HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Fact Sheets, March 2023.
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.
In 2021, youth and young adults aged 13–24 years represented 3.3 percent of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) clients. 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 2021, 82.7% of youth receiving RWHAP medical care achieved viral suppression--a steady improvement over the past decade but below the RWHAP national average of 89.7%.
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Best Practices and Emerging Models
- AIDS Action Foundation
- Center for Innovation and EngagementCollection of implementation guides on evidence-informed best practices in HIV care delivery.
- 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
Tools developed by demonstration sites in the SPNS Use of Social Media initiative.
- Next Step and Mass CARE
Guidebook for multiple audiences that outlines steps for transitioning youth from pediatric care to adult services.
- 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.
- Center for Innovation and EngagementIntervention leverages both individual and group sessions to address issues that influence youth engagement in HIV care, including stigma, disclosure, healthy relationships, substance use, and future life planning.
- Center for Innovation and EngagementProject STYLE increases awareness about HIV through outreach and testing events on college campuses and in the larger community, development of partnerships, and fostering of linkages to HIV care.
- Center for Innovation and EngagementDescription of a communication-centered approach to service delivery that provides a compassionate and supportive environment to promote intrinsic behavior change among youth 16 to 29 with newly diagnosed HIV.
- Evidence-Informed Interventions (E2i)Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Antiretroviral Adherence among HIV-Positive Youth (TXTXT) is an evidence-informed intervention that provides personalized text messages to remind and encourage young people with HIV to take their HIV medication as prescribed.
Resources
- University of Washington
Online clinician training platform with evidence-based core competency training on HIV prevention, screening, diagnosis, care, and key populations.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Toolkit for implementing a program to support HIV-positive youth transitioning from adolescent to adult HIV care.
- NMAC
The purpose of the ESCALATE training program is to facilitate transformative and relational change in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs (RWHAP) and the communities they serve.
- 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.
- National Minority AETCGuide and promising practices that address cultural competency for specific racial/ethnic populations.
Training Modules
- IHIP
Manual to help health care providers adapt SPNS models addressing how to engage hard-to-reach people with HIV (PWH) into care within their current operations.
Webinars and Training
- 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.
Conference Presentations
Elon University
Presenters:
Cynthia Fair, Michelle Turner, Jess Wiederholt, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Faith Glover, Ari Wolgin
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
HRSA
Presenters:
Taria Poteat, Barbara Kosogof, Kristin Athey, Keristen Mazyck, Tonya Green, Laurali Riley
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Presenters:
Agwu
2021 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Clinical Conference
Johns Hopkins University
Presenters:
Allison L Agwu, MD, ScM
2020 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Clinical Conference
El Rio Health
Presenters:
Sharon Dipasupil
2020 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment