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Curriculum updated on 06/11/2021
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Consumer Committees and Caucuses: Elevating Consumer Voices
Common questions about Consumer Committees and Caucuses as part of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A Planning Councils/Planning Bodies.Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Providing Connectivity Devices to PC/PB or Committee Members: Sound Practices and Suggestions
Resource updated 09/19/2023
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One Year Later: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Review of challenges and successes of Planning Councils/Planning Bodies’ (PCs/PBs) with meeting legislative requirements a year into the COVID-19 public health emergency.Resource updated 01/05/2024
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Use of Alternates and Proxy Voting by RWHAP Planning Councils/Planning Bodies
Tool to assist Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A Planning Councils/Planning Bodies (PC/PBs) that are considering the use of alternate members or proxy voting.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Reaching Viral Suppression in Youth with HIV
Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative, Inc., a network of community health centers serving Southern Mississippi, uses data-driven quality improvement techniques to identify youth who are not virally suppressed or have missed appointments. Medical case managers use a client checklist to identify and address barriers to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and medical care adherence. They also use a health literacy visual illustration tool to help youth understand the effects of ART on viral suppression. The intervention strategy was successful in improving viral suppression rates for youth.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Improving Access to Mental Health Care
The AIDS Institute is committed to promoting, monitoring, and supporting the quality of clinical services for people with HIV in New York State. The Adolescent Quality Learning Network (AQLN) is a collaborative of 16 HIV Adolescent/Young Adult Specialized Care Center (SCC) programs. In collaboration with the AIDS Institute, SCC providers selected a quality improvement project aimed to raise viral suppression rates by improving access to mental health services.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/01/2023
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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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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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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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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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Overview of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A Planning Council Cycle
Overview of each component of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part A planning cycle.Resource updated 01/05/2024
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Responsibilities and Expectations of Individual Members - How the PC/PB can Support Them
This resource for new planning council members helps orient them to their roles and duties as HIV community planners.Resource updated 04/18/2024
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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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Project CONNECT: E2i
Project CONNECT uses linkage coordinators to effectively engage people in HIV medical care. It focuses on people with newly diagnosed HIV or people with HIV who are transferring their care or have been out of care. AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland implemented Project CONNECT as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. Project CONNECT was successful in increasing the number of clients retained in HIV care and who reached viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A Community Planning: Ways for People with Lived Experience to Participate
Infographic showing the many different ways that people with HIV can be involved with planning council activities:Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Tailored Motivational Interviewing: E2i
Tailored Motivational Interviewing (TMI) delivers brief motivational interviewing counseling sessions customized to encourage people with HIV to engage in HIV care, take HIV medications as prescribed, and improve other health-related behaviors. Three sites implemented TMI as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017 to 2021. Clients who participated in TMI had significant improvement in engagement in care, prescription of antiretroviral therapy, retention in care, and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Antiretroviral Adherence among HIV-Positive Youth: E2i
The Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Antiretroviral Adherence among HIV-Positive Youth (TXTXT) is designed to keep young people, particularly young, Black, gay, bisexual, same-gender loving, and other men who have sex with men, engaged in HIV medical care, by delivering personalized, daily, interactive text messages that remind them to take their antiretroviral therapy as prescribed. Two sites implemented TXTXT as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. The intervention resulted in a statistically significant improvement in engagement in HIV care.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Developing Directives: Steps and Sound Practices
Directives specify “how best to meet” the service priorities established by the PC/PB.Resource updated 09/19/2023