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Doxycycline that is taken as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is effective in reducing the incidence of chlamydia and gonorrhea in men who have sex with men and transgender women.News Article updated on 04/11/2023
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Eradicating Racism and Striving for Excellence in HIV Care (ERASE)
ERASE was developed to address the unique needs of Black MSM. Through an intensive case management intervention, peer case managers provide health education and wellness support, and connect clients to medical and behavioral healthcare. ERASE also offers a physical “safe space” for Black MSM to meet with a case manager, access medical services, or connect with peers. Enrollment in ERASE improved retention in HIV care for clients.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/09/2024
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Integration of Comprehensive HIV Medical Care with Addiction Services
Intervention to create a safe place for delivering stigma-free, trauma-informed and integrated HIV, addiction medicine and behavioral health services under a single roof.Resource updated 04/03/2024
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Guide for Developing HIV and Opioid Use Disorder Service Inventories and Using Geographic Mapping
Considerations for how state agency staff can develop and maintain an accessible, HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD) service inventory.Resource updated 01/05/2024
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Designing an Automated Disparities Calculator
Review of the process of building a disparities calendar.Resource updated 08/17/2023
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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
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The Psychology of Change: Understanding the Human Side of Change to Advance and Sustain Improvement
Review of psychological and behavioral responses to change and leveraging of quality improvement techniques to adjust to these variables.Resource updated 08/17/2023
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Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations
The RWHAP Part F SPNS program funded the Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations initiative from 2012–2017, to provide coordinated housing supports and HIV, behavioral and mental health care to people experiencing homelessness. Nine funded demonstration sites created partnerships with housing providers, integrated behavioral health and HIV care, and provided intensive patient navigator services. A multi-demonstration site evaluation found that, compared to baseline, participants were more likely to be virally suppressed after 12 months in the intervention.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/13/2023
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Innovative HIV Care Strategies for People with HIV with Co-occurring Conditions
The webinar features two interventions designed to improve linkage to and retention in care and improve health outcomes: one on integrating HIV and addiction services and one on delivery of early intervention services for persons with HIV and STI diagnoses.Resource updated 05/15/2024
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Positively Connected for Health (PC4H)
The PC4H initiative employs a mobile app and a digital literacy workshop to improve engagement, retention in care, and medication adherence for young people with HIV. These strategies aim to reach young people who are disproportionately affected by HIV, including young men who have sex with men, young transgender women, and youth of color, with a focus on serving people who know their status but are inconsistently engaged in care. Developed by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Philadelphia FIGHT, PC4H was evaluated through the RWHAP Part F SPNS Social Media Initiative. The evaluation found that PC4H had positive impacts on retention in care and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/17/2023
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Capacity Building for Innovative Program Replication
SPNS initiative focused on building and enhancing the capacity of RWHAP recipients and subrecipients to replicate evidence-informed models of care/interventions among RWHAP jurisdictions. Project period: 2019-2023.RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 03/04/2024
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What Can We Do to Improve Equity? A Debate
What clinics can do to improve health equity.Resource updated 08/17/2023
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A Celebration of our 2022 CQII Quality Award Winners
A presentation by two 2022 CQII Quality Award Winners: Santa Rosa Community Health Centers and Dallas County Health and Human Services HIV Administrative Agency.Resource updated 08/17/2023
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CQII Eliminating Disparities Due to Substance Use Issues - Core Interventions
Core interventions related to addressing substance use in order to eliminate disparities in viral suppression rates.Resource updated 09/14/2023
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Integrating Services to Address the Syndemics of HIV, STIs, Substance Use Disorder, and Viral Hepatitis
Review of how to integrate services using a syndemic approach in order to collectively address HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis, and substance use disorders.Resource updated 03/23/2023
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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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A Systems Approach to an Integrated HIV and Opioid Use Disorder Workforce
Description of two states' approaches to building and supporting an HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD) workforce and considerations for investing in a collaborative workforce.Resource updated 09/19/2023
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HIV and OUD Service and Funding Matrices Guide and Template
Tool to support state health departments in identifying opportunities for enhanced coordination between HIV and OUD funding and service provision.Resource updated 04/18/2024