Substance Use & Addiction

Under Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funding, substance abuse services (outpatient) are medical or other treatment and/or counseling to address substance abuse problems (i.e., alcohol and/or legal and illegal drugs) in an outpatient setting by a physician or under the supervision of a physician, or by other qualified personnel.

Resources 113

Best Practices and Emerging Models

Resources

Training Modules

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Resources on HCV treatment among HIV coinfected patients.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Training manual for agencies seeking to improve delivery of dental care service to people with HIV, based on insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • IHIP

    Curriculum instructions to implement best practices from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Summary of insights in Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual, based on insights from SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    References in Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual, based on insights from SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of the contents of Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual for agencies seeking to improve delivery of dental care service to people with HIV, based on insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative and the models studies in order to prepare this Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Factors that help oral health programs sustain operations, based on insights from SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative. Chapter in Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Recap of data on oral health needs for people with HIV and HRSA oral health programs. Chapter in Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual, based on insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Interview guide for determining dental care needs of people with HIV. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Instructional design of curriculum to implement best practices from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative. Introductory chapter of Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Organizational models used to develop oral health care services for people with HIV, from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of oral health care considerations for people with HIV, from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative. Introductory chapter of Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Module on common barriers to oral health care encountered by people with HIV and the intersection of oral health and HIV disease. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of models from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Terminology on oral health and HIV disease. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Visual and descriptive examples of common oral health diseases. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Facts and myths on oral health and HIV disease, organized as training tests. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of oral health and HIV care programs that utilize a dental case manager, patient navigator, or outreach worker as part of their program model. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Module presenting recommendations for providers seeking to educate their patients about the components of a basic oral health care plan. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Module to help dental care providers understand how peers can be helpful in engaging people with HIV in care and to familiarize themselves with a possible tool to use in peer education and training. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Journal articles on enhancing HIV health services between community and jail settings, based on insights from the SPNS initiative, Enhancing Linkages to HIV Primary Care & Services in Jail Settings Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Lessons learned from the SPNS initiative Enhancing Linkages to HIV Primary Care & Services in Jail Settings.

  • IHIP

    Insights on providing continuity of HIV care for persons transitioning from jail to community settings, in Creating a Jail Linkage Program training manual, based on the SPNS Enhancing Linkages to HIV Primary Care & Services in Jail Settings Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Overview of the HIV epidemic in the U.S., the national strategy, and SPNS initiative to identify models of care. Part of the training manual, Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of barriers to HIV care. Part of the training manual, Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of SPNS initiatives to identify models of HIV care that are summarized in the training manual, Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of select models of HIV care (e.g., outreach, motivational interviewing, case management). Part of the training manual, Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Summary of considerations for agencies to consider prior to undertaking replication of HIV care models. Part of the training manual, Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Recap of contents of training manual, Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Part of the training manual, Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Collection of additional resources on HIV care engagement. Part of the training manual, Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Citations for the training manual, Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of the content (e.g., training design, handouts) of the curriculum to educate staff and other stakeholders on how to replicate models of care to engage and retain hard-to-reach populations into HIV medical care. Part of the tools in Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • IHIP

    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.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, particularly within marginalized and underserved populations. Part of the tools in Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Overview of the HIV continuum of care. Part of the tools in Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Overview of various SPNS models for possible replication. Part of the tools in Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Overview of the health system navigation/ retention in care model of care. Part of the tools in Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Overview to foster discussion about the motivational interviewing model of care. Part of the tools in Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Overview to foster discussion about the in-reach model of care. Part of the tools in Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Overview to foster discussion about the HIV Interventions in Jails initiative model of care. Part of the tools in Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Overview to foster discussion about the Social Marketing Campaigns/Social Networking Channels model of care. Part of the tools in Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Ideas on small ways that agencies can jumpstart implementation of their selected model(s) of care. Part of the tools in Innovative Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV/AIDS into Care.

  • IHIP

    Frequently asked questions about buprenorphine care; chapter in the Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care document. 

