Jail: Time for Testing
Guide on how to implement an opt-out HIV testing program in a jail setting.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Guide on how to implement an opt-out HIV testing program in a jail setting.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Resource updated 04/23/2024
Toolkit for implementing a program to support HIV-positive youth transitioning from adolescent to adult HIV care.
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This workshop will describe how the Los Angeles Area AETC developed an inter-professional practice (IPP) program with the Charles Drew NP program, USC’s School of Pharmacy, UCLA’s School of Medicine, and the West LA’s psychiatric residency program -- along with five Ryan White clinics -- to help develop the next generation of HIV teams.
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Trauma, stigma, and addiction rob us of our human identity. Spirituality is a universal human experience that touches us all. However, we leave the discussion of spiritual beliefs out of our treatment plans and leadership directives. Join us as we explore the connections among trauma, recovery, health, and spirituality, and learn ways to transform our practices and programs.
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Successes and lessons learned will be shared from three metropolitan areas on incorporating STI testing and treatment for prevention clients within an HIV medical home setting, along with how offering STI treatment impacts early identification service outcomes (e.g., HIV positivity rates, linkage to care referrals, and the rapid start of HIV treatment).
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Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program uses an innovative care model, designed from the margins, to meet the complex needs of people living at the intersections of HIV, homelessness, substance use disorder, and incarceration. Such models hold promise for closing HIV care and prevention equity gaps for this hyper-vulnerable group.
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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.
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Establishing an opt-out HIV screening program in the emergency department has almost quadrupled HIV screening rates and has identified new and out-of-care cases. Utilizing a continuous quality improvement approach has allowed it to become a catalyst to improve workflows for other gaps in University Medical Center of Southern Nevada's HIV care continuum process.
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This peer-led workshop will include skills-building interactive sessions about two evidence-informed interventions that address trauma and addictions among people with HIV, specifically Trauma-Informed Approach & Coordinated Assistance and Navigation for Growth and Empowerment (TIA/CHANGE) and Seeking Safety.
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This 101 session will provide a broad overview of unstable housing, homelessness, and their impact on health outcomes. Participants will gain a basic understanding of why and how RWHAP recipients should consider integrating housing resources into their systems of care.
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This interactive panel describes and discusses the development of comprehensive-care models that provide high-quality, coordinated team-based care with sustained improvements in health outcomes. Participants will leave with Ryan White-compliant strategies for 340B and other resources to develop innovative and integrated solutions that improve patient outcomes and engaged teams.
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Given rising HIV diagnoses within the Latinx community, this presentation provides a holistic primer on patient-centered care for Latinx folks, de-emphasizing the ‘one size fits all' approach by considering the diversity and cultural nuances within the community. This presentation is for those newly interacting with the Latinx community or those seeking to strengthen existing relationships.
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This interactive workshop will review updated data and discuss implementation challenges, facilitators, and best practices for routine screening/linkage in an emergency department with urban and rural challenges. Preliminary data from the initial two months (with more than 2,000 patients screened) include .7% HIV (including three acute infections), 7% Hepatitis C (HCV) and 5.2% syphilis.
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This session highlights specific HRSA and CDC resources used to reduce HIV-related stigma in rural areas and a recipient's best practices to reduce stigma in the healthcare setting to improve clients' health outcomes and quality of life. Providers, program staff, and people with HIV are encouraged to attend.
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This workshop will highlight rural RWHAP recipients' innovative approaches to reducing HIV-related stigma, featuring a presentation from a rural consumer using their community platform to reduce stigma and concluding with a listening session.
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Let's talk about love! Let's talk about dating! Let's talk about HIV! Julie Bardales and Erin Miers will be discussing how setting boundaries, self-care, and thoughtfulness can help people with HIV navigate the tricky world of disclosure and dating. This will be an interactive and engaging presentation.
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This presentation will provide an overview of RWHAP in rural areas, the complexity of HIV stigma in rural communities, the role of rural jurisdictions in the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative, a review of literature on the impact of stigma, and consumers' lived experiences.
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This workshop will present the 6Ms, a simplified approach to geriatric principles for HIV care: Mobility, Mentation, Medications, Matters Most, Multicomplexity, and Modifiable. The role of the 6Ms in clinical care and identification of older adults at greatest need will be considered; clinical models of geriatric care with potential for widespread implementation will be presented.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023