His Health: Innovation - Linkage to Care Black MSM
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Explore strategies to overcome common barriers to youth and young adult participation in Planning Councils and Planning Bodies, including innovative means to recruit and build interest in activities among youth and young adults, building their skills, and building meaningful cross-generational connections among members of Planning Councils and Planning Bodies.
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Five sites participating in the SPNS Black Men who Have Sex with Men (BMSM) Initiative are implementing the Youth-focused Case Management model of care to support behavioral health services integration to improve HIV health outcomes. This session will discuss the intervention adaptations to fit local context and population needs and early implementation experiences.
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This peer-led workshop will explore the implementation of evidence-informed interventions with black men who have sex with men (MSM) through Project CONNECT at AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, Tailored Motivational Interviewing at the University of Mississippi, and TXTXT at the SUNY-Downstate HEAT Program in Brooklyn. Attendees will learn the core elements of these interventions to improve engagement and viral suppression.
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Telepsychiatry has proven to provide better access and higher-quality care to patients who need psychiatric care as well as for those who have varying circumstances that make it difficult to engage in this service. Vivent Health has successfully integrated telepsychiatry within its medical home model. With two different service delivery methods, this presentation will look at the benefits of telepsychiatry for people with HIV, as well as the unique delivery methods Vivent Health provides in Wisconsin and Colorado.
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The presentation will cover the efficacy of +Love, a five-pronged intervention in New Orleans, involving a dedicated case manager, therapist, peer support, ride service, and text-based alert program that tracks clients' basic needs, mood, and provides medication reminders, in improving the healthcare and treatment satisfaction of young, black men who have sex with men (MSM) with HIV.
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This workshop will explore two sites' (Brooklyn and Detroit) experience with the implementation of an evidence-informed intervention for black men who have sex with men (MSM) with HIV. The project seeks to improve HIV outcomes through the use of a culturally tailored intervention for Black MSM, the Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Antiretroviral Adherence among youth with HIV (TXTXT).
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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.
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Become familiar with tools and resources to help identify and reduce viral suppression disparities among key populations living with HIV. This session showcases the activities undertaken by the Ryan White Wellness Center in Charleston, South Carolina, that helped eliminate viral suppression disparities among its young men of color who have sex with men.
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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.
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This presentation discusses results from the HRSA Special Projects of National Significance Evidence-Informed Approaches to Improving Health Outcomes for people with HIV project. It highlights the value of evidence scoring in conjunction with impact assessments of real-world experts and implementers to increase potential adoption and implementation success of evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions.
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In this workshop, participants will gain knowledge, skills, and resources to use for engaging, retaining, and supporting viral suppression among vulnerable HIV populations. We will demonstrate training topics to improve staff skills and provide examples of activities, policies, and client interaction sessions to enhance service delivery systems.
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Learn how to develop, plan, and implement an organization-wide ECHO model to fully integrate HIV/HCV care and treatment into primary care centers and create wider access for patients with less barriers to care.
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A clinic-based substance abuse screening and treatment program is described. Using the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment model, this provides annual proactive screening of alcohol/drug use, with a brief provider response and a follow-up motivational interviewing brief intervention, with treatment provided by an embedded provider.
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The New Jersey Behavioral Health and HIV Integration Project (NJ B-HIP) used an HIV and Behavioral Health Continuum and applied a kit of essential tools to achieve behavioral health and primary HIV care integration and improved outcomes. Specific frameworks, tools, and site-based examples will be shared, and cross-cutting issues will be discussed.
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Cooper EIP Expanded Care Clinic in Camden, NJ has incorporated comprehensive Addictions Medicine (AM) care as part of its treatment model for people with HIV. A cohort of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) diagnosed patients displayed significant levels of VLS after enrolling in AM services.
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Learn about strategies for improving access to oral healthcare through better integration with primary care. Presenters will share information on the seven components of integration, ranging from risk assessments to data sharing across settings. This session will introduce the components of integration and highlight available resources for integrative care.
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Leadership Institute Session 1 focuses on the leadership of people with HIV and will cover the role and history of meaningful involvement of people with HIV. It will explore culturally responsive leadership, transformational leadership, and cultural humility. Facilitators will demonstrate formal and informal leadership skills. People with HIV are encouraged to attend.
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Prism Health North Texas (PHNTX) staff will share the challenges and successes of integrating behavioral health into an HIV primary medical care system. Panelists will detail the PHNTX model and strategies for creating a collaborative-care process, personalizing behavioral health interventions, and diversifying funding sources to sustain an integrated program.
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Living with substance use disorder can compromise prevention interventions, diagnosis of HIV, engagement and retention in care, and viral suppression. Clinical coordinators serve an essential, unduplicated role in the provision of medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in HIV primary care. This presentation will share lessons learned to support the replication of MAT programs, including the clinical coordinator role, within your setting.
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