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Opiod Use Disorder
Review of opioid use disorder among people with HIV and (treatment options.Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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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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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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Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Antiretroviral Adherence among HIV-Positive Youth: E2i
The Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Antiretroviral Adherence among HIV-Positive Youth (TXTXT) is designed to keep young people, particularly young, Black, gay, bisexual, same-gender loving, and other men who have sex with men, engaged in HIV medical care, by delivering personalized, daily, interactive text messages that remind them to take their antiretroviral therapy as prescribed. Two sites implemented TXTXT as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. The intervention resulted in a statistically significant improvement in engagement in HIV care.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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E-VOLUTION
E-VOLUTION is a two-way text messaging intervention, originally developed by Washington University School of Medicine and piloted at Project ARK. The intervention focuses on improving health outcomes for youth, particularly young Black men who have sex with men. E-VOLUTION was designed for people ages 18-29 who have HIV and are receiving clinical care but require support to remain adherent. E-VOLUTION was evaluated and found to improve viral suppression and retention in care rates.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/12/2024
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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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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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Cap on Charges: Lessons Learned and Efforts to Improve Efficiency
Overview of successes and challenges of implementing a sliding fee scale and an efficient cap-on-charges process by a RWHAP clinic.
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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Conceptualizing and Implementing Mental Health and Behavioral Health Services in the SPNS Black MSM Initiative
Review of the SPNS demonstration site efforts to understand and integrate mental and behavioral health services and address the unmet needs of Black MSM.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Behavioral Health Screener and E-health Intervention Implementation within a Multi-county HIV Medical Case Management System
Use of a behavioral health screener for RWHAP case management clients in Chicago and surrounding counties.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Sustainable Strategies for Strengthening Systems of Care for People with HIV and Opioid Use Disorder
Discussion of technical assistance provided to nine states on HIV and OUD system barriers, lessons learned, and sustainable strategies that states are using to address challenges.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Evaluating System-level Change in Care Coordination among People with HIV and Opioid Use Disorder
Review of a SPNS initiative to improve system-level capacity to provide comprehensive care for people with HIV and Opioid Use Disorders (OUD), featuring a semistructured tool developed to measure state HIV/OUD coordination across 11 domains.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Creating Fiscally Innovative Approaches to End the HIV Epidemic
Review of innovative financial and administrative processes adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure continuation of operations by RWHAP sub-recipients.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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State Strategies in Action: Building Relationships with Your State Medicaid Agency to Support Peer Services
Description of the role of peers in care for people with HIV and OUD and how a state’s Medicaid program can fund peer services.Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Project Strength Through Youth Livin' Empowered (STYLE) 2.0
STYLE 2.0 is a multi-component intervention designed to help reduce stigma and social isolation for Black gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. The intervention relies on health care navigators who facilitate linkage and engagement activities. They also connect clients to behavioral health providers who conduct motivational interviewing, as well as to a mobile application that supports all intervention activities. STYLE 2.0 participation has been associated with positive trends across HIV care continuum outcomes, including retention in care and increased viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/30/2023
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weCare Social Media Intervention
In weCare, a cyber health educator sent personalized messages through text, web-based apps, and Facebook to enrolled youth who identified as gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men (MSM), or transgender women, and who either had a new diagnosis of HIV or were not in care at the time of enrollment. Messages were personalized to each participant’s needs and were designed to support them as they navigated complicated health care systems as well as other challenges that affect care engagement (e.g., transportation, disclosure). The cyber health educator also moderated and posted information about health and well-being on an optional secret Facebook page that some participants chose to join. Participants were less likely to miss medical appointments and more likely to be virally suppressed after 12 months of the intervention.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024