  • IHIP

    Design of curriculum to provide physicians with the information they need to educate their clinic staff and other stakeholders about integrating medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with buprenorphine into HIV primary care.

  • IHIP

    Resources on opioid treatment. Part of the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings

  • IHIP

    Module to assess provider community's awareness and perspectives on opioid use risks among clients as a decision point on whether to undertake integration of buprenorphine use within the HIV clinic. Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Review of the terminology of addiction, opioid use, and MAT, in order to enhance staff understanding of how buprenorphine treatment fits into the larger treatment picture and improve their health literacy on the subject. Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Overview of addiction and medication-assisted addiction treatment, including buprenorphine and methadone. Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Review of the SPNS Buprenorphine Initiative, the reasons behind its funding, and its overall findings across grantee sites. Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Review of major steps required to get going in buprenorphine certification and administration (e.g., prescribing, administration, staffing). Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Module (factsheet) quick reference guide to providers and staff on frequently asked questions and answers regarding buprenorphine treatment. Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Group activity to allow clinic staff to practice patient-provider role playing, providing the instructor with an opportunity to identify any communication or cultural competency issues that may need addressing Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Endnotes and references for training manual, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Background on addiction and review of risk behaviors tied to opioid abuse. Introductory chapter in the training manual, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Review of data on the efficacy of buprenorphine. Chapter in the training manual, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Findings from the SPNS initiative, Integrating Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings; chapter in the training manual, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Start-up activities to integrate buprenorphine treatment into primary care; chapter in the training manual, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Clinical considerations and tools for integrating buprenorphine treatment in a primary care setting; chapter in the training manual, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Criteria to consider when contemplating buprenorphine treatment with patients; chapter in the training manual, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP
  • IHIP

    Overview of training manual and curriculum (along with webinars) on integrating opioid addiction treatment using buprenorphine.

  • IHIP

    Overview of training manual on integrating buprenorphine treatment into HIV primary care. 

  • IHIP

    Review of opioid addiction treatment, specifically buprenorphine, and its variance from methadone and naltrexone opioid addiction treatment options. Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • IHIP

    Slides for use in educating patients about opioid addiction and opioid addiction treatment. Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.

Webinars and Training

Conference Presentations

The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Presenters:
Ellen Eaton
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Community Health Center, Inc. New London
Presenters:
Catherine Hinojosa
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Presenters:
Nadine Alexander, Jennifer Carmona, Jacinthe Thomas, Tye Seabrook, Wendy Wen, Mary Irvine
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
HRSA
Presenters:
Alex Keuroghlian, Nicole Chavis, Beth Bourdeau, Demetrios Psihopaidas
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
HRSA
Presenters:
Chau Nguyen, Molly Higgins-Biddle, Deirdre Rogers, Frederick Altice, Lynn Madden
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment

Technical Assistance

  • The central hub of the AETC Program, the clinical training arm of the RWHAP, through HIV curricula, technical support to regional AETCs on practice transformation and best practices, and housing of all AETC-developed tools for HIV clinical staff. Project period: 2019-2024.
  • SPNS-sponsored project to evaluate four evidence-informed behavioral health interventions and/or models of care to engage, link, and retain Black MSM with HIV in medical care and supportive services. Project period: 2018-2022.
  • Clinician consultation on HCV management, HIV management, perinatal HIV/AIDS, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis, substance use. Project period: 2016-2025.

  • The NHC provides ongoing, up-to-date information needed to meet the core competency knowledge for HIV prevention, screening, diagnosis, and ongoing treatment and care to healthcare providers in the United States. Project period: 2020-2022.
  • Initiative documenting best practice strategies and interventions that have been shown to improve HIV outcomes in a "real world" setting and can be replicated by other programs. Project period: 2021-2024.
  • Technical assistance across HIV and behavioral health/substance use service providers to enhance system-level coordination and networks of care among RWHAP recipients and other federal, state, and local entities. Project period: 2019-2022.