Online training platform providing U.S. health care staff with evidence-based core competency training on HIV prevention, screening, diagnosis, and care.
Retaining in Care
Engagement in HIV/AIDS care falls along a continuum, from not being in care at all to being fully engaged, with interim points that reflect inconsistent and non-engagement in care. Varied interventions can enhance care engagement, including peer support, motivational interviewing, and case management. HRSA HAB through the SPNS program and other initiatives identify and evaluate innovative retention approaches, and produce replication materials for those showing the most promise. Many of these interventions focus on populations at most need, including youth, transgender women, and women and MSM of color.
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Guidelines and Manuals
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AETC National Coordinating Resource Center (NCRC), University of WashingtonMarch 2020
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February 2018
Clinical care guides for various populations (based upon their racial, ethnic, and gender characteristics) and specific conditions.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)December 2013
Tools on ways to expand/replicate innovative models of oral health care for people with HIV.
Webinars and Training
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HRSA Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health TAJune 2020
Review of the Trauma-Informed Approaches Community of Practice (CoP) available to Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part C and D recipients, including the application process.
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IHIP, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)August 2019
Discussion of how two SPNS sites supported Latino clients of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent move along the HIV care continuum.
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IHIP, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)August 2019
Discussion of two SPNS projects that effectively engaged Latinos of Mexican descent in HIV testing and linkage to care.
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IHIP, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)August 2019
Review of Practice Transformation/Transformative Models (PTMs) to improve delivery of HIV services.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)September 2018
Highlight of two programs that successfully engaged in HIV care clients who are hard-to-reach and serve via delivery of HIV primary care, behavioral health, and housing.
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Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)August 2018
Preliminary data and lessons learned from the pre-implementation and early-implementation phases of initiatives featured in the DEII project.
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The Bronx Health and Housing CorporationJuly 2018
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.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)July 2018
Learn how two successful programs are addressing homelessness and housing instability and behavioral health disorders, improving client engagement and retention in care, and observing improved rates of viral suppression.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)July 2018
Review of how a community-based organization and an FQHC successfully engaged and retained transgender women of color in HIV care.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)July 2018
Approaches to effectively engaging and retaining transgender women of color in HIV care.
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Evidence-Informed Interventions (E2i)May 2018
Overview of E2i and its goal to identify and provide support for the implementation of evidence-informed interventions to reduce HIV-related health disparities and improve health outcomes.
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National Center for Innovation in HIV CareApril 2017
Review of research on the impact of unstable/lack of housing on HIV care outcomes.
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National Center for Innovation in HIV CareMarch 2015
Discussion of how programs can use HIV laboratory surveillance data to identify persons who have fallen out of care in order to guide re-linkage efforts (Data to Care).
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)September 2013
Resources on implementing jail linkage programs and assisting organizations in expanding their current jail work.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)January 2013
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.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)August 2012
Resources to assist Ryan White and other HIV clinics to integrate buprenorphine programs within primary care settings.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)January 2007
Facilitator's training curriculum and slides on educating service providers about HIV/AIDS-related stigma. There are five modules with participant training exercises.
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Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and HealthAugust 2004
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
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ACE TA CenterNovember 2019
Aprè kliyan yo fin enskri nan asirans sante, li enpòtan pou asire yo kenbe pwoteksyon yo an pandan tout ane a.
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ACE TA CenterNovember 2019
Afich pou ede kliyan yo konprann sa yo sa yo bezwen pou kenbe pwoteksyon asirans yo pandan tout ane a. Chak afich montre yon tarif ak yon imaj diferan epi yo te kreye yo pou yo enprime an koulè.
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NASTADDecember 2018
Review of the basics of trauma and modules on trauma-informed approaches in the delivery of HIV care.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)September 2018
Guide to best practices for enhancing services to youth with HIV to better outcomes in both retention and viral load suppression.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)January 2011
Methods that involve persons with HIV to help link others into care.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)October 2010
Toolkit for implementing a program to support HIV-positive youth transitioning from adolescent to adult HIV care.
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Yale University School of MedicineJanuary 2010
Guide on how to implement an opt-out HIV testing program in a jail setting.
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Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)August 2009
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)
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and HealthApril 2009
This is a 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
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Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)July 2020
Resources from innovative project to field test four evidence-informed Care And Treatment Interventions (CATI) packages--interventions that produce optimal HIV care outcomes.
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Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation (CQII)June 2020
The following interventions were tested and implemented by participating agencies of the end+disparities ECHO Collaborative, a national quality improvement initiative to address HIV disparities among Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funded grant r
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SPNS Latino Access Initiative, UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention StudiesFebruary 2020
Monographs describing interventions for the engagement and retention of Latinos in HIV care.
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SPNS Social Media InitiativeJanuary 2020
Intervention monographs and implementation manuals from demonstration sites participating in the SPNS project, Use of Social Media to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)October 2018
Review of an intervention focused on client re-engagement in HIV care.
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NASTADFebruary 2018
Ideas for RWHAP Part B/ADAPs to support access to medications and tailor related services for Black/African American men living with HIV.
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Center for Advancing Health Policy and PracticeJanuary 2018
Insights from a HRSA SPNS initiative on care coordinator/patient navigation interventions for vulnerable populations.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)July 2017
Insights on ways that HIV care programs have improved health outcomes along the HIV care continuum.
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SPNS Systems Linkages ProjectMarch 2017
Insights from a multi-state demonstration and evaluation of innovative models for linkages to and retention in HIV care.
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Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and HealthOctober 2014
The Minority AIDS Initiative/SPNS Retention and Re-Engagement in HIV Care Project developed innovative and replicable HIV service delivery models using HIV+ peers.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)September 2014
Implementation guide for HIV providers on addressing the unique needs of women of color living with HIV.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)March 2014
Compilation of SPNS grantee experiences with peer models and how they can be used in various care settings.
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National Minority AETCSeptember 2012
BE SAFE is a framework that uses culturally pluralistic content and perspectives based on the following six core elements:
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Next Step and Mass CAREMay 2012
Guidebook for multiple audiences that outlines steps for transitioning youth from pediatric care to adult services.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)March 2010
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.
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AIDS Action FoundationJanuary 2008
Estos cuadernos describen la manera de asistir a conectar personas que viven con VIH/SIDA con el sistema médico.
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AIDS Action FoundationJanuary 2006
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.
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AIDS Alliance for Children Youth and FamiliesJanuary 2005
Resource for programs interested in developing or expanding outreach services to identify HIV-positive youth and engage and retain them in care.
Websites
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AETC National Coordinating Resource Center (NCRC)May 2020
HIV clinical training resources for the AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program, funded by HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
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Center for Engaging Black MSM across the Care ContinuumJanuary 2017
Web training site to educate providers on the delivery of HIV health care services for black men who have sex with men to enhance engagement/retention in care.
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Center for Engaging Black MSM across the Care ContinuumJanuary 2017
Online resource to enhance care interactions experienced by Black MSM.