Presentation Event
2020 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Organization
Washington University School of Medicine
Presenter(s)
Katie Plax, Cathy Reback, Kimberly Kisler, Scott Rhodes
Description
As part of the SPNS Social Media Initiative (SMI), three Ryan White recipients describe their experiences with text messaging, both automated and real-time, to increase engagement in care and the number of medical appointments kept, and improve viral suppression rates with an emphasis on engaging young men who have sex with men and trans women of color.
Learning Objectives
- Describe three innovative text messaging interventions and the results, namely improved retention in care and viral load suppression rates.
- Discuss both automated bidirectional and unidirectional texting and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
- Demonstrate that even with great adversity participants were able to maximize success in HIV care and treatment.
Event Details
Event:
2020 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Track:
Innovative System-level Models for HIV Service Delivery
Abstract:
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