Education and Training

Education and Training help communities, health care and services providers, and individuals learn about programs and services. We're creating a library of fact sheets, reports, resources and internet links to inform, educate, and encourage collaboration and networking among communities and providers. If you'd like to receive porinted materials or receive e-mails from time to time, please fill out this form. There is space to tell us whatever is important for us to know on the form Thanks, and let us know of any good resources as well.

Legislative and Pressidential Campaigns : The Kaiser Family Foundation has created a non-partisan news and information site that rivals any other for comprehensive tracking of what is going on with health related politics, including the positions and statements of those running for President in the 2008 election.

The Regional Resource Network Project (RRNP)

RRNP, funded by the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy at the DHHS is launching a National HIV Testing Mobilization Campaign, a national effort to promote HIV testing, policies and stigma reduction in minority communities. If you know of a conference, workshop, event, fair, convention, or non-traditional venues that may benefit from having an exhibition booth/table and/or speaker on HIV prevention, RRNP is interested in engaging civic groups, faith communities, businesses, organizations, and other individuals that don't typically talk about health issues, especially HIV prevention. For a list of all regions contacts.

Kaiseredu.org : An incredible educational resource for students, including people who want to know about or learn about a specific government sponsored program, or area of interest related to health care programs and policies. They have tutorials you can watch on many subjects, often presented by leading national experts. Many reports on specific topics such as HIV/AIDS, Minority Health Issues, Medicare Part D and policies. Links to current updates on policy matters and the latest news related to specific entitlement program or policy issues. Part of The Kaiser Family Foundation website
American Medical Students Association
Your Guide to Grassroots Action

AMSA provides comprehensive resources for organizing and executing a strategic campaign. These documents provide step-by-step guides to organizing around an issue, creating influential and effective lobbying materials, and getting the message out to those who will effect change. Below you will find the tactics you will need, whether you are targeting the media, Congress, state legislators, or even fellow medical students.

  • The Immunization Action Coalition : The Immunization Action Coalition, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease by creating and distributing educational materials for health professionals and the public that enhance the delivery of safe and effective immunization services. The Coalition also facilitates communication about the safety, efficacy, and use of vaccines within the broad immunization community of patients, parents, health care organizations, and government health agencies.
  • The Treatment Action Group (TAG) has posted their 2007 Pipeline Report : Experimental Treatments and Preventive Therapies for HIV, Hepatitis C, and Tuberculosis. It is now available in portable document format (PDF). An online (HTML) version will be available soon.

    For a new Hepatitis Co-infection booklet fromTAG visit their website.

  • AIDS Education and Training Centers

  • Federal Poverty Guidelines : These guidelines help to determine if you are eligible for different programs.

  • HIV Treatments : Typical HIV Treatments

  • Information about Medicaid and Medicare : from the Health Care Financing Administration, the Medicaid/Medicare Agency.

  • National ADAP Monitoring Project : Reports created through the collaboration of the AIDS Treatment Data Network, The Kaiser Family Foundation, and NASTAD. (Archives). For recent reports and a wide variety of other information and policy reports, go to NASTAD

      • Medicaid Watch

      The October 2007 edition of Medicaid Watch. Here's the October 1, 2007 issue of the MEDICAID WATCH summarizing recent and current state-level eligibility and access developments in Medicaid, SCHIP, ADAP, SPAPs, state-subsidized health insurance and other state medical assistance programs. As always, recent, current, proposed and pending expansions and liberalizations are typed in blue, while recent, current, proposed and pending cutbacks appear in red for quick and easy reading.
      Note that a down-loadable Glossary defining many of the specialized health policy and eligibility words and terms used in this report---plus some detailed eligibility fact sheets--appears in the "Materials from the Title II Commumnity AIDS National Network" file under the "What's New" icon at www.healthlaw.org

      Thomas P. McCormack
      Editor, MEDICAID WATCH
      Public Benefits Policy Consultant
      Title II Community AIDS National Network

      www.tiicann.org
      Washington, DC
      Phone: (202) 479-2543

    The Access Project

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    library shelves Educational and Informational Resources : A library of fact sheets, reports, training resources and internet links to inform, educate, and encourage collaboration and networking among communities and providers.

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    Contact The Network for help getting drugs or services. Our national toll-free phone number is (800) 734-7104. We'll help explain what your options are and assist you in creating a plan. We'll describe programs like Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Part D, ADAP, Clinical Trials, Patient Assistance Programs and more. Back to The Access Project
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