Peer Programs

Evidence-informed interventions that produce optimal HIV care outcomes (jail transitional care, buprenorphine, patient navigation and peer support for women of color)

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.  

Monographs describing interventions for the engagement and retention of Latinos in HIV care.

Resources to help clinics integrate community health workers (CHW) into an HIV multidisciplinary team model.

Best practices (and extensive resource links) for integrating into medical care teams the non-medical staff called Navigators.

Insights from a multi-state demonstration and evaluation of innovative models for linkages to and retention in HIV care.

SPNS innovative and replicable HIV service delivery models using HIV+ peers.

Implementation guide for HIV providers on addressing the unique needs of women of color living with HIV.

Compilation of SPNS grantee experiences with peer models and how they can be used in various care settings.

Guidebook for multiple audiences that outlines steps for transitioning youth from pediatric care to adult services.

This is an Evaluation Report of a pilot peer navigation program funded by HRSA/HAB. It is a part of the Minority AIDS Initiative. It trained patient navigators at harm reduction sites in New Jersey and New Mexico.

Pilot-test of an online meeting Using Web 2.0 tools vs. a traditional in-person meeting venue with women infected or affected by HIV infection.

Case studies examining the effectiveness of models of peer support for Caribbean immigrants living with HIV in the U.S.

Toolkit for implementing a program to support HIV-positive youth transitioning from adolescent to adult HIV care.

Training compendium for agencies seeking to develop programs that utilize peers to help engage and retain other people with HIV in care. Also en Espanol: Componentes Esenciales para la Capacitación y Éxito de los Trabajadores Pares (Peers)

Tools on including peer advocates as part of multidisciplinary teams to engage people with HIV in care.

Materials to help programs develop strategies to employ Ryan White consumers/people with HIV.

Methods that involve persons with HIV to help link others into care.

Insights on ways that HIV care programs have improved health outcomes along the HIV care continuum.

Review of program costs and outcomes for the Ryan White SPNS Caribbean Peer Promoter Initiative.

Review of the costs and correlates of turnover among peer/outreach workers employed under Ryan White SPNS projects.

Toolkit for planning a peer training program for HIV-positive peers who work to engage and retain people with HIV in health care.

Curriculum of educational sessions to promote client engagement and retention in HIV care in order to increase overall rates of viral suppression, based on evidence informed practices, including motivational interviewing, to address identified gaps in care.

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).

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.