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Black MSM Behavioral Health Initiative
SPNS-sponsored project to evaluate four evidence-informed behavioral health interventions and/or models of care to engage, link, and retain Black MSM with HIV in medical care and supportive services. Project period: 2018-2022.RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 03/04/2024
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Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT): E2i
SBIRT is designed to screen clients for drug and alcohol use, educate clients on the risks of use, and connect them to substance use treatment services if necessary. SBIRT is an evidence-informed intervention that has been adapted by HIV experts in collaboration with community members to improve health outcomes among people with HIV. Two sites implemented SBIRT as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. Among the clients enrolled in SBIRT, the percentage with a prescription of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and who reached viral suppression both increased significantly.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Healthy Divas: E2i
Healthy Divas focuses on empowering transgender women with HIV to achieve their personal health goals. Three sites implemented the intervention as part of the E2i initiative funded through the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017 through 2021. Both engagement in HIV care and having an antiretroviral therapy prescription improved significantly for clients 12 months after enrollment in Healthy Divas.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/18/2024
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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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The Black MSM Initiative: Protocol for Program Evaluation
Introductory paper describing the Black MSM Initiative and the protocol for the multisite evaluation.Resource updated 01/31/2023
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Collaborative Care Management: E2i
Collaborative Care Management (CoCM) integrates mental health and primary care, with a care team of a primary care provider, behavioral health care manager, and psychiatric consultant. Together they provide comprehensive and coordinated care to people with HIV who have co-occurring depression or other psychiatric disorders. Four sites implemented CoCM as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. CoCM led to statistically significant increases in antiretroviral therapy (ART) prescription and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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Text Me, Girl!
Text Me, Girl! is a text messaging intervention that aims to improve linkage to and retention in HIV care, increase adherence to HIV medications, and improve viral suppression and other health outcomes among transgender women ages 18–34 years. The intervention supports young transgender women with HIV, particularly those experiencing barriers to care such as periods of homelessness and/or incarceration, substance misuse, or engaging in sex work. Text Me, Girl! participation was associated with statistically significant improvements in antiretroviral therapy uptake and adherence, and self-reported viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/01/2024
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After Hours Drop-In Clinic
Howard Brown Health established a specialized drop-in clinic and support groups, and implemented organizational initiatives to provide culturally relevant and gender-affirming services for transgender and non-binary people, including transgender women of color. The goal of this intervention was to optimize engagement in HIV services and primary care. From 2012-2021, the number of transgender and non-binary people served in primary care at Howard Brown Health more than tripled. In addition, after 24 months, participants were more likely to have been prescribed ART and to be virally suppressed than at baseline.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/20/2024
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Cuyahoga County Ryan White HIV/AIDS Planning Council
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Integrating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in HIV Primary Care
Three participating clinics—MetroHealth, the University of Kentucky Bluegrass Care Clinic, and Centro Ararat—participated in a RWHAP Part F SPNS initiative from 2016 through 2019 to implement integrated buprenorphine treatment and HIV care. Research has shown that care integration improves HIV outcomes, engagement in substance use disorder treatment, and quality of life for people with HIV. Clients participating in this intervention received integrated opioid use disorder (OUD) and HIV care to improve retention in care, viral suppression, and engagement in OUD treatment.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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How EHE Jurisdictions Can Increase Uptake of Long Acting Injectables for HIV Treatment
Review of the efficacy of LAIs and implementation activities undertaken by agencies.Resource updated 04/07/2023
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Assessing Perceptions and Preferences around Long-acting Injectables
Description of an implementation science project to facilitate equitable access to benefits from LAI ART options.Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary HIV Care — Covering the Bases
Review of a tool to implement routine behavioral health screening, diagnosis, and treatment in an HIV primary care clinic.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Positively You! Developing Community-informed Social Media Initiative for Engagement in Care
Review of a process to develop community-informed social media initiatives promoting RWHAP services, engagement in care, and U=U, scalable to any (or no) budget.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Developing an Evaluation Strategy to Assess the Impact of a Media Campaign on Linkage Rates in Atlanta
Review of the Greater Than AIDS Atlanta campaign to reach priority populations with HIV information and resources through social media to improve EHE outcomes.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Remote Control QI: Using Visual Tools to Collaborate Virtually
Facilitation and collaboration skills for doing QI using virtual visual storyboards to ensure interactive meetings and promote asynchronous QI exchange and documentation.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Improving Linkage to Care for Persons with HIV and HCV Using Digital Media
Three multimedia projects to improve linkage to care between SUD and SSP clinics and outside providers.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Addressing Substance Use Disorders to Accelerate EHE Progress: The Power of HIV Community Stakeholder Perspectives
Review of an interactive survey used to gain insight into addressing substance use disorders that most impact the HIV care continuum and opportunities for the method to be used in planning.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Launching Chicago's First Comprehensive HIV Hub: Lessons Learned and COVID-19
Hub leaders discuss the formation of the Hub (a centralized source of a range of HIV services in the Chicago area) and the impacts of the pandemic on the communities served.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023