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Resource updated 09/14/2023
Resource 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.
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The session will discuss lessons learned from the Rhode Island's path to the AIDS Drugs Assistance Program (ADAP) automation through the implementation of the Lifia Portal. The Lifia portal is a tool designed to manage client enrollment, eligibility and benefits, streamline and take an ADAP program to the next level.
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Session 2 of the Leadership Institute focuses on stigma and intersectionality. Participants will explore different forms and manifestations of stigma, the impact of stigma on health outcomes, and the tenets of intersectionality. There will be discussion on improving factors contributing to stigma and intersectionality that impact the HIV service delivery system. People with HIV are encouraged to attend.
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Oklahoma has been classified by the Department of Health and Human Services as one of the seven states with a high rural HIV burden. Test-and-treat protocols are feasible within high-volume HIV clinics which serve rural and underserved communities to minimize the time to the first appointment to decrease time to viral load suppression.
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Quality improvement is dependent on a strong system of data collection, management, and analysis. The Learners Education and Practice Portal (LEAPP) developed by the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) at the University of Pittsburgh has an integral role in providing AETCs with quality improvement opportunities through the Six Sigma model of quality improvement.
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This session is facilitated by people with HIV, who bring their own lived experiences and their perspectives shaped by years of working in HIV programs. The panel of presenters will share a framework for involvement and strategies on how to actively engage people with HIV in local quality improvement efforts.
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In the spirit of the Denver Principles, people with HIV should be involved at every level of quality improvement. Presenters from the Client Advisory Board (CAB) at Health Emergency Lifeline Programs and Corktown Health Center in Detroit will provide practical tools for strengthening consumer engagement through CAB and Quality Committee participation.
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This session will walk you through everything you need to know to start and maintain a telehealth program. It will also review current federal resources that can assist you in getting started and allow you to view the equipment in action.
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This session will describe the use of telehealth among providers in primary health care, behavioral health, and dentistry. It will review benefits, challenges, solutions, and impact on care. A highlight will include demonstrations and hands-on access to equipment.
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This workshop will highlight the AIDS Education Training Centers' (AETC) Core Training activities from 2016 through 2019, focusing on types of providers reached, priority training topics, and training modalities. Two AETCs will share experiences engaging rural jurisdictions with low-volume HIV providers and approaches for reaching providers in the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative jurisdictions.
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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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This workshop will introduce a practical approach for focused and inclusive conversations about evaluation and HIV program outcomes. Motivational interviewing techniques are applied in the program evaluation context, using examples from Ryan White programs. Using motivational interviewing, the evaluator leads the dance in the desired direction while incorporating stakeholder input.
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This workshop will provide a game demonstration. The game was developed to address the common scenarios that occur which cause stress and confusion in the battle to weigh client needs against agency ethos and program requirements. The game promotes motivational interviewing skills for problem-solving with consumers and coworkers alike.
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No-show rate is a strong and independent predictor of patients falling out of care at the partnership that cares for 1,700 people with HIV in Philadelphia. A pilot study was created to address every no-show event in an effort to prevent patients from falling out of care.
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This session will discuss the impact of innovative automation on fiscal management, client consents, data sharing, and Ryan White eligibility determination across the subrecipients of the EMA, saving time, effort, and costs leading to improved service delivery, outcomes, and program workflow.
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The presentation will describe how CAREWare and eligibility integration eased access to services by clients in our jurisdictions. Presenters will be to provide Ryan White jurisdictions with actionable ideas and processes to integrate their CAREWare and eligibility processes to improve access to services, reporting, monitoring, and quality management.
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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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Oklahoma has been classified as one of the seven states with a high rural HIV burden. Telemedicine is an excellent resource to reach patients in rural areas and continue to engage them in care and keep them virally suppressed.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023