Across the four daily blogs, we tried to stay to the conference theme, Innovating to End the HIV Epidemic: Empowering Communities, Expanding Partnerships, Implementing Interventions. There is, however, just too much crossover in how Ryan White agencies carry out their work. One example: you will be hard pressed to find a best practice that does not involve community involvement (see Day Two's blog).
This final blog is more focused as we tackle Implementing Interventions with a sample listing of sessions touching on implementation or implementation science. For the latter, HRSA has adopted its definition as “scientific study of methods to promote or improve the systematic uptake of intervention strategies with demonstrated effectiveness into practice, program, and policy," which set the foundation for the Best Practices Compilation.
For today, Friday, August 23, see:
- Using Evidence and Implementation Science Approaches to Plan, Conduct, and Evaluate Stigma-Reduction Interventions in RWHAP (New York City Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene, Northeast/Caribbean AETC, Albert Einstein College of Medicine) 9:15 – 10:15am - Creative Care Coordination Model for Client-Centered Service Delivery. (University Health) 9:15 – 10:15am
- Reducing Administrative Burdens, Improving Client Eligibility by Engaging Subrecipients with Systems: Tampa and Dallas (Tampa, Dallas, RDS) 9:15 – 10:15am
- Jurisdictional Roles in Shaping National HIV Policy: A National Partnership to Amplify Local Voices (NACCHO, San Francisco DOH) 9:15 - 10:15am
- Improving Viral Load Suppression with PL Cares® to End the HIV Epidemic Improving Viral Load Suppression with PL Cares® to End the HIV Epidemic (Palm Beach County) 9:15 - 10:15am
- Leveraging Systems to Support Sustainable EHE Programming (HRSA, NASTAD) 9:15 - 10:15am
- Empowering Black Women with HIV Through the Implementation of Mental Health Intervention (Black Women First, Positive Impact Health Centers) 11:15 - 12:15pm
- Implementation of High-Resolution Anoscopy Anal Cancer Screening for People with HIV at FQHCs (Oregon, Sea Mar CHC) 11:15 - 12:15pm
- Utilizando la Ciencia de la Implementacion para Expandir y Fortalecer la Provision de IR-TAR en San Juan / Using Implementation Science to Expand and Strengthen A Rapid ART Provision in San Juan (TAP-in/CAI Global, San Juan Municipality Project TIES) 11:15 - 12:15pm
- La Importancia de la Integración de Cliente con en el Desarrollo e Implementación de un Programa Multidisciplinar Tratando se dé Envejecer con VIH (VIH50+) / Importance of Client Integration in the Development and Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Aging with HIV Program (Centro Ararat, Inc.) 11:15 - 12:15pm
A good number of sessions earlier in the week included a focus on implementation, implementation science, and best practices. You will be able to access them in the coming months as all sessions will be archived in National Ryan White Conference Archives.
Our History: TA and Training Projects
HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau has funded numerous TA and training projects over the years. There are 35 current projects (including SPNS initiatives, which typically limit their support to demonstration sites). We also have archives of past projects. Many of their resources are catalogued in our Library. Use our improved search engine to find what you need.
Here are three TA projects with quite a history:
- Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation
- 15 Years of the RWHAP Services Report (Trends, Lessons Learn, and Future Directions for Data Quality is the topic of Session 27006).
- 10 Years of ACE: New Microlearning Modules (now 11 years).
- 35 Years of AETC HIV Clinical Training (now 37 years).
Looking Ahead, Again
As the 2024 Conference wraps, we reflect upon an earlier theme from 2016: Forward Momentum: Accelerating Access, Optimizing Care, Transforming Public Health. The idea is not a vague call to action. It is, instead, a reflection of the RWHAP having evolved over the decades. This change has been driven by new developments in HIV care (from palliative care to getting people on HIV antiretrovirals), from the need to redouble attention to persons and populations facing multiple barriers, and from changes in payers and programs, most notably with passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
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AETCs
Six sessions are being hosted by the AETC network on August 21. See the list at AETC Representation at the 2024 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment.
CQII
- 9:15 - 10:15am - Engaging People with HIV in Quality Improvement: Best Practices to Meaningfully Involve People with Lived Experience
- 9:15 - 10:15am - Be Prepared! Using Tabletop Exercises to Plan for Robust HIV Cluster Response
- 11:15 - 12:15pm - Quality Improvement Works: Proof Through Experience in Less Than 30 Minutes
Access the directory of TA projects that provide support to RWHAP agencies.
Black Women First Initiative
- 11:15 – 12:15pm - Empowering Black Women with HIV Through the Implementation of Mental Health Interventions
TAP-in/CAI Global
- 9:15 – 10:15am - Be Prepared! Using Tabletop Exercises to Plan for Robust HIV Cluster Response
- 11:15 – 12:15pm - Utilizando la Ciencia de la Implementacion para Expandir y Fortalecer la Provision de IR-TAR en San Juan / Using Implementation Science to Expand and Strengthen A Rapid ART Provision in San Juan
NASTAD
- 9:15 AM – 10:15am - Leveraging Systems to Support Sustainable EHE Programming
Best Practices Compilation
- 11:15 - 12:15pm - Community Led Best Practices: Innovating Commercial Tobacco Dependence Treatment in HIV Care - Read about the Tobacco Use Reduction in People Living with HIV Project, developed by the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services' Tobacco Section.