This toolkit is designed to help organizations planning to integrate their data across HIV and housing service agencies.
The Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) of HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) carry out research and evaluation in order to identify models of HIV/AIDS care that can then be adopted by other HIV/AIDS programs. SPNS focuses on various issues under multi-year initiatives that typically include a limited number of project sites and a national evaluation center to coordinate investigations.
- Review the comprehensive directory of SPNS-derived resources, grouped by SPNS initiative.
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Guidelines and Manuals
- RAND Corporation, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
- HRSA/SPNS Workforce Initiative
A stepwise practice transformation approach for health care organizations seeking to add HIV care or to increase services for people with HIV.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Tools on ways to expand/replicate innovative models of oral health care for people with HIV.
Webinars and Training
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Webinars and other special events by HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Pre-application webinars for Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcements from HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP).
- IHIPPresentation on an intervention to expand HIV workforce capacity through the use of strategic community-based partnerships.
- IHIPReview of Practice Transformation/Transformative Models (PTMs) to improve delivery of HIV services.
- Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)
Preliminary data and lessons learned from the pre-implementation and early-implementation phases of initiatives featured in the DEII project (buprenorphine, women of color, peer support, jail transitional care).
- The Bronx Health and Housing Corporation
Webinar series on ways to improve HIV primary care patient outcomes for Latinos/as who are incarcerated or have a history of incarceration, with a case study sub-analysis of transnationalism among Puerto Ricans.
- 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.
- 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
- SPNS Sexually Transmitted Infections InitiativeTools to help clinics improve screening, testing, and treatment of common bacterial STIs among people with HIV or at risk for HIV.
- Center for Innovation and EngagementExcel calculator to facilitate cost comparisons and selection of interventions of interest based on available resources. Disponible en Español.
- Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)Series of six brief, animated videos with HIV-specific patient education tailored for women of color with HIV.
- Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)Esta es una serie de seis videos animados breves que brinda educación específica sobre el VIH para pacientes y está destinada especialmente a mujeres de color que viven con el VIH.
- University of California, San Francisco
Resources for integrating buprenorphine treatment within HIV/AIDS programs.
Reports and Best Practices
- SPNS Black MSM InitiativeIntroductory paper describing the Black MSM Initiative and the protocol for the multisite evaluation.
- SPNS Improving Care and Treatment Coordination Black Women with HIVInnovative strategies adapted by agencies to deliver bundled interventions for improving health outcomes for Black women with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Center for Innovation and EngagementCollection of 14 implementation guides on evidence-informed best practices in HIV care delivery, designed for replication by HIV primary care agencies.
- The HIV, Housing & Employment ProjectCOVID-19 adjustments developed by Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipients.
- University of Texas Health, San Antonio, SPNS HCV Cure among People of Color with HIVSlides with summaries of the SPNS initiative, Curing Hepatitis C among People of Color Living with HIV including: evaluation questions; dissemination activities; and site reports.
- 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.
- Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, The HIV, Housing & Employment Project
Best practices (and extensive resource links) for integrating into medical care teams the non-medical staff called Navigators.
- The HIV, Housing & Employment Project
Review of strategies for housing vulnerable populations in tight housing markets.
- 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.
- IHIP
These resources synthesize findings from the federally funded SPNS Hepatitis C Treatment Expansion Initiative, which focused on HCV treatment among coinfected patients.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Insights on ways that HIV care programs have improved health outcomes along the HIV care continuum.
- SPNS Systems Linkages Project
Insights from a multi-state demonstration and evaluation of innovative models for linkages to and retention in HIV care.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)This is a periodic newsletter of events with the Ryan White Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) program. They are administered by HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau.
- Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health
SPNS innovative and replicable HIV service delivery models using HIV+ peers.
- IHIP
Implementation guide for HIV providers on addressing the unique needs of women of color living with HIV.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Compilation of SPNS grantee experiences with peer models and how they can be used in various care settings.
- Boston University School of Public Health
Lessons learned on developing oral health services for people with HIV, based on experiences of a SPNS national research and evaluation demonstration project.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Review of program costs and outcomes for the Ryan White SPNS Caribbean Peer Promoter Initiative.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Examination of costs and outcomes associated with different types of outreach encounters to bring individuals living with HIV/AIDS into care, as conducted under a SPNS Outreach Initiative examining innovations in HIV/AIDS care.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Case studies examining the effectiveness of models of peer support for Caribbean immigrants living with HIV in the U.S.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Report reviews activities under a HRSA/CDC funded SPNS Initiative to support demonstration projects within correctional facilities and communities that develop models of comprehensive surveillance, prevention, and health care activities for HIV, STIs, TB, substance abuse, and hepatitis.
Websites
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Federal agency that administers the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP), which helps low-income people with HIV receive care.