The Basics of Medicare for Ryan White Program Clients
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will explain how Texas collects gender identity data for people with HIV and will examine disparities in care and health outcomes for transgender Texans living with HIV with an additional focus on the Latinx and black communities in order to understand how to better meet the needs of transgender people with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Transgender women, especially those of color, have substantially lower rates of viral suppression than people with HIV in general. The New York City HIV Planning Council collaborated with the community to develop guiding recommendations that drove the development of the jurisdiction's first psycho-social service directive specifically for people of transgender, intersex, non-binary, and/or non-conforming experience.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This workshop will explore the implementation of peer-led, evidence-informed interventions for transgender women with HIV. The programs are Healthy Divas, and Transgender Women Engagement and Entry to Care Project (T.W.E.E.T.). Attendees will learn the core elements of these interventions and how they improve engagement in care, treatment adherence, and viral suppression in Alabama and Michigan.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
The Marketplace Open Enrollment period lasts only six weeks in most states, and RWHAP programs face challenges in ensuring eligible clients are enrolled or renew their coverage. Participants will gain new strategies for creating effective enrollment partnerships as well as how to prepare staff, partners, and clients for Open Enrollment.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Presenters will describe a medical community collaboration to resolve care gaps and improve patient health outcomes through the co-location of health home care management by a community-based organization (CBO) within medical clinics. Panel members will share successes and challenges of implementation of the project and integrating a CBO care team into a medical clinic.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
The World Health Organization pyramid of mental health services clarifies how HIV prevention and care programs can address behavioral health comorbidities without exclusively relying on specialty mental health providers. A lively discussion that includes people with lived experience and video examples will be employed to demonstrate how this pyramid works.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Prism Health North Texas (PHNTX) staff will share the challenges and successes of integrating behavioral health into an HIV primary medical care system. Panelists will detail the PHNTX model and strategies for creating a collaborative-care process, personalizing behavioral health interventions, and diversifying funding sources to sustain an integrated program.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Prior analyses among transgender women receiving Ryan White Part A services in New York City have found evidence of disparities in HIV outcomes. This presentation will focus on viral suppression and the New York Eligible Metropolitan Area’s efforts to address care continuum outcome disparities affecting clients of transgender experience.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Blog updated 03/21/2023
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/17/2024
RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 04/15/2024
Event updated 01/18/2024
RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 04/18/2024
Resource updated 09/14/2023
Resource updated 10/23/2023
Blog updated 12/15/2021
Blog updated 06/10/2021