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Overview of implementation science activities for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) and feedback on future directions.News Article updated on 04/14/2023
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Health Centers on the Front Lines: Be the Change: Black Cisgender and Trans Women, HIV Treatment, & PrEP
Role of health centers in increasing PrEP access and use among women.Resource updated 10/18/2023
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Enhanced Patient Navigation for Women of Color
The Enhanced Patient Navigation for Women of Color with HIV intervention uses patient navigators, who are non-medical staff in clinical settings, to reduce barriers to health care and optimize care. The intervention was effective in improving linkage to and retention in care, as well as viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/28/2024
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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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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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Issue Brief: Using Participatory Art Approaches to Promote Health and Empower Client Voice
Use of participatory arts to generate dialogue and engage individuals in receiving health care and participating in community activities.Resource updated 01/08/2024
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How to Create Your Own Photovoice Project
How to create a photovoice: participatory action research that engages people in the process of naming, capturing, and strengthening their community through photography.Resource updated 06/05/2024
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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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LINK LA
LINK LA is a 12-session, 24-week peer navigation intervention for people with HIV who are scheduled to be released from incarceration. LINK LA peer navigators focus on behavioral changes that promote medication adherence and retention in care, while providing social support and facilitating communication with medical providers. LINK LA showed improvements in linkage to and retention in HIV care and viral suppression among people with HIV re-entering the community after incarceration.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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Tailored Motivational Interviewing for Youth
Five clinics implemented Tailored Motivational Interviewing (TMI) to better serve young people with HIV as part of a RWHAP Part F SPNS initiative. Motivational interviewing is a well-documented approach to engage youth in care and facilitate behavior change in a variety of contexts. Clients participating in TMI received integrated HIV medical care and TMI, and demonstrated improved engagement in care and health outcomes.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Expanding access to substance use and mental health services for HIV patients in Alabama
The objective of this study is to assess key stakeholders, including patients, for readiness to adopt a new standard of care. Because many people with HIV in Alabama experience low literacy, low income, and are racial minorities, data suggests they will experience greater barriers to healthcare information technology, like PROs and Telehealth.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Epidemic through a pandemic: Strategies to support Black women with HIV during COVID-19 pandemic
This poster will provide information about approaches of the Black Women First Initiative in adressing HIV epidemic through the COVID-19 pandemic. Various strategies were developed and adapted by the 12 RWHAP SPNS demonstration sites by changing their existing systems for a more culturally responsive care for Black women with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 04/23/2024
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Our WORK: Women and Infant Supportive Housing Demonstration Project
Our Women Organizing Resources and Knowledge (WORK) is supportive housing demonstration project developed to address and reduce gaps in resources for low-income women with HIV with children. Learn best practices and lessons learned through the development and implementation project.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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HIV Provider-led Reproductive Health Visits to Increase Contraception Counseling Among Persons with HIV
The percentage of people with HIV who could become pregnant and lacked designated form of contraception rose from 13 percent to 22.5 percent between April 2020-April 2021 in our Southeastern RWHAP clinic. We developed a reproductive health visit to reduce the rate of those with no contraception plan from 22.5 percent to 17 percent by July 2022.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Impact of Covid-19 protocols on recruitment for an engagement in care program for returning citizens
Exploratory study to understand recruitment challenges faced by an HIV engagement in care project for Black women, incorporating constructs from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. The main source of recruitment barriers were protocol changes implemented to minimize COVID-19 risk.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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101: Adapting Evidence Informed Interventions to Address Barriers to Care for Black Women with HIV
Discussion of HIV prevention and care efforts for Black women across HHS agencies and highlight of the RWHAP Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) initiative: Improving Care and Treatment Coordination for Black Women with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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201: Meaningful Involvement of Black Cis and Transgender Women with HIV in the Care Continuum
Review of the RWHAP SPNS initiative Improving Care and Treatment Coordination for Black Women with HIV, which promotes meaningful involvement of Black women with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Replicating Evidence-Informed Interventions: Toolkit Showcase from the E2i Initiative
Overview of RWHAP SPNS E2i Initiative implementation materials.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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301: Strategies to Address IPV and Provide Trauma-informed Care for Black Cis and Transgender Women
Review of the RWHAP SPNS initiative Improving Care and Treatment Coordination for Black Women with HIV, which implements evidence-informed interventions to provide culturally relevant care for Black cis and transgender women.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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National HIV Curriculum 3rd Edition Launched
After extensive reviews and updates, the National HIV Curriculum 3rd Edition launched on September 1 to start a new 3-year CE accreditation period.News Article updated on 09/27/2023