Source: HRSA. Female Clients: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, 2020. Population Fact Sheet, July 2022.
Online clinician training platform with evidence-based core competency training on HIV prevention, screening, diagnosis, care, and key populations.
In 2020, 25.9% of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) clients were female. Women comprised 19% of new HIV diagnoses in the United States in 2019. Minority women, particularly African Americans, are the most heavily impacted. Many women living with HIV disease face socioeconomic and other barriers, like intimate partner violence and responsibility for child and family care. Women who receive care from the RWHAP are far more likely to be retained in care and have viral suppression than those not receiving RWHAP services.
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Guidelines and Manuals
- AETC National Coordinating Resource Center (NCRC), University of Washington
Webinars and Training
- HRSAReview of two interventions to improve link clients to care and improve health outcomes, focusing on transgender women and persons of Mexican origin.
- Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)
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).
- National Center for Innovation in HIV Care
Review of research on the causes of higher trauma prevalence among People with HIV. The relationship of trauma symptoms to decreased engagement in HIV services, and best practices in trauma-informed care.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
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.
Tools and Job Aids
- SPNS Improving Care and Treatment Coordination Black Women with HIVExplanation of how to create a photovoice, a type of participatory action research that engages people in the process of naming, capturing, and strengthening their community through photography.
- 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.
- Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)Series of six brief, animated videos with HIV-specific patient education tailored for women of color with HIV.
- Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)Esta es una serie de seis videos animados breves que brinda educación específica sobre el VIH para pacientes y está destinada especialmente a mujeres de color que viven con el VIH.
Reports and Best Practices
- SPNS Improving Care and Treatment Coordination Black Women with HIVUse of participatory arts to generate dialogue and engage individuals in receiving health care, provide a safe space to speak more freely outside the confines of the medical system, and inspire involvement in community activities.
- SPNS Improving Care and Treatment Coordination Black Women with HIVHow consumer and community advisory boards acan be leveraged to inform the development and implementation of evidence based interventions designed to improve care for diverse Black women with HIV.
- SPNS Improving Care and Treatment Coordination Black Women with HIVInnovative strategies adapted by agencies to deliver bundled interventions for improving health outcomes for Black women with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Center for Innovation and EngagementCollection of implementation guides on evidence-informed best practices in HIV care delivery.
- Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)
Evidence-informed interventions that produce optimal HIV care outcomes (jail transitional care, buprenorphine, patient navigation and peer support for women of color)
- SPNS Social Media Initiative
Resources (monographs, implementation manuals, mobile apps and text messaging) from ten demonstration sites that participated in Use of Social Media to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum.
- SPNS Transgender Women of Color Initiative
Innovative models for linking and retaining transgender women of color in HIV care, developed by a multi-site demonstration project.
- IHIP
Implementation guide for HIV providers on addressing the unique needs of women of color living with HIV.
- National Minority AETCGuide and promising practices that address cultural competency for specific racial/ethnic populations.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
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.
- AIDS Action Foundation
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.
Websites
- AETC National Coordinating Resource Center (NCRC)
HIV clinical training resources for HRSA's AIDS Education and Training Centers Program.
- Howard Brown Health Center
Curriculum for nurses teaching cultural competency in the care of LGBT older adults.
Conference Presentations
Wayne State University
Presenters:
Evelyn Postell-Franklin
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Department of Public Health, University of Massachusetts
Presenters:
Minu P. Mohan, Cecilia Flores-Rodríguez, Linda Sprague Martinez, Judith Scott, Alicia Downes, Angela Wangari Walter, Serena Rajabiun
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Impact of Covid-19 protocols on recruitment for an engagement in care program for returning citizens
AIDS Foundation Chicago
Presenters:
Andrea Dakin, Nora Bouacha
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
UNC Hospitals-Infectious Diseases
Presenters:
Emily Duberman, Arianne Morrison, Christopher Hurt, Corazon Halsey, Amy Durr, Claire Farel
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
HRSA
Presenters:
Corliss Heath, Alicia Downes, Judith Scott, Letitia Burr
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment