Pacific AETC – Bay Area, North & Central Coast
Pacific AIDS Education & Training Center - Bay Area, North & Central Coast
The Pacific AETC – Bay Area, North & Central Coast (Pacific AETC – BANCC) serves healthcare providers from San Luis Obispo County to the Oregon border on the California coast. San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area has been an epicenter of HIV/AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic and, therefore, boasts a rich history in cutting edge HIV research, care, treatment, and prevention. Most faculty are affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco and are practicing clinicians in community health centers and hospital clinics providing training and technical assistance tailored to these, and other allied healthcare, settings.
Pacific AETC – BANCC offers a variety of trainings and professional development activities, including mentoring and clinical preceptorships, focusing on HIV prevention, clinical management of HIV/AIDS and related major co-morbidities (e.g., mental health, substance use, and sexually transmitted infections). Programs target all members of care teams (frontline workers, clinicians, managers, etc.).
In addition, faculty can provide practice transformation (clinic capacity building assistance including clinical quality improvement or systems development) to maximize an organization’s ability to improve outcomes along the HIV prevention and care continuum. All programs utilize cutting edge, interactive training methodologies, designed to give busy providers and their agencies the most current information they need to provide quality HIV prevention and care.
Regions Served:
Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Bonito, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma counties.
Our Vision:
We envision health systems that work collaboratively to dismantle structural barriers and provide innovative, equitable care.
Our Mission:
To expand and empower healthcare teams to provide patient-centered HIV care, eliminate stigma, and achieve health equity for all.
Our Core Values:
We are BANCC.
We are Building Allyship.
Through collective effort, shared goals, and mutual support, we create opportunities to innovate and collaborate across stakeholders.
We are ANti-Racist.
We recognize that racism in healthcare is pervasive, and in an effort to achieve equity it is necessary to dismantle systems, policies, and practices that perpetuate injustice and inequity.
We are Community Driven.
Our work is stronger when we let the lived experiences of community lead the way.
We are Culturally Responsive.
We believe that responding to each individual as a whole person, affording their identity, and checking our biases will minimize harm, decrease health disparities, and provide the most equitable HIV care possible.
Contact Information:
For inquiries related to the Bay Area (includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties) please contact Jessica.Price@ucsf.edu
For inquiries related to the Central Coast Area (includes Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz) please contact Lori.Osorio@ucsf.edu
For inquiries related to the North Coast Area (includes Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, and Sonoma counties) please contact Shawn.Demmons@ucsf.edu
New: Quick Guide to Help Healthcare Providers Increase PrEP Uptake in BIPOC Communities
The Pacific AIDS Education & Training Center – Bay Area, North & Central Coast has recently created a Quick Guide to Help Healthcare Providers Increase PrEP Uptake in BIPOC Communities. If you are interested in learning how to increase PrEP Uptake in BIPOC Communities, be sure to check out the quick guide below.
For more detailed information, visit the Uplifting BIPOC for PrEP Uptake page on the larger Pacific AETC PrEP Provider Toolkit.
Pacific AETC’s HIV Essentials and Quick Clinical Guides (Updated)
The Pacific AETC‘s HIV Essentials and Quick HIV Clinical Guides compilation consists of seven of our most popular clinical reference guides used in primary care, urgent care, and emergency room clinical settings. The recommendations are based on HRSA, CDC, IDSA, IAS-USA, and WHO guidelines, along with current practices used by our expert clinicians. This compilation starts with two “Essentials” documents which can be printed on single letter-sized pieces of paper and folded into a pocket for quick reference during a busy clinic. The protocols and quick clinical guides provide more details for implementation, and each document can be printed separately and used on their own.
Past Events Resources
Event Name: Congenital Syphilis Update
Date: August 28, 2023
Description: The topic includes an overview of current congenital syphilis epidemiology, screening recommendations, management of perinatal syphilis, and guidance for prevention.
Learning Objectives:
- Know the current California and national congenital syphilis (CS) epidemiology.
- Review HIV screening recommendations for people with syphilis.
- Understand CS pathophysiology and its manifestations.
- Describe the management of prenatal syphilis and of infants exposed to syphilis while in utero.
- Delineate syphilis screening guidance for the prevention of CS.
Event Name: 18th Annual HIV Nursing Network Conference
Date: May 12, 2023
Description: Topics covered include an HIV 101 refresher course for novice providers, innovative approaches to mental health care, an update on the use of doxy-PEP as an STI prevention strategy, and a look at novel ways to use long-acting ART in vulnerable populations.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify at least one way nurses can help reduce HIV-related disparities in their community.
- Discuss two ways long acting injectables can serve as an anti-oppression tool.
- Describe at least one innovative approach to mental health care in the Bay Area.
Event Name: San Francisco Frontline Organizing Group Long-Acting Injectables: A Frontline Worker’s Role in Team-Based Care
Date: April 26, 2023
Description: The topics covered include the ways a frontline worker can support a client’s success with a long-acting treatment or prevention regimen, a medical and pharmacological overview of long-acting injectable ART and PrEP, and various ways long-acting injectable treatment and prevention can be covered by medical insurance.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe two ways an HIV Frontline Worker can support a client’s success with an LAI treatment or prevention regimen.
