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A New Blueprint for the Future: Ending the Epidemic Through the Power of Prevention
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On November 29, 2007, NASTAD released A New Blueprint for the Nation: Ending the Epidemic Through the Power of Prevention, along with a companion policy agenda.
The Blueprint provides guideline for state and territorial health departments for ensuring they have the financial, political and programmatic resources necessary and in place to meaningfully scale up domestic HIV prevention efforts for the future.
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NASTAD Prevention Policy Agenda
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On November 29, 2007, NASTAD introduced a Prevention Policy Agenda to accompany its newly-released Blueprint, which includes recommendations for federal funding increases and expansion of core HIV/AIDS programs and services at the state and local levels.
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HIV Testing in Emergency Departments: A Primer on Issues and Strategies for Health Departments
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Continuing efforts to make important information and tools available to support HIV testing, NASTAD created this important tool for health departments and emergency departments (ED) as they work together to implement HIV testing in EDs. The primer conveys the importance of collaborative relationships between health departments and EDs as they work to put into practice CDC's 2006 Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings. The document also examines the role of health departments in supporting implementation of HIV testing in EDs, reviews considerations for implementation and addresses critical issues and concerns for implementing HIV testing. In addition, the report highlights health department and ED collaborations within jurisdictions that participated in a January 2007 NASTAD consultation on HIV testing in emergency departments.
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2007 Report on Findings from an Assessment of Health Department Efforts to Implement HIV Screening in Health Care Settings
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NASTAD conducted this assessment to gain a better understanding of HIV testing programs at the state and local level. The report, released June 26, 2007, provides an in-depth analysis of the current legal and regulatory environments for HIV testing within states, current state and local health department efforts to support HIV screening in health care settings, and future state and local health department plans for implementation and/or expansion of HIV screening in health care settings. The report also examines the influence of the CDC's Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents and Pregnant Women in Health Care Settings on health department efforts to implement HIV screening.
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Report on the Survey to Assess the Impact of Withdrawal of the HIV Oral Fluid Assay
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Continuing efforts to make available important information and tools to support HIV testing, NASTAD has released a Report on the Survey to Assess the Impact of Withdrawal of the HIV Oral Fluid Assay. This report assesses the impact of the discontinuation of bioMérieux production of their HIV-1 serum and oral fluid Vironostika enzyme immunoassay (EIA) platforms in 2007. The report highlights health department plans for oral fluid HIV testing in light of the withdrawal of these products and the potential impact on HIV testing programs. NASTAD will use the findings to identify key areas for education and technical assistance across health departments and to identify important areas of advocacy with federal partners and the diagnostic manufacturers.
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NASTAD Technical Assistance Fact Sheet
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Learn more about NASTAD's Technical Assistance (TA) offerings as they relate to the Member Services, Prevention, Care and Treatment, and Global programs
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2006 Rapid HIV Test Assessment Report
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NASTAD has long supported rapid HIV testing technology and was among those organizations instrumental in advocacy to obtain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of rapid testing technology along with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waiver that allowed their use without regulatory oversight, particularly in non-clinical settings. With the approval of this technology, health departments have implemented rapid testing in high-risk and other settings, resources permitting. Shortage of resources continues to further constrain implementation of rapid testing technology, in spite of the effectiveness and successes associated with it. In May 2006, as means to help guide policy and future HIV testing programs in the U.S., NASTAD conducted a survey of state and directly funded health departments.
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Evidence-Based Interventions: Issues and Priorities for Health Departments
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This issue brief explains the importance of EBIs in the prevention portfolio. It includes recommendations towards the goal of a long-term national plan in support of EBIs. It also includes profiles from several states that describe the implementation, adaptation and tailoring, training, and monitoring and quality assurance processes for EBIs in those states.
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