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Curriculum updated on 06/11/2021
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Rapid Access Initial HIV Appointment and ART Prescription
The Virginia Commonwealth University implemented a clinical quality improvement project to increase linkage to HIV medical care within 30 days and initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the first visit by making “Rapid Access” appointments available each week for people with newly diagnosed HIV.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Project START
Using a client-focused, personalized, Incremental Risk Reduction approach, the Project START intervention improves linkage and retention in care among people with HIV who are leaving correctional facilities to return to the community.Resource updated 01/09/2024
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Peer Engagement to Improve Linkage to Care and Retention in Care for Women and Youth
University Health uses peers and patient navigators to provide support, reduce barriers, and improve linkage and retention to care for women and youth with HIV. Two peers with lived experience were hired as Outreach Specialists to spearhead the program, encourage medication adherence and use of services, and provide mentoring. The intervention was successful in moderately improving the numbers of clients linked to care, retained in care, and virally suppressed.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/14/2023
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Early Intervention Services and Outreach
The Oregon Health Authority awarded contracts to local public health authorities across the state to work with community partners to integrate early intervention services and outreach services, link people to HIV care, and provide support to help clients reach viral suppression. Quick linkage to care resulted in a median of 57 days to viral suppression for Early Intervention Services and Outreach clients in 2019.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/14/2024
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Town Hall Meetings: A RWHAP Needs Assessment Tool
How-to resource overview of town hall meetings that Part A planning councils/planning bodies may hold to hear from the community.Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Merging Prevention and Care Planning Groups
HIV planning groups are responsible for overseeing the planning and implementation of HIV prevention and care activities within communities. Historically, prevention and care programs have operated separate planning groups. RWHAP Part A and Part B recipients and CDC-funded prevention jurisdictions have conducted parallel planning activities, oftentimes with little collaboration or coordination. As a way to reduce duplicative planning activities and streamline the work of planning groups, a number of jurisdictions have integrated their HIV planning groups.
Resource updated 09/14/2023
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Elevating Consumer Voices
Building consumer leadership skills and strategies to help ensure and amplify consumer input into PC/PB activities.Resource updated 01/05/2024
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Making Room at the Table: Recruiting, Retaining, and Engaging Youth and Young Adults
Improving reflectiveness and representation by working to build up youth and young adult involvement in PC/PBs.Resource updated 01/05/2024
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Lights, Camera, Action: Introducing an Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Planning Online Course
Introduction to the newly developed online course, An Introduction to Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Planning.Resource updated 02/28/2022
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HIV Planning Body Assessment Guide: A Resource for Integrated HIV Planning Bodies
Guide to help integrated HIV planning bodies review and evaluate the effectiveness of their structure, policies and procedures, membership, and stakeholder and consumer engagement.Resource updated 09/14/2023
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Transgender Women Engagement and Entry to Care (T.W.E.E.T): E2i
T.W.E.E.T. aims to engage transgender women in HIV care by combining weekly peer-based education and discussion groups, leadership training, community building, and the provision of supportive services. Three sites implemented T.W.E.E.T. as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. Clients had improved outcomes across the HIV care continuum 12 months after enrollment in T.W.E.E.T.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/09/2024
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Peer Linkage and Re-engagement of Women of Color with HIV
From 2016 through 2019, three clinics—AIDS Care Group, Howard Brown Health, and Meharry Medical College—participated in a RWHAP Part F SPNS DEII initiative to implement peer linkage and re-engagement interventions for women of color with HIV. Integrating peers into HIV primary care teams has been effective in better engaging women of color in care.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/28/2024
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Make a Difference: How PC/PBs Can Strengthen The HIV System of Care
Overview of the HIV system of care and how PC/PBs can help strengthen it.Resource updated 01/05/2024
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CrescentCare Start Initiative
The CrescentCare Start Initiative is a program of CrescentCare, a Federally Qualified Health Center, and the New Orleans Office of Health Policy. The initiative connects people with newly diagnosed HIV to antiretroviral therapy (ART) through intensive patient navigation and a streamlined intake process. Time between HIV diagnosis and linkage to HIV medical care has decreased from 30 days to only 1.3 days.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/29/2024
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Routine Universal Screening for HIV (RUSH)
Routine Universal Screening for HIV (RUSH) provides non-medical case management services, opt-out HIV testing, and linkage to care for emergency department patients. The intervention automatically screens patients for HIV if they are aged 16 years or older, are having an IV inserted, or are having blood drawn for other reasons, unless the patient opts out. RUSH provides access to testing earlier in disease progression, bridging disparities that primarily impact people of color. It also promotes linkage to and retention in care for those with a positive HIV test result. Clients with a positive HIV test in the emergency department who had a prior diagnosis of HIV were more likely to be retained in care and to reach viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/02/2024
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Proyecto Promover
The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center launched Proyecto Promover to decrease HIV testing-related stigma, increase awareness of HIV status, and increase early linkage to and retention in care among Mexicanos with HIV. The program operates at the community level through social marketing, educational talks, networking, and testing. On the individual level, Proyecto Promover uses one-on-one conversations to identify and overcome barriers related to care engagement and retention. Evaluation showed promising rates of HIV testing, retention in care, and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/29/2024
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Let's talk about achieving cultural reflectiveness in your Planning Council/Planning Body (PC/PB)!
Description of how Planning Councils/Planning Bodies (PC/PBs) can move toward achieving cultural reflectiveness and responsiveness.Resource updated 01/05/2024
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Project CORE: Coordination of Resources and Employment
Avenue 360 Health and Wellness, a Federally Qualified Health Center, and AIDS Foundation Houston, a community-based AIDS Service Organization, implemented Project CORE. This intervention aimed to improve health outcomes for people with HIV through the coordination of supportive employment and housing services. Through Project CORE, 39% of participants were placed in housing and 39% gained employment.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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Pay it Forward Transitional Care Coordination
One Stop Career Center of Puerto Rico (OSCC-PR) implemented Pay it Forward to increase workforce capacity to connect Puerto Ricans with HIV to community-based HIV care and social supports following release from jail. Pay it Forward included training of OSCC-PR staff in the Transitional Care Coordination model. Eighty percent of clients who were supported by Pay it Forward in Puerto Rico were still in HIV care 12 months after release.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/07/2024