- Name the two Long-Acting Injectable medications currently approved by the US FDA for HIV treatment and prevention.
- Identify two programs that pay for LAI treatment and prevention medications.
Event Name: Building Belonging: Innovation and Harm Reduction in HIV Care
Date: April 22, 2023
Description: Topics include an epidemiology update on HIV and substance use on the North Coast, a review of long-acting injectable medication for HIV prevention and treatment, and techniques to engage patients in healthcare.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe one way long-acting injectable medication can be used as an anti-stigma tool.
- Summarize at least two innovative harm reduction programs that support communities impacted by HIV.
- Demonstrate one harm reduction skill to support patients on their journey to better health.
Event Name: The Invisible Patient: Cultural Approaches to HIV Care and Prevention Among Black Women
Date: February 3, 2023
Description: Topics include an epidemiological profile among Black women in the Bay Area and cultural perspectives on healing and health among Black women living with or at risk for HIV.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the HIV epidemiological profile among Black women in the Bay Area.
- Summarize the importance of increasing awareness of innovations in HIV prevention and care among Black women.
- Identify culturally responsive strategies to improve health outcomes among Black women with or at risk for HIV acquisition.
Event Name: California Statewide HIV & Aging Educational Initiative
Date: November 16, 2022
Description: The topic includes addressing the mental health needs of older adults with HIV.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe at least two mental health concerns commonly experienced by older adults with HIV in California.
- Explain at least one effective strategy to help address mental health concerns among older adults with HIV in California.
- Identify at least one resource available to help support older adults with HIV in California to access mental health services.
Event Name: Challenging Racism and Building Equity in PrEP Uptake for BIPOC Communities
Date: June 22-23, 2022
Description: Topics covered include an overview of the current state of the HIV epidemic and the need for increased utilization of PrEP uptake in BIPOC communities, the impact of medical mistrust, and a look at REACH LA’s pilot program designed to bridge the gap between the community and health services.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the role of structural racism in access to PrEP among BIPOC communities.
- Summarize the importance of increasing PrEP utilization among BIPOC communities.
- List barriers and opportunities to engage and retain BIPOC communities in PrEP uptake.
Event Name: Ending the Silent Epidemics: Substance Use as a Driver for HIV
Date: March 9-10, 2022
Description: Topics will cover the impact of substance use disorder on HIV incidence and health outcomes, the effects of opioids and stimulants on the brain, and treatment for substance use disorder.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify one way substance use is propelling the HIV epidemic in rural and urban communities.
- Distinguish two ways sigma negatively impacts people who use substances.
- Recall one way opioids impact brain function.
- Explain two ways safe injection sites can impact the community.
- Explore one strategy that can be used to treat co-occurring chronic pain and substance use disorder.
- Determine one innovative strategy for linking patients to substance use treatment.
Event Name: From Jail to Care: Connecting People to Hope During and After Incarceration
Date: February 23, 2021
Description: This training will provide information on ways to support people during and after incarceration, share strategies for reducing barriers to care, and review harm reduction strategies.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify barriers to healthcare for people experiencing incarceration.
- Identify strategies for reducing the barriers to care for people recently incarcerated.
- Identify overdose and harm reduction resources to help patients survive post-release.
Event Name: North Coast HIV Conference
Building Equitable Access to PrEP: A Necessary Step in HIV Prevention
Date: May 18, 2024 | Ukiah, CA
Description: The 2024 North Coast HIV Conference examined gaps in the use of PrEP for HIV prevention in the region. Although PrEP has been available since 2012, significant disparities in PrEP use by racial/ethnic group and gender continue to exist. Additionally, most PrEP in the United States is prescribed in specialty care settings; however, to end the HIV epidemic, it is necessary to expand PrEP services in a variety of health service settings with a focus on health equity. This event was designed for entire care teams responsible for engaging patients who may be vulnerable to or impacted by HIV in settings such as pharmacies, hospitals, emergency departments, primary care, public health, sexual assault response, harm reduction, and substance use treatment, correctional health, college, and university health, Ryan White funded sites, community health centers, and federally qualified health centers.
Learning Objectives:
1. Integrate person-first, non-stigmatizing language into everyday practice.
2. Identify at least two inequities seen in HIV prevalence and incidence in the North Coast region.
3. List at least two factors that contribute to HIV PrEP accessibility for patients.
4. Identify appropriate terminology to use when speaking to patients with substance use dependence and PrEP.
5. Demonstrate taking a culturally responsive sexual history for clinical decision-making and PrEP uptake.
Links to Slides
HIV/AIDS Trends in Northern CA Counties
Prepping for PrEP: Using Data and Process to Identify Patients
Scaling Up PrEP Equity to End the HIV Epidemic
Words Matter: Addressing Bias in Medical Documentation
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