Online clinician training platform with evidence-based core competency training on HIV prevention, screening, diagnosis, care, and key populations.
In 2019, youth and young adults aged 13–24 years represented 3.9 percent of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) clients. Twenty-one percent of new HIV cases in the U.S. are among young people ages 13-24 (CDC, 2020). Cases are overwhelmingly among gay/bisexual men, particularly African Americans. A significant proportion of youth who are HIV infected do not know it and are thus are not receiving care. In 2019, 79.4% of youth receiving RWHAP medical care achieved viral suppression, which is below the RWHAP national average of 88.1%.
Source: Youth and Young Adults Clients: HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, 2019, Population Fact Sheet (HRSA, June 2021)
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Webinars and Training
- AETC National Coordinating Resource Center (NCRC), University of Washington
- Futures Without Violence, HRSA
Website-based toolkit on ways for agencies to establish partnerships to address intimate partner violence (IPV). Focus is on partnerships among HRSA Health Centers and domestic violence and sexual assault (DV/SA) advocacy programs.
- National Center for Innovation in HIV Care
Discussion of social determinants of health that create barriers to HIV prevention and care for young adult Latino(a)s. Tools shared on recognizing agency barriers to care.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Tools to help health care providers adapt SPNS models within their existing operations in order to better engage hard-to-reach people with HIV into care.
Tools and Job Aids
- Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation (CQII)
Review of the activities and tools used to conduct the end+disparities ECHO Collaborative, a multi-year national quality improvement initiative focused on reducing HIV health disparities among four subpopulations.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Guide to best practices for enhancing services to youth with HIV to better outcomes in both retention and viral load suppression.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Toolkit for implementing a program to support HIV-positive youth transitioning from adolescent to adult HIV care.
Reports and Best Practices
- SPNS Latino Access Initiative, UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
Monographs describing interventions for the engagement and retention of Latinos in HIV care.
- SPNS Social Media Initiative
Resources (monographs, implementation manuals, mobile apps and text messaging) from ten demonstration sites that participated in Use of Social Media to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Compilation of SPNS grantee experiences with peer models and how they can be used in various care settings.
- National Minority AETC
BE SAFE is a framework that uses culturally pluralistic content and perspectives based on the following six core elements:
- Next Step and Mass CARE
Guidebook for multiple audiences that outlines steps for transitioning youth from pediatric care to adult services.
- AIDS Action Foundation
Estos cuadernos describen la manera de asistir a conectar personas que viven con VIH/SIDA con el sistema médico.
- AIDS Action Foundation
Workbooks describing ways to help connect people living with HIV/AIDS to medical care. Estos cuadernos describen la manera de asistir a conectar personas que viven con VIH/SIDA con el sistema médico.
- AIDS Alliance for Children Youth and Families
Resource for programs interested in developing or expanding outreach services to identify HIV-positive youth and engage and retain them in care.
Websites
- AETC National Coordinating Resource Center (NCRC)
HIV clinical training resources for the AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program (e.g., library of tools by topic and populations, calendar of events, directory of AETCs, clinician consultation resources). Discover AETC EHE resources for clinicians.