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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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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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Patient-Centered HIV Care Model
The Patient-Centered HIV Care Model (PCHCM) integrates the services of community-based HIV specialized pharmacists and HIV medical providers to deliver patient-centered care for people with HIV. PCHCM expands upon the medication therapy management model by including information sharing between partnered pharmacy and clinic teams; collaborative medication-related action planning between pharmacists, medical providers, and patients; and quarterly follow-up pharmacy visits. Patients participating in the intervention had improved retention in care and viral suppression rates.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/26/2023
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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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Key Program Characteristics from Three Effective Ryan White-Funded Rapid ART Sites in the U.S.
Results of SPNS initiative's virtual field visits to identify rapid ART implementation insights in RWHAP settings across the U.S.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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The Science of Implementing Equity: Utilizing an Implementation Science Framework to Improve Equity
Review of challenges, facilitators, and best practices for routine screening, linkage, and rapid ART in two emergency departments, including during COVID-19.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Rapid Start Collaborative Initiative: Enhancing Access to Care for People with HIV in Virginia
Review of rapid antiretroviral treatment programs implemented at 15 Virginia RWHAP sites, including insights and future quality improvement activities focused on the Ending the Epidemic initiative.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 12/11/2023
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Closing Linkage-to-Care Gaps for Clients in Ryan White Program Clinics: The SPNS Rapid Start Initiative
Description of various models in the RWHAP SPNS Rapid Start initiative and data on their impact, using initiative-wide data.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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How AETCs, Emergency Departments, and Health Jurisdictions Can Identify and Treat HIV, HCV, and Syphilis
Review of challenges, facilitators, and best practices for routine screening, linkage, and rapid ART in two emergency departments, including during COVID-19.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Same Day Start – Linkage to Care and Initiating Antiretrovirals after Rapid Reactive HIV Result
Same Day Start rapid ART program in Kansas City, under which 74 percent of participants reaching viral suppression.
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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Ending the HIV Epidemic through a Rapid stART Community-Wide Implementation and Beyond
Discussion on how to leverage CAREWare data integration to develop an innovative data reporting tool to assist with a community-wide Rapid stART protocol
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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A Rapid stART Jurisdiction-Wide Approach in the Pursuit of Ending the HIV Epidemic
Discussion of how to leverage a learning collaborative methodology to plan, implement, and sustain a jurisdiction-wide Rapid stART initiative.
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