Black/African American

Nearly half of those getting care from HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) are black/African American. Viral suppression rates are comparable to the overall RWHAP client population, but disparities remain. HIV care programs and technical assistance and training focus on overcoming such challenges as limited access to health services, stigma due to sexual orientation, and housing.

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Guidelines and Manuals

  • University of Washington

    Online clinician training platform with evidence-based core competency training on HIV prevention, screening, diagnosis, care, and key populations.

Webinars and Training

Tools and Job Aids

  • SPNS Improving Care and Treatment Coordination Black Women with HIV
    Explanation of how to create a photovoice, a type of participatory action research that engages people in the process of naming, capturing, and strengthening their community through photography.
  • 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.

  • In It Together

    Health literacy training initiative to help health professionals incorporate health literacy approaches into their services.

Reports and Best Practices

Conference Presentations

Department of Public Health, University of Massachusetts
Presenters:
Minu P. Mohan, Cecilia Flores-Rodríguez, Linda Sprague Martinez, Judith Scott, Alicia Downes, Angela Wangari Walter, Serena Rajabiun
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
AIDS Foundation Chicago
Presenters:
Andrea Dakin, Nora Bouacha
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
HRSA
Presenters:
Corliss Heath, Alicia Downes, Judith Scott, Letitia Burr
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
HRSA
Presenters:
Alex Keuroghlian, Nicole Chavis, Beth Bourdeau, Demetrios Psihopaidas
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
HRSA
Presenters:
Corliss Heath, Serena Rajabiun, Robyn Fanfair, Ann Namkung Lee, Allanah Lewis-Cherry
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment

Technical Assistance

  • SPNS-sponsored project to evaluate four evidence-informed behavioral health interventions and/or models of care to engage, link, and retain Black MSM with HIV in medical care and supportive services. Project period: 2018-2022.
  • Design, implementation, and evaluation of bundled evidence–informed interventions for Black women with HIV. Project period: 2020-2024.
  • ELEVATE will prepare people with HIV to meaningfully engage and take on leadership roles in planning bodies, advocacy actions, and the HIV workforce. Project period: 2020-2024.

  • ESCALATE will focus on reducing HIV stigma through training participants in EHE jurisdictions. Project period: 2020-2024.

  • The NHC provides ongoing, up-to-date information needed to meet the core competency knowledge for HIV prevention, screening, diagnosis, and ongoing treatment and care to healthcare providers in the United States. Project period: 2020-2022.
  • The AETC Program offers clinician education and tailored capacity-building assistance. Project period: 2019-2024.
  • Interactive data tool to visualize the reach, impact, and outcomes of the RWHAP. HRSA offers office hours and webinars to help use the tool.
  • Initiative documenting best practice strategies and interventions that have been shown to improve HIV outcomes in a "real world" setting and can be replicated by other programs. Project period: 2021-2024.