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Episode 3: Reaching those who need it most: HIV prevention for people who inject drugs

There are so many factors that impact adherence and health outcomes. During this Connecting Care podcast, Drs. Alex Walley, Jessica Taylor, and Sim Kimmel discuss HIV prevention and treatment among people who inject drugs.

App Provides Information, Guidance for Treating OUD

Clinicians can now access up-to-date evidence-based office-based addiction treatment recommendations for treating opioid use disorder (OUD) on a smartphone app.

Episode 2: HIV Services for People Who Inject Drugs
When people learn there's a pill that's been available for many years, that will keep them safe from HIV. They are surprised and may want to know more. And when people are surprised and even upset, we know we need to do more.
Capacity of Rural Counties to Address an HIV or Hepatitis C Outbreak

This policy brief identified states potentially at risk for an HIV or HCV outbreak and used data from multiple sources to examine rural-urban differences in 1) state-level infectious disease surveillance, prevention activities, and collaboration with stakeholders; 2) local health department-level

Connecting Care Podcast: The Intersection of HIV and OUD in the time of COVID

COVID-19 has changed the way society operates in countless ways. During our inaugural podcast, our team of addiction specialists and HIV providers, Drs.

Syringe Services Programs: A Technical Package of Effective Strategies and Approaches for Planning, Design and Implementation

This technical package, a collaborative effort between CDC and NASTAD, provides a broad framework as well as evidence-informed strategies and approaches to support the planning, design, implementation, and sustainability of new and existing syringe services programs (SSPs).

Integrating Responses at the Intersection of Opioid Use Disorder and Infectious Disease Epidemics

To address the infectious disease consequences of the opioid crisis in the U.S., a public workshop titled Integrating Infectious Disease Considerations with Response to the Opioid Epidemic was convened on March 12 and 13, 2018, by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

How Change Happens: Substance Use Disorders and HIV/AIDS

This ready-to-use training package is designed to provide HIV clinicians (including physicians, dentists, nurses, therapists and social workers, and counselors, specialists, and case managers) with an overview of the challenges and strategies for change in working with individuals living with HIV

Heroin, Prescription Opioids, and HIV: What Clinicians Need to Know

This ready-to-use training package is designed to provide HIV clinicians (including physicians, dentists, nurses, therapists and social workers, and counselors, specialists, and case managers) with an overview of the opioid crisis and HIV.

Short and Simple: Substance Use Screening and Brief Intervention in HIV Care Settings

This ready-to-use training package is designed to provide HIV clinicians (including physicians, dentists, nurses, therapists and social workers, and counselors, specialists, and case managers) with a detailed overview of screening patients for at‐risk alcohol and other drug use and conducting a b