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Explore the successful six-year collaboration between AETC, RTC, and collaborators in promoting HIV screening in family planning clinics. Learn about the timeline, updated resources, and benefits of this impactful partnership. Find valuable training materials and lessons learned for enhancing women's health initiatives.
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An AETC and RTC Collaboration: Six Years and Still Going Strong 4TC Collaboration Meeting May 28th, 2008
Presenters and Collaborators • Laura Armas, MD; Texas/Oklahoma AETC • Andrea Norberg, MS, RN; AETC National Resource Center • Tonia Poteat, MPH, MMSc, PA-C; Southeast ATEC (SEATEC) • Karen Sherman, MA; Health Care Education and Training (HCET), Inc. • Barbara Schechtman, MPH; Midwest ATEC (MATEC) • Jamie Steiger, MPH; AETC National Resource Center
HIV Case-Finding in Family Planning Clinics • Developed in 2002 • Six slide sets with speaker notes and handouts • Rationale for Screening • Missed Opportunities for Testing • Considerations for HIV Counseling • Heterosexual Transmission of HIV • Gynecological Manifestations of HIV • Considerations for Implementation
The Collaboration Timeline • Disseminated via website, hard copy, & CD-ROM • Trained family planning clinic staff • Offered audio conference for RTC, PTC, and AETC participants • Presented at 4TC meeting in 2004 • Identified need for updates in 2006 • Identified additional collaborators at 4TC meeting in 2006
Additional Collaborators through Women’s Health and Wellness Workgroup
HIV Screening and Women’s Health • Updated in 2006-07 • Six slide sets with speaker notes and handouts • Why Test All Our Clients? (combined and updated) • HIV Prevention & Test Counseling: A Client-Centered Approach (updated) • Heterosexual Transmission of HIV (updated, new handout) • Gynecological Manifestations of HIV (updated, new handout) • Testing Options (new) • Considerations for Implementation (updated) • Training exchange in November 2007 • 93 registrants from AETCs and RTCs
Next Steps • Disseminate via website and CD-ROM • Promote use by TCs • Monitor feedback • Respond to training requests
Other Related Women’s Health Resources • Clinical Issues Training of Trainers Package • Slide sets with talking points on: • Pap smears and pelvic exams • HPV • Common STDs • System Issues Technical Assistance Package • Slide set on using a fishbone diagram • Guidebook on assessing and remedying barriers to cervical cancer screening • Two Training Exchanges
Benefits of Collaboration • Share expertise • Increase knowledge of everyone represented • Develop relevant resources • Develop plan for resource dissemination to appropriate audiences • Establish working relationships
Lessons Learned • Workgroups foster partnerships between representatives of 4TCs. • Collaborative training efforts support the development of essential care and treatment linkages between the target audience of each TC. • Partnerships between Ryan White and family planning clinics will support the referrals and linkages needed for women living with HIV. • It may be easier to work alone, but a product developed through collaboration is a better product in the end!
All resources available on CD-ROM • or on AETC NRC website at • www.aidsetc.org