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News Article updated on 10/01/2021
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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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TAP-in EHE Webinar Series
Recordings of the TAP-in webinars on topics critical to the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative.Resource updated 05/23/2023
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Addressing Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) as a Strategy to End the HIV Epidemic
Review of the impact of SUDs on HIV outcomes and effective evidence-based SUD interventions (Medication Assisted Treatment, Motivational Interviewing, and Contingency Management).Resource updated 03/15/2023
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Medical Monitoring Project 2019-2020 Data on HIV Care Access and Health Outcomes
In the U.S., almost all people with HIV have some type of health insurance coverage (pub
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Innovation and Resilience: How Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Recipients Leverage Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Recap of changes made in telehealth laws, regulations, and policies and corresponding efforts of healthcare systems, payers, and providers to modify their services to keep clients with HIV engaged in care provided by HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.Resource updated 06/09/2022
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Transgender Women Engagement and Entry to Care (T.W.E.E.T): E2i
T.W.E.E.T. aims to engage transgender women in HIV care by combining weekly peer-based education and discussion groups, leadership training, community building, and the provision of supportive services. Three sites implemented T.W.E.E.T. as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. Clients had improved outcomes across the HIV care continuum 12 months after enrollment in T.W.E.E.T.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/09/2024
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Bilingual and Bicultural Care Team
Hispanic and Latino clients served by the team received culturally responsive care and linkages to external community resources, with resulting greater retention in care and improved viral suppression rates.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care in Seattle-King County
This referral-based oral health model used dental navigators to connect clients to a large network of dentists, which facilitated scheduling of appointments.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/02/2023
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Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment Expansion
The HIV clinic at Washington University integrated comprehensive hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening and treatment into its care model. Chronic HCV is a “silent” infection as it damages the liver over time, often without symptoms. Early treatment of HCV is particularly important among people with HIV, as HIV accelerates HCV’s progression. Of the 1,711 clients served at the clinic each year, 174 had a detectable HCV viral load. These clients received integrated clinical and support services to reduce barriers to ongoing HCV care engagement.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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Peer Linkage and Re-engagement of Women of Color with HIV
From 2016 through 2019, three clinics—AIDS Care Group, Howard Brown Health, and Meharry Medical College—participated in a RWHAP Part F SPNS DEII initiative to implement peer linkage and re-engagement interventions for women of color with HIV. Integrating peers into HIV primary care teams has been effective in better engaging women of color in care.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/28/2024
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ELEVATE: Principles of Harm Reduction in HIV Services
This webinar presented by ELEVATE NMAC Team and JSI will focus on promoting the application of Harm Reduction Principles among PWH employed in HIV Service Delivery System.Resource updated 02/28/2023
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Compendium of Evidence-informed Approaches to Improving Health Outcomes for People Living with HIV
Collection of implementation guides on evidence-informed best practices in HIV care delivery.Resource updated 03/04/2024
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Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in HIV Primary Care: E2i
Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in HIV Primary Care is an integrated care approach designed to reduce opioid use and overdose while improving client engagement in HIV care. Greater Lawrence Family Health Center and Med Centro, Inc. implemented this integrated care approach as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. Clients who participated in this intervention received integrated care—treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) and HIV in a single setting—to improve retention in care, viral suppression, and engagement in OUD treatment.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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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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SPNS Initiative: Innovative Intervention Strategies (2iS) (2022-2025)
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Proyecto Promover
The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center launched Proyecto Promover to decrease HIV testing-related stigma, increase awareness of HIV status, and increase early linkage to and retention in care among Mexicanos with HIV. The program operates at the community level through social marketing, educational talks, networking, and testing. On the individual level, Proyecto Promover uses one-on-one conversations to identify and overcome barriers related to care engagement and retention. Evaluation showed promising rates of HIV testing, retention in care, and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/29/2024
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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