Clinical and Behavioral Health Integration for BMSM Living With HIV
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Reaching and engaging rural populations in care and treatment is critical to ending the HIV epidemic. Engaging the community and including faith institutions are key to improve access to care, treatment, and adherence. This session will highlight how three projects are working with implementing partners in the rural South.
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This presentation will describe two innovative mental health quality improvement initiatives for youth. The presentation will focus on the specifics of delivering brief mental health in-clinic interventions and the development and implementation of youth peer support groups within the pediatric HIV program in the ‘hot spot' of the national HIV epidemic, Washington, D.C.
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This sub-study compared viral suppression between SPNS participants and non-participants at the Meharry site. The SPNS study enrolled women of color newly who were recently diagnosed with HIV or lost to care. There was no statistically significant difference in viral suppression after controlling for demographic and clinical factors.
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The Linkage to Care (LTC) Program at Denver Health/Denver Public Health is an innovative model using continuous quality improvement and community partners to close gaps in the HIV care continuum. This linkage model serves those seeking HIV prevention service as well as people with HIV seeking linkage and retention in care.
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This session will discuss engagement and re-engagement of newly diagnosed clients and clients lost to care through the provision of personalized assistance and support designed to increase access to specialty care.
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Through creative innovation, multiple approaches have been employed to assist patients with medication adherence. This presentation will look at the introduction of a clinical pharmacist in an urban, Ryan White-funded clinic, the impact on medication adherence, and the viral suppression and demographic trends observed over four years.
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Substance abuse, interpersonal violence, depression, and HIV are part of overlapping and intersecting epidemics which adversely affect the prognosis and intensify the burden of each. This session will review existing literature on this syndemic, lessons learned in initial implementation of a screening and linkage program, and implications for practice.
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This session will discuss the implementation, outcomes, and future directions associated with the Health Services Center, Inc. Behavioral Health Co-location (BHC) Project. HSC is the sole provider of free HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) services to a population facing multiple barriers to care (e.g., poverty, education and stigma) in a largely rural 14-county area of northeast Alabama.
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People with HIV 50 years and older is a rapidly increasing population with unique needs. The presentation summarizes a population-based approach to assess those needs and to respond with training and other resources. Presenters will describe the implementation of the approach by the New York City EMA in partnership with the Northeast/Caribbean AETC.
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Undetectable=Untransmittable: individuals who maintain viral suppression don't transmit HIV to their sexual partners. Yet some providers are uncomfortable discussing the implications of viral suppression in clinical encounters. This workshop will explore approaches to reduce provider discomfort in discussing U=U and present strategies to convey this message.
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Through involvement with city HIV commissions, Ryan White programs can have a significant impact on the education of local government officials about the needs of persons with HIV and related disorders to access treatment and support services for HIV, hepatitis, and behavioral health.
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This session is facilitated by people with HIV, who bring their own lived experiences and their perspectives shaped by years of working in HIV programs. The panel of presenters will share a framework for involvement and strategies on how to actively engage people with HIV in local quality improvement efforts.
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