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Program letter encourages public health partners and grant recipients to implement status neutral approaches to HIV care and prevention.News Article updated on 01/18/2023
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Innovative HIV Care Strategies for Priority Populations: Housing First and Positive Peers Interventions
Review of two interventions that focus on priority populations affected by the HIV epidemic: youth and people with HIV who are experiencing homelessness or unstable housing.Resource updated 05/15/2024
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Postpartum Retention and Engagement Quality Improvement Initiative
The University of Mississippi Medical Center implemented a Postpartum Retention and Engagement Quality Improvement Initiative in 2017 to improve linkage to care, retention in care, and viral suppression among postpartum women with HIV. This intervention uses a combination of care coordination, printed materials, case management services, and improved collaboration and coordination between the Adult Special Care Clinic, which provides comprehensive HIV medical care, and a Perinatal HIV Program. The comprehensive intervention significantly improved retention in HIV care and increased viral suppression at both six and 12 months postpartum.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/14/2023
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Preliminary Results from a Text Messaging Outreach Initiative to Reengage People Lost to HIV Care
Preliminary results from an ongoing RWHAP clinic initiative to use text messaging as a re-engagement strategy to bring lost patients back to care, which may be a more manageable and possibly equally effective re-engagement strategy when compared to phone outreach.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Staff in Ryan White Centers Demonstrate Improved Awareness Related to PrEP
Increasing provider awareness of Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in order to improve utilization by people at risk for HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Digital Health Initiative’s model for training NYS DOH AIDS Institute staff during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic propelled digital tools to the forefront of healthcare. New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute Digital Health Initiative (DHI) coordinated digital health trainings to enhance practices among HIV program staff and may result in improved patient-provider communication, patient access to services and potentially health outcomes.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Integrating Services for Improved Access to Oral Health Care in People Living with HIV/ AIDS
Oral health problems in people with HIV are common and access to oral health care remains inadequate. Co-location of RWHAP and dental clinic improves accessibility. Our study aims to assess the effectiveness of integration of medical and dental services in improving access to oral health care through co-location.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Implementation of Addressing Barriers to HIV Care via Smart Phones
Enhancement of communication between Chicago HIV patients and case managers through use of smart phones and its particular value during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Using Online Support to Connect People with HIV to Care and Improve Outcomes
Positive People social platform developed to expand access to the broader community and improve health outcomes for participants.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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The Max Clinic
The Max Clinic, located within the University of Washington’s Harborview Medical Center complex in Seattle, offers walk-in services and incentives to clients reengaging in HIV care, especially those who have not been well served by the traditional health care model—including clients who are experiencing homelessness, or who have mental health and substance use issues. The Max Clinic offers rapid antiretroviral therapy, incentives, a flexible clinical model, and access to comprehensive support services. Max Clinic clients were significantly more likely to reach viral suppression after 12 months than a comparable control group.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Engaging New PrEP Prescribers Through an Online Microlearning Course
Description of a PrEP course's development, using online microlearning modules that can be completed in 10-15 minutes.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 12/19/2023
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Implementation of a telePrEP program in partnership with state and local health departments in South Carolina
Review of a 12-month clinical telePrEP program for rural South Carolina residents, which evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of PrEP delivered through a telehealth model.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Oral Health Data in CAREWare: Process optimization – the Baltimore EMA Experience
Oral health of RWHAP participants remains a critical area of unassessed unmet need. Normative data needs and SWOT analyses indicated need for process improvement strategies involving providers for better data quality. Voluntary oral health data reporting is a key barrier to understanding/tracking the oral health status of RWHAP participants.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Housing First as a Key Strategy to End the HIV Epidemic
Housing First is an effective, cost-efficient, evidence-based best practice that demonstrates improved health outcomes and care utilization for people experiencing homelessness, including people with HIV (PWH). Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative is a unique opportunity for HRSA-funded Jurisdictions to support the uptake and implementation of the Housing First model in their communities to prevent new HIV diagnoses and engage people with HIV who are outside the current system of care.
Resource updated 11/06/2023
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Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs
Training manual and curriculum to improve delivery of dental care service to people with HIV, based on insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.Informational updated 03/18/2024
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National HIV PrEP Curriculum Released
Pretty much everything a health professional would need or want to know about HIV PrEP is available on the just-released National HIV PrEP Curriculum.News Article updated on 02/12/2024 -
Promoting the Best Practices Compilation: The Ambassador Toolkit
Even with around 100 entries, there's still room to grow for the Best Practices Compilation of effective interventions.News Article updated on 02/13/2024 -
Co-locating Care Management Staff and Peers in Medical Clinics Implementation Guide
This guide details components of a program establishing a medical-community partnership to facilitate a linkage to care program reengaging HIV clients in care and decreasing missed appointments.Resource updated 10/13/2023
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Social Media Influencer Series
Tips on using social media to engage with people with HIV, specific to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program's Part D Program.Resource updated 11/13/2023
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Southern Interventions: Select Best Practices
Interventions applied in Southern locations, with evidence that they improve HIV care outcomes.Blog updated 08/31/2023