Rural

HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Fact Sheets, March 2023.

Rural areas often face limited health care services and require travel across long distances to access care, with limited transportation options. Options for HIV care are often limited, with added barriers to care including stigma, which can serve as a deterrent from individuals seeking out testing and treatment.

Resources 8

Best Practices and Emerging Models

Connecting to Care: Addressing Unmet Need in HIV
AIDS Action Foundation
January 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.
Conectando a los Cuidados
Compendium of Evidence-informed Approaches to Improving Health Outcomes for People Living with HIV
Center for Innovation and Engagement
April 2022
Collection of implementation guides on evidence-informed best practices in HIV care delivery.
Women of Color: Enhancing Access
IHIP
September 2014
Implementation guide for HIV providers on addressing the unique needs of women of color living with HIV.
Intervention Guide—Guide to Healing: Enhancing Access to Care for HIV+ Women in the Rural South
PositiveLinks
Center for Innovation and Engagement
Clinic-based mobile health intervention that promotes linkage to and engagement in HIV care in rural areas for people with HIV who are new to care or at risk of falling out of care.

Training Modules

Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care: Training Manual
IHIP
January 2013
Manual to help health care providers adapt SPNS models addressing how to engage hard-to-reach people with HIV (PWH) into care within their current operations.

Webinars and Training

Living with HIV in Rural America: Stigma and Other Barriers to Care
National Center for Innovation in HIV Care
January 2017
Review of barriers to health care access in rural areas and their impact on health outcomes of persons living with HIV in the United States.
Syringe Access Programs: At the Intersection of Harm Reduction and Linkage to Care
National Center for Innovation in HIV Care
October 2015
Review of syringe access service delivery, principles of harm reduction, and models of how programs at community-based organizations have been successful.
Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care
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.
Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care: Curriculum

Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care: Training Manual

Conference Presentations

Implementation of a telePrEP program in partnership with state and local health departments in South Carolina

MUSC

Presenters:

Marty Player, Nicole Cooper, Darin King, Vanessa Diaz