This project sought to increase the utilization of community health workers (CHW) to strengthen the health care workforce and improve access to health care and health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority people with HIV (PWH). The project focused on assisting medical care provider sites to integrate CHWs into an HIV multidisciplinary team model through training, technical assistance, and collaborative learning.
Project Team
The Center for Innovation in Social Work in Health at Boston University assembled a multi-organizational team for implementation and evaluation for this initiative. The team included staff from BU Medical School’s Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences (CIIS), BU Center for Innovation in Social Work in Health's Activist Lab, Multnomah County Health Department (MCHD) Community Capacitation Center (CCC), MCHD HIV Health Services Center (HHSC), University of Texas School of Public Health (UT Health), the Center for Social Innovation/T3, and Impact Marketing + Communications.
Activities
The project focused on assisting 10 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) HIV medical provider sites with the support needed to integrate CHWs into the HIV multidisciplinary team model through training, direct technical assistance, and collaborative learning sessions. The Center for Innovation in Social Work in Health and its multi-organization team developed CHW curricula, trained CHWs and supervisors, and provided technical assistance as these providers develop and implement the CHW model developed. The Center for Innovation in Social Work in Health also evaluated the effectiveness of the CHW model in improving linkage and retention in care, collect data on select clinical outcomes and assessed the interventions implemented by the 10 RWHAP HIV medical provider sites.
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Funding
Funding Mechanism: Cooperative Agreement
Recipient Organization: Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health
Grant number: U90HA31449
Project Period: August 2016 - July 2019