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
Resource updated 09/14/2023
UCLA Family AIDS Network, a Ryan White Part D recipient, will present its new Women and HIV bilingual education video series covering the topics of mental health and pregnancy. The videos are an educational tool and innovative way organizations can encourage authentic, genuine, and holistic conversations between consumers and providers.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Learn about best practices for improving the quality of oral healthcare from a tested delivery model at Grady Health System. A presentation on HAB's performance measures for oral health and the utilization of data to improve care will also be shared.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
La sesión 1 del Instituto de Liderazgo se centrará en el liderazgo de las personas con VIH y cubrirá el rol de la participación significativa de las personas con VIH a través de la historia del programa Ryan White. Explorará el liderazgo culturalmente sensible, el liderazgo transformacional y la humildad cultural. Los facilitadores demostrarán las habilidades de liderazgo formales e informales. Las personas con VIH están invitadas a participar.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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
In 2015, only 72% of pregnant women with HIV followed at the Grady Ponce de Leon Center returned for postpartum care within a three-month period of time. This workshop will describe actions taken to increase the number of women who kept their postpartum (fourth trimester) and ID appointments.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
University of Mississippi Medical Center utilized known barriers to care for postpartum women with HIV and leveraged that information to schedule individualized interactions with pregnant and postpartum women with HIV. This low-cost, low-effort initiative resulted in statistically significant improvements in both retention in care and viral suppression rates in postpartum women with HIV.
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 New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene designed an HIV self-management protocol for the Ryan White Part A care coordination program. Through the protocol, staff and patients systematically identify and address patient strengths and challenges, focusing activities on building patients' capacity to manage their care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
After childbirth, women with HIV are more likely to fall out of care, leading to higher morbidity, risk of transmitting HIV to intimate partners, and subsequent pregnancies. Psychiatric disorders and other barriers are contributors to loss of follow-up. We present the successes and opportunities to improve health outcomes for postpartum women with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Undetectable=Untransmittable: individuals who maintain viral suppression don't transmit HIV to their sexual partners. Yet some providers are uncomfortable discussing the implications of viral suppression in clinical encounters. This workshop will explore approaches to reduce provider discomfort in discussing U=U and present strategies to convey this message.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This presentation assesses social determinants that affect the HIV continuum of care. Establish patterns at the economic, demographic, and sociocultural factors that may fragment or, in a worst-case scenario, interrupt access to HIV testing, biomedical prevention, follow-up to a positive diagnosis, and adherence to treatment.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This presentation will provide an overview of the potential role of express STI services in HIV prevention and care and improving the clinic efficiency of RWHAP clinics and health centers by developing fast tracks for asymptomatic patients requiring STI testing.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
The New York City Health Department has scaled up The Undetectables Viral Load Suppression Program, in collaboration with the program developer (Housing Works) and other stakeholders, by integrating the program into existing HIV medical case management service delivery.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Prism Health North Texas will share the challenges and successes of adapting Ryan White case management tools and strategies to a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program for behavioral intervention. Panelists will detail how they took lessons learned from case management to HIV prevention to become status neutral.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Preventing HIV with pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a pillar of the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative. This session will explore PrEP implementation resources for health centers developed by the National LGBT Health Education Center at The Fenway Institute and prepare participants to use and adapt them to their organizations.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will describe the development and implementation of a web-based electronic and administrative tracking system developed for use by clinic case managers. This electronic tracking tool allows case managers to easily view patient data with the overall goal of improving retention in care and adherence to medication.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Caracole, an AIDS Service Organization, uses three interconnected approaches to improve retention in HIV care: housing first, harm reduction, and motivational interviewing. Clients in permanent supportive housing had high rates of viral suppression, exceeding Caracole's goal of 75%.
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/13/2024