Leveraging Housing Opportunities to Promote Retention in Care for People with HIV
Resource updated 09/14/2023
Resource updated 09/14/2023
RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 05/28/2024
Blog updated 09/06/2022
Women in the U.S. represent only 7% of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users. A free walk-in service in Washington, D.C., staffed by health educators was created and sought to reduce barriers to sexual health services, yielding an increase in female patients to 65% of new PrEP starts during a four-month pilot program.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
A community health center uses a mobile health unit to provide integrated substance use disorder (SUD) and HIV care and treatment for those suffering from housing instability. This low-barrier, mobile, integrated care model, supported by intensive case management and outreach, has made a significant impact on engagement, antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation, and viral suppression.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will discuss how to reduce the percentage of HIV patients who are out of care. Participants will learn to use a multi-disciplinary team approach to identify patