title: Supporting the integration of HIV testing into primary care settings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the efforts of the US network of AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETCs) to increase HIV testing capacity across a variety of clinical settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used quantitative process data from 8 regional AETCs for July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, and qualitative program descriptions to demonstrate how AETC education helped providers integrate HIV testing into routine clinical care with the goals of early diagnosis and treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with other AETC training, HIV testing training was longer and used a broader variety of strategies to educate more providers per training. During education, providers were able to understand their primary care responsibility to address public health concerns through HIV testing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  AETC efforts illustrate how integration of the principles of primary care and public health can be promoted through professional training.
authors.affiliation: AIDS Education and Training Centers, National Evaluation Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. janet.myers@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Janet J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bradley-Springer
authors.forename: Mi-Suk
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kang Dufour
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Koester
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beane
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beal
authors.forename: Linda Rose
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D001113:Area Health Education Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006678:HIV; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008403:Mass Screening; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States