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CDC has created a webpage where you can select your state and find out where to get an HIV self-test (home test) for free or reduced cost.News Article updated on 01/27/2021
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Transition HIV+ Youth from Adolescent to Adult Services: Adolescent Provider Toolkit
Toolkit for implementing a program to support HIV-positive youth transitioning from adolescent to adult HIV care.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
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HRSA Announces Record High HIV Viral Suppression Rate
A December 2020 report released by HRSA shows that clients receiving RWHAP medical care were virally suppressed at a record level – 88.1 percent – in 2019.Blog updated 12/15/2021
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New Special Enrollment Periods for HealthCare.gov and Some State-based Marketplaces
A new Special Enrollment Period (SEP) is available to all HealthCare.gov consumers from February 15 - May 15, 2021.Blog updated 08/12/2022
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Discovering the Truth on Mental Health and Pregnancy for Women Living with HIV Using Educational Videos
UCLA Family AIDS Network, a Ryan White Part D recipient, will present its new Women and HIV bilingual education video series covering the topics of mental health and pregnancy. The videos are an educational tool and innovative way organizations can encourage authentic, genuine, and holistic conversations between consumers and providers.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Developing the Next Generation of HIV Teams through Inter-Professional Practice at Ryan White Clinics
This workshop will describe how the Los Angeles Area AETC developed an inter-professional practice (IPP) program with the Charles Drew NP program, USC’s School of Pharmacy, UCLA’s School of Medicine, and the West LA’s psychiatric residency program -- along with five Ryan White clinics -- to help develop the next generation of HIV teams.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Implementing Evidence-Informed Interventions with Black MSM to Improve Access, Engagement/Reengagement, and Health Outcomes
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.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Instituto de Liderazgo para las Personas Con VIH, Sesión 1 (101): Liderazgo Intencional
La sesión 1 del Instituto de Liderazgo se centrará en el liderazgo de las personas con VIH y cubrirá el rol de la participación significativa de las personas con VIH a través de la historia del programa Ryan White. Explorará el liderazgo culturalmente sensible, el liderazgo transformacional y la humildad cultural. Los facilitadores demostrarán las habilidades de liderazgo formales e informales. Las personas con VIH están invitadas a participar.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Positive Love: Improving Health Outcomes of Young, Black MSM with HIV in the Deep South
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.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Caring for Women With HIV and Their Babies in the 4th Trimester
In 2015, only 72% of pregnant women with HIV followed at the Grady Ponce de Leon Center returned for postpartum care within a three-month period of time. This workshop will describe actions taken to increase the number of women who kept their postpartum (fourth trimester) and ID appointments.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Innovative Approaches to Increase Engagement in Mental Health Services among Youth with HIV
This presentation will describe two innovative mental health quality improvement initiatives for youth. The presentation will focus on the specifics of delivering brief mental health in-clinic interventions and the development and implementation of youth peer support groups within the pediatric HIV program in the ‘hot spot' of the national HIV epidemic, Washington, D.C.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Utilizing the Community to Reach the Community: Ending the Epidemic with Community Health Workers
The road to ending the epidemic must be paved with community engagement. Community health care workers (CHWs) represent the voice of the community and play a vital role in linkage and retention to care. DC Health piloted three innovative care models to strategically ensure the community's voice is permanently embedded in HIV services.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Developing Systems to Collect, Report, & Use Data to Optimize CHW Initiatives in the South (16076)
Through the Southern Initiative, CAI supported four Part A agencies in the South in integrating a Community Health Worker (CHW) model to address disparities in HIV outcomes. The session will describe the development of systems to collect, report, and use real-time data to track implementation progress and client outcomes. Results reveal promising client outcomes.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Quality Improvement Strategies to Engage and Retain Postpartum Women with HIV
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.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Linkage Navigation Program Increasing Linkage to Care
Linkage Navigation Program provides an immediate connection to same-day medical care and medical case management services, promoting timely linkage to care and services, and tailored individualized care operationalizing initiatives such as Test N Treat and Test N PrEP with positive health outcomes for Ryan White clients.
Learning Objectives
- Increase linkage to care.
- Facilitate same-day linkage to medical care and services.
- Improve access, engagement and health outcomes.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Health Information Exchange and Peer Navigation: A Model to Engage Vulnerable Populations
Presenters will describe a New York City collaborative pilot project utilizing Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) to locate lost-to-care people with HIV. Lost-to-care encounter alerts provide community-based organizations with actionable, real-time data to supplement their ‘classic' care engagement efforts. The model offers a potentially scalable, cost-effective strategy for patient re-engagement efforts on a population level.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Disseminated Evidence-Informed Initiative for Linkage of Women of Color to HIV Care: Virologic Outcome
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.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Increasing Access to Oral Healthcare (Part 1 of an Oral Health Institute)
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.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Evaluating the Impact of the RWHAP: From Cost-Effectiveness to Clinical Care
This workshop will present findings from three recently completed HRSA/HAB-sponsored studies that evaluated the impact of the RWHAP, specifically regarding its cost-effectiveness, models of clinical care, and factors associated with viral suppression.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the cost-effectiveness of the RWHAP.
- Describe the impact of different clinical care models on HIV clinical outcomes.
- Describe factors associated with RWHAP clients reaching and/or maintaining viral suppression.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Tobacco Use Reduction among People with HIV
This presentation will review how the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chronic Disease Division collaborated with the HIV/STI division and local AIDS service organizations to develop innovative, client-centered tobacco dependence treatment programs to address the high tobacco use rates among people with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023