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Curriculum updated on 09/01/2013
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Creating a Jail Linkage Program: Training Manual
Lessons learned from the SPNS Enhancing Linkages to HIV Primary Care & Services in Jail Settings Initiative.Resource updated 08/29/2022
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Creating a Jail Linkage Program: Curriculum
This curriculum is meant to inform implementation of a new jail linkage program and to assist organizations in expanding their current jail work.
Target audiences include AIDS service organizations, community-based organizations, Ryan White HIV/ AIDS Program grantees and providers, and local health departments.
Jail health administrators may find the information herein to be helpful in discussions around establishing or modifying a jail linkage program; however, they are not the primary audience for this guide.
Resource updated 03/12/2024
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The Costs and Effects of Outreach Strategies that Engage and Retain People with HIV/AIDS in Primary Care
Examination of costs and outcomes associated with different types of outreach encounters to bring individuals living with HIV/AIDS into care, as conducted under a SPNS Outreach Initiative examining innovations in HIV/AIDS care.
Resource updated 09/20/2021
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The Use of Peer Workers in Special Projects of National Significance Initiatives, 1993 – 2009
Compilation of SPNS grantee experiences with peer models and how they can be used in various care settings.
Resource updated 01/31/2023
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What's Going on @ SPNS: CyberSPNS Bulletin
This is a periodic newsletter of events with the Ryan White Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) program. They are administered by HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau.Resource updated 10/28/2020
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Moving on Positively: A Guide for Youth, Caregivers and Providers
Guidebook for multiple audiences that outlines steps for transitioning youth from pediatric care to adult services.
Resource updated 04/06/2022
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Women of Color: Enhancing Access
Implementation guide for HIV providers on addressing the unique needs of women of color living with HIV.
Resource updated 05/15/2024
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Best Practices for HIV Interventions in Jails: Pocket Guide
This guide is intended for those seeking to strengthen connections between community and jail health care systems, including improving the continuity of care for recently incarcerated HIV-positive individuals.Resource updated 05/16/2024
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Engaging and Retaining People Living with HIV/AIDS in Oral Health Care: Pocket Guide
Pocket guide for primary care providers and oral health care teams working to improve efforts and outcomes regarding engagement and retention in oral health care for people with HIV.Resource updated 11/06/2023
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YGetIt? Program
The YGetIt? Program engaged youth and young adults with HIV in care through three components: a health management mobile application (GET!), Peer Engagement Educator Professionals (PEEPs), and a graphic serial (Tested). Tested received over 200,000 views, and viral suppression rates among YGetIt? participants increased from 79% to 86% over the course of the program.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 03/18/2024
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National HIV PrEP Curriculum
Online learning portal for clinicians on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for prevention of HIV.Resource updated 03/13/2024
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Coordination of Supportive Employment and Housing Services
The intervention integrated supportive employment services, housing services, and HIV care for clients receiving case management services and with unmet housing and employment needs. Evaluation of the program showed improvements in employment rates, participant confidence in being able to hold onto a job, household median income, participants’ living situations, and self-perception of homelessness status.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/29/2024
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Patient-Centered Appointment Reminders
Allegheny Health Network implemented Patient-Centered Appointment Reminders over a five-month period to improve engagement in care for people with HIV. This intervention included text message reminders, a process for identifying and addressing barriers to care, home visits, and outreach to patients after missed appointments. Compared to the pre-intervention cohort, the post-intervention group showed a significant decrease in clinic no-show rates.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/20/2024
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Leveraging a Data to Care Approach to Cure Hepatitis C within the RWHAP
SPNS initiative aimed to link individuals co-infected with HIV and HCV to care by leveraging public health surveillance and clinical data systems. Project period: 2020-2022.Resource updated 05/15/2024
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POP-UP
POP-UP provides low-barrier comprehensive HIV primary care, substance use services, mental health services, and case management to people who are homeless and unstably housed with the goal of retaining clients in care and improving viral suppression. Among POP-UP participants, 44% who were unstably housed and not virally suppressed at the start of the study were virally suppressed 12 months after enrollment.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/24/2024
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CoRECT
CoRECT was a data to care project to identify and reengage people with HIV who were newly out of care. It included a clinic and health department data reconciliation process to identify missed laboratory results or appointments and create the out-of-care list, case discussions via telephone to review the combined list, and field epidemiologist outreach to assist clients with making appointments, securing transportation, and arranging referrals. The intervention employed strengths-based case management techniques and motivational interviewing to contact identified people within 30 days, reengage them in care, and reduce time to viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 03/19/2024
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OPT-In For Life
OPT-In For Life is a social media-based intervention that promotes advancement along the HIV care continuum for young adults (ages 18 to 34) with HIV. During the 18-month intervention, OPT-In For Life used multiple social media platforms and a mobile application to provide HIV-related and positive lifestyle resources. Young adults enrolled in OPT-in For Life demonstrated improved retention in HIV care and higher rates of viral suppression after participation.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 03/20/2024
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Treating Hepatitis C Virus: A Data to Care Approach
The Arizona Department of Health Services partnered with three clinics to identify people with a dual diagnosis of HIV and HCV, determine their care needs, and link them to HCV treatment.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/20/2024
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Structured Transition EmPowerment (STEP) Program
The STEP Program is a multidisciplinary intra-campus health care transition program to support youth with HIV as they transition from pediatric to adult HIV care using individualized transition plans. Ninety-five percent of youth enrolled in STEP were still retained in adult care at 12 months compared to only 50% of a pre-STEP cohort.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/23/2024