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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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Developing and Sustaining Programs for Hard to Reach People With HIV
This workshop describes the implementation and evaluation framework for Care and Treatment Interventions (CATIs), offers key results and outcomes, and provides points for replication and integration.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Developing a Comprehensive Care Coordination Model for Women With OUD in HRSA-Funded Health Care Settings
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Implementing Enhanced Screening for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Youth Living With HIV
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Bridging Prevention and Care: The Impact of Starting STI Treatment in a Patient-Centered HIV Medical Home
Successes and lessons learned will be shared from three metropolitan areas on incorporating STI testing and treatment for prevention clients within an HIV medical home setting, along with how offering STI treatment impacts early identification service outcomes (e.g., HIV positivity rates, linkage to care referrals, and the rapid start of HIV treatment).
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Designing From the Margins: HIV Care at the Intersections of Substance Use Disorder, Homelessness and Incarceration
Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program uses an innovative care model, designed from the margins, to meet the complex needs of people living at the intersections of HIV, homelessness, substance use disorder, and incarceration. Such models hold promise for closing HIV care and prevention equity gaps for this hyper-vulnerable group.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Engagement/Re-engagement of Clients through the Provision of Personalized Assistance and Support
This session will discuss engagement and re-engagement of newly diagnosed clients and clients lost to care through the provision of personalized assistance and support designed to increase access to specialty care.
Learning Objectives
- Describe creation of a personalized client engagement/re-engagement program strategy.
- Detail contents of monthly support groups.
- Outline different engagement/re-engagement strategies for newly diagnosed clients and clients lost to care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Establishing an Emergency Department Opt-Out HIV Screening Program: Preliminary Results and Response to Lessons Learned
Establishing an opt-out HIV screening program in the emergency department has almost quadrupled HIV screening rates and has identified new and out-of-care cases. Utilizing a continuous quality improvement approach has allowed it to become a catalyst to improve workflows for other gaps in University Medical Center of Southern Nevada's HIV care continuum process.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Implementing Evidence-Informed Interventions for People with HIV Who Have a History of Trauma and Addiction
This peer-led workshop will include skills-building interactive sessions about two evidence-informed interventions that address trauma and addictions among people with HIV, specifically Trauma-Informed Approach & Coordinated Assistance and Navigation for Growth and Empowerment (TIA/CHANGE) and Seeking Safety.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Housing Institute 101: Coordinating Housing Systems for People with HIV Experiencing Unstable Housing
This 101 session will provide a broad overview of unstable housing, homelessness, and their impact on health outcomes. Participants will gain a basic understanding of why and how RWHAP recipients should consider integrating housing resources into their systems of care.
Learning Objectives
- Raise awareness of the impact of unstable housing on HIV health outcomes.
- Identify strategies to improve the coordination of HIV healthcare and housing services.
- Learn to coordinate resources to leverage HIV health and housing services.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Maintaining 90+ VLS Rates: Using 340B to Maximize a Comprehensive Care Model
This interactive panel describes and discusses the development of comprehensive-care models that provide high-quality, coordinated team-based care with sustained improvements in health outcomes. Participants will leave with Ryan White-compliant strategies for 340B and other resources to develop innovative and integrated solutions that improve patient outcomes and engaged teams.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Collaborations among AETCs, Emergency Departments, and Health Jurisdictions to Identify and Treat HIV, HCV, and Syphilis
This interactive workshop will review updated data and discuss implementation challenges, facilitators, and best practices for routine screening/linkage in an emergency department with urban and rural challenges. Preliminary data from the initial two months (with more than 2,000 patients screened) include .7% HIV (including three acute infections), 7% Hepatitis C (HCV) and 5.2% syphilis.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Caring for Older People with HIV: Moving Beyond Viral Suppression to Promote Healthy Aging
This workshop will present the 6Ms, a simplified approach to geriatric principles for HIV care: Mobility, Mentation, Medications, Matters Most, Multicomplexity, and Modifiable. The role of the 6Ms in clinical care and identification of older adults at greatest need will be considered; clinical models of geriatric care with potential for widespread implementation will be presented.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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The PATHways Program: Integration and Intensification of Care to Reach People with HIV Unengaged in Care
The PATHways Program at Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic is an interdisciplinary, nursing-led program designed to reach people who are traditionally challenging to engage in care. We have helped over 80% of participants achieve viral suppression. We offer our approach as a case study of a successful innovative model of care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Use of Multi-disciplinary Teams to Identify and Address Special Cause Variation in Patient Outcomes
This session will highlight the adoption of a systems-level intervention aimed at identifying and addressing special causes variations in patient and client outcomes. Multidisciplinary case review team members will discuss their experiences with this intervention and how they leverage data and tailored services to improve outcomes.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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NIH Center/Community Partnerships on End HIV Epidemic (EHE) Efforts for Young People with HIV
This session will cover Ryan White-supported clinics and services that needed to be adapted and tailored to address the unique needs of young people with HIV, particularly mental health services, to optimize their retention and viral suppression. Innovative research and community projects in New York City, Philadelphia, and Atlanta will be presented.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Integrative Impacts: Multi-faceted Approaches to Serving Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
This presentation features an interactive assessment activity with Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant, and Timely (SMART) goal action planning to equip attendees in identifying opportunities to improve linkage and retention in care practices. Concrete strategies from the field and evaluation tips will be shared alongside critical information on operationalizing integrated care models to best serve individuals experiencing homelessness.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Designing the Future of RWHAP Knowledge Transfer: Compilation of Best Practice Strategies and Interventions
Presenters will describe the development of the online HRSA/HAB Compilation of Best Practice Strategies and Interventions intended to share knowledge among RWHAP service providers. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions about the development of the compilation and submission criteria and provide feedback on the proposed categories, layout, and functionality.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Innovations in STI Screening and Treatment at an FQHC
Learn how small transformations in federal qualified health center (FQHC) practices can increase the rate of STI screening and treatment and eliminate barriers to care. Creating proficiency in scheduling patients by using urgent care appointments and implementing self-collection to empower patients and increase process efficiency can help patients receive needed services.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau's Innovative Interventions Addressing Sexually Transmitted Infections: Two Diverse Initiatives
This panel will provide an opportunity to learn about the HIV/AIDS Bureau's current system and clinic-level interventions aimed at addressing Sexually Transmitted Infections among people with and at risk for HIV through the RWHAP Part F Special Projects of National Significance Program innovative initiatives.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023