OAC's members are People Living With HIV/AIDS, their loved ones, medical providers, local and state health department officials, social workers, mental health professionals, and other persons affected by the epidemic.

Governor Designates $12.8 Million for Ryan White Part B / OHDAP

The Governor announced today that he will designate $12.8 Million to alleviate the state’s Ryan White funding crisis. To read the Governor’s press release, click here. For additional information, click here

Check out coverage (including new reports, video interviews, blog entries and photographs) of the XVIII InternationalAIDS Conference, which took place July 18-23 in Vienna, Austria.

OAC Town Hall Meeting - Dayton
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
Location: AIDS RESOURCE CENTER OHIO, 15 W. Fourth St., Suite 200
For more information, click here

Project Alliance is seeking participants for a study that will test a new telephone-administered intervention to reduce depressive symptoms in rural persons living with HIV/AIDS.

This study is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is designed specifically for persons living with HIV/AIDS in small towns and rural areas. All participants will be asked to complete a small number of surveys and one-half of participants will participate in nine weekly intervention sessions over the telephone with highly trained mental health professionals to improve their life quality.

Regardless of the condition to which the participant is assigned, all participants can earn up to $465.00 if they participate fully in the study.

Interested individuals should contact Project Alliance staff at 1-877-665-0288 (toll free) or by e-mail at proj.alliance@gmail.com for more information.

This project is offered by the Center for Telemedicine Research and Interventions (CENTRI) at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Program Collaboration and Service Integration: HIV, STD and Viral Hepatitis

Presented by the Ohio Department of Health.

August 10, 2010 – Portsmouth - Friends Community Center, 1202 18th Street
September 27, 2010 – Dayton - Dayton Marriott, 1414 S. Patterson Boulevard
October 5, 2010 – Toledo - Hilton Toledo, 3100 Glendale Avenue
October 19, 2010 - Cleveland - Hilton Garden Inn, 1100 Carnegie Avenue

The CDC Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI) asks programs to integrate messages and services. This series will introduce PCSI and include examples of how a patient/provider interaction can incorporate HIV, STDs, and viral hepatitis messages, and include examples and discussions about successes and barriers to implementing integrated messages and services into the agencies at which the participants work.

Who should attend: Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, dentists and other pertinent healthcare team personnel.

For information on registration, agenda and objectives, click here

The Ohio Department of Health (OH – 011 – 0412) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN – 001 – 91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.