A core value of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program is engagement of people with HIV in their care and in their community's work to address the epidemic. This might include:
- Serving as members and leaders of planning bodies. See also our Planning resources.
- Participating in community advisory boards to provide feedback to clinics on services and their design.
- Serving as peer workers to other persons with HIV to engage and retain them in care. See our Peer Programs resources.
- Serving as volunteers and paid staff members in HIV agencies.
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Webinars and Training
- HRSAThis webinar was a part of the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau’s Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Integrating HIV Innovative Practices (IHIP) Webinar Series on “Replicating Innovative HIV Care Strategies in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.”
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Webinars and other special events by HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau.
- NMACThis webinar presented by ELEVATE NMAC Team and JSI will focus on promoting the application of Harm Reduction Principles among PWH employed in HIV Service Delivery System.
- NMAC
The first part of our three part series will focus on Supporting People With HIV to Participate in the HIV Workforce and Planning Council/Planning Body Activities. We will start our series off with a community focused session on HIV.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) and NMACThe purpose of this webinar is to raise awareness of the availability and purpose of community planning groups.
- Technical Assistance Provider Innovation Network (TAP-in)Recordings of the TAP-in: Technical Assistance Provider-innovation network webinars on topics critical to the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative.
- Planning CHATTWebinar on the importance of building consumer leadership skills and will provide strategies and best practices to help ensure and amplify consumer input into PC/PB activities.
- Planning CHATT
Strategies to improve recruitment and retention of new PC/PB members.
- IHAP TA CenterStrategies for ongoing consumer and stakeholder engagement in the integrated prevention and care planning, implementation, and monitoring processes.
- Boston Public Health Commission
Video to recruit new members for the Ryan White Part A Planning Council, featuring consumer voices.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
An orientation to Ryan White Planning Councils for prospective new members. Una introducción a los consejos de planificación para miembros recientes.
Tools and Job Aids
- 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.
- Planning CHATTThis resource for new planning council members helps orient them to their roles and duties as HIV community planners.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), NASTAD
Application and companion document on how to apply for any pharmaceutical assistance program (PAP) offered by pharmaceutical companies.
- In It Together
Health literacy training initiative to help health professionals incorporate health literacy approaches into their services.
- Planning CHATT
Guide for planning councils/planning bodies to conduct orientation and ongoing training to prepare members to participate fully in RWHAP Part A planning and decision making.
- Planning CHATT
Review of the roles and functioning of Ryan White Part A planning councils.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Methods that involve persons with HIV to help link others into care.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Steps for conducting a town hall meeting as part of a community needs assessment/planning process.
- New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Guide on ways an organization can involve consumers in quality improvment.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Materials to help programs develop strategies to employ Ryan White consumers/people with HIV.
- AIDS Alliance for Children Youth and Families
Workbook on setting up and operating a consumer advisory board (CAB).
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Recruitment and retention strategies that planning groups can use to support membership.
Reports and Best Practices
- NASTADCollection of 10 implementation guides on evidence-informed best practices in HIV care delivery, designed for replication by HIV primary care agencies.
- Boston University School of Public Health
Resources to help clinics integrate community health workers (CHW) into an HIV multidisciplinary team model.
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.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Portal for HIV/AIDS information from the U.S. federal government, including the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. HIV-related treatment guidelines, drug database, and glossary.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Federal resources on discrimination and health care privacy protections.
- Center for Engaging Black MSM across the Care Continuum
Online resource to enhance care interactions experienced by Black MSM.