Linkage to Care Specialist (LTC-S) Project
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The STAR Program, a Ryan White Part C program, initiated a 30-minute, weekly televised TV health magazine that engages the community across multiple social media and television platforms with a focus on health particularly HIV treatment and Prevention, reaching young adults. (https://bit.ly/2EqYQIk).
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
A case study of one Part B subrecipient improved linkage and retention rates through the innovative use of medical transportation, housing services, and food bank and home-delivered meals. The presentation will share lessons learned and propose strategies to replicate these services elsewhere.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Anal dysplasia programs are a growing need as anal dysplasia is an increasing concern in men and women with HIV. This presentation will discuss establishing, implementing, and maintaining an anal dysplasia program in a Ryan White clinic setting. Ideas for future evaluation will also be addressed.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
The key to ending the epidemic in the United States is the employment of techniques that pinpoint where HIV infections are spreading rapidly and mobilizing resources for HIV care and treatment. This workshop is the first of three that will help recipients understand and implement strategies to investigate and respond to HIV clusters.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Reaching and engaging rural populations in care and treatment is critical to ending the HIV epidemic. Engaging the community and including faith institutions are key to improve access to care, treatment, and adherence. This session will highlight how three projects are working with implementing partners in the rural South.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This sub-study compared viral suppression between SPNS participants and non-participants at the Meharry site. The SPNS study enrolled women of color newly who were recently diagnosed with HIV or lost to care. There was no statistically significant difference in viral suppression after controlling for demographic and clinical factors.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
The Linkage to Care (LTC) Program at Denver Health/Denver Public Health is an innovative model using continuous quality improvement and community partners to close gaps in the HIV care continuum. This linkage model serves those seeking HIV prevention service as well as people with HIV seeking linkage and retention in care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will discuss engagement and re-engagement of newly diagnosed clients and clients lost to care through the provision of personalized assistance and support designed to increase access to specialty care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will explain how Texas collects gender identity data for people with HIV and will examine disparities in care and health outcomes for transgender Texans living with HIV with an additional focus on the Latinx and black communities in order to understand how to better meet the needs of transgender people with HIV.
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Learn about strategies for improving access to oral healthcare through better integration with primary care. Presenters will share information on the seven components of integration, ranging from risk assessments to data sharing across settings. This session will introduce the components of integration and highlight available resources for integrative care.
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This presentation will review how the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chronic Disease Division collaborated with the HIV/STI division and local AIDS service organizations to develop innovative, client-centered tobacco dependence treatment programs to address the high tobacco use rates among people with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Transgender women, especially those of color, have substantially lower rates of viral suppression than people with HIV in general. The New York City HIV Planning Council collaborated with the community to develop guiding recommendations that drove the development of the jurisdiction's first psycho-social service directive specifically for people of transgender, intersex, non-binary, and/or non-conforming experience.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This workshop will explore the implementation of peer-led, evidence-informed interventions for transgender women with HIV. The programs are Healthy Divas, and Transgender Women Engagement and Entry to Care Project (T.W.E.E.T.). Attendees will learn the core elements of these interventions and how they improve engagement in care, treatment adherence, and viral suppression in Alabama and Michigan.
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Improving access to HIV care is a critical component of engagement into and retention in care. This session will utilize patient-centered care principles to define healthcare access and its measures, and how a practice can measure demand for, and expand access to, HIV care and services.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023