specialty Care Clinic, UMMC, newsletter:  current issue,  (March, 2008, MSWord format)   Support Groups, Jackson:      h Lean on Me (UMMC, Adult Specialty Care Clinic)  (Adobe Acrobat 4.0 file)     hMy Brother's Keeper (HIV+MSM)    Support Groups, Hattiesburg:           Pine Belt Support Groups Listing
	Positive Living (Patient Information Handbook) (Adobe Acrobat 4.0 file)

	AidsMeds:   AIDSmeds.com is dedicated to providing people living with HIV the necessary information they need to make empowered treatment decisions. The founder and writers of this web site are all living with HIV, and know first hand the challenges of learning how to fight this virus. By offering complete, but not complicated, up-to-date info, AIDSmeds.com seeks to help those that are both new and old to this challenge, and to remain a powerful resource for years to come.
	SmartStrong: healthcare education for patients and providers
	Friends for Life, Memphis, TN The mission of Friends For Life is to help people affected by HIV/AIDS live well. Friends For Life is the place for hope, help, and healing for all those whose lives are touched by HIV/AIDS
	Black AIDS Institute  The Black AIDS Institute is the first Black HIV/AIDS policy center dedicated to reducing HIV/AIDS health disparities by mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront the epidemic in their communities.  Our motto describes a commitment to self-preservation: "Our People, Our Problem, Our Solution."

Funding Opportunities

	M A C Aids Fund: The M·A·C AIDS Fund makes grants to registered charitable, non-profit organizations worldwide that provide basic needs, direct services, education, awareness and prevention programs to men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS. The M·A·C AIDS Fund will not fund the following: individuals, research, political or fraternal organizations.
	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Other HIV-AIDS Information Centers

	The Global-World HIV/AIDS Alliance (GHAA; JSU is a partner)
	The Southern Prevention Intervention Center of the African American Prevention Intervention Network
	Youths, Adolescents and Young Adults Center of the African American Prevention Intervention Network (YAYA/APIN)
	AETC National Resources Center
	HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau
	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (National Institutes of Health)
	HIV-AIDS Prevention from the CDC
	The Well Project:  comprehensive, women-specific information
	AEGIS HIV-AIDS Knowledge Database
	HIVDent
	Women, Children and HIV
	Pediatric AIDS Foundation
	Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online        (Statistics by state)
	Peer View Press: independent, professional medical publishing concern focused on gathering and reporting information pertaining to clinically relevant advances and developments in the science and practice of medicine.  Also, CME-endowed online presentations
		The Hopkins HIV Report is available online on the Johns Hopkins site, and free email subscriptions of publications are also. Click on the icon to go there.
	U.S. Agency for International Development:  Office of HIV/AIDS

Non-HIV-Specific Web Resources

	Federal Register
	Bureau of Primary Health Care
	National Institutes of Mental Health
	National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
	Americans with Disabilities Act Information & Technical Assistance
	Mental Health AIDS newsletter available from SAHMSA

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     last revised 04/23/08