A stepwise practice transformation approach for health care organizations seeking to add HIV care or to increase services for people with HIV.
People with HIV often have a range of medical and support needs that may be met more efficiently when agencies work together. Collaboration takes various forms, like referral arrangements, planning (e.g., sharing of data, participation in planning), common fiscal/grants management processes, single intake/eligibility systems, and sharing/adoption of best practices in HIV service delivery.
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Guidelines and Manuals
- HRSA/SPNS Workforce Initiative
Webinars and Training
- IHIP, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Discussion of how two SPNS sites supported Latino clients of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent move along the HIV care continuum. Includes focus on MSM as well as persons with substance use challenges.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Resources on implementing jail linkage programs and assisting organizations in expanding their current jail work.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Resources to assist Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and other HIV clinics to integrate buprenorphine programs within primary care settings.
- Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health
Cross-disciplinary training curriculum to increase knowledge and awareness of the relationship between HIV infection and substance use. Also available in Spanish (Version en español).
Tools and Job Aids
- In It Together
Health literacy training initiative to help health professionals incorporate health literacy approaches into their services.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health
Toolkit for planning a peer training program for HIV-positive peers who work to engage and retain people with HIV in health 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.
- HRSA/SPNS Workforce Initiative
Insights on operating Care Teams: multidisciplinary collection of providers who work together to meet multiple patient needs to improve care delivery and outcomes. Best practices cover: preparation, staffing, buy-in, formalization, and adaptability.
- SPNS Transgender Women of Color Initiative
Innovative models for linking and retaining transgender women of color in HIV care, developed by a multi-site demonstration project.
- Center for Advancing Health Policy and Practice
Insights from a HRSA SPNS initiative on care coordinator/patient navigation interventions for vulnerable populations.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Insights on ways that HIV care programs have improved health outcomes along the HIV care continuum.
- HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
P4C was a national project aimed at expanding provision of HIV testing, prevention, care and treatment in health centers serving communities highly impacted by HIV; building sustainable partnerships between health centers and their state health department; and improving health outc
- SPNS Systems Linkages Project
Insights from a multi-state demonstration and evaluation of innovative models for linkages to and retention in HIV care.