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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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Curing Hepatitis C among People of Color Living with HIV: Final Report and Apps/Training Tools
Slide summary and apps/training tools from the SPNS initiative, Curing Hepatitis C among People of Color Living with HIV. including: evaluation questions; dissemination activities; and site reports.Resource updated 05/15/2024
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National Monitoring Standards for RWHAP Part A Recipients
This HRSA technical assistance webinar was to provide a high level overview of updates made to the National Monitoring Standards (NMS). Release of the NMS is forthcoming.Resource updated 08/21/2023
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Text Me, Girl!: Transgender-Specific Text Messaging to Support Care Engagement
Ninetyday theory-based, transgender-specific, automated text-messaging intervention designed to improve engagement, retention, and health outcomes along the HIV care continuum.Resource updated 02/07/2024
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Providing Gender-Affirming Care
Review of gender-affirming care issues, including key terminology, best practices in hormone therapy management, epidemiology of HIV in transgender populations, and strategies to improve HIV care and prevention in transgender communities.Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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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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TransActivate
Bienestar developed TransActivate to improve timely engagement and retention in HIV care among Latina transgender women. Linkage coordinators/peer navigators use a strengths-based approach to help clients reach their goals of entering and staying in medical care to ultimately reach viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/12/2024
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Behavioral Health Models to Improve HIV Health Outcomes for Black Men Who Have Sex With Men
Resources to facilitate the replication or adaption of successful interventions for engaging Black MSM in HIV care.Resource updated 03/04/2024
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Imposition of Charges Schedule of Charges and Cap on Charges
RWHAP statutory requirements and programmatic guidance pertaining to the imposition of charges on clients for services, the schedule of charges, nominal charges, sliding fee scale, and caps on charges.Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Assessing Uptake of Directly Observed Therapy (mDOT) in a Revised Care Coordination Program
Description of how a modified Directly Observed Therapy (mDOT) program increased uptake of DOPT and the priority populations that experienced the uptake.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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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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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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Women Informing Now: A Two-Year Retrospective Reducing Isolation and Stigma among Women of Color with HIV
Two-year retrospective exploring innovative approaches to reduce stigma and isolation among cis and transgender women of color with HIV, including women with HIV residing in rural areas not connected to care.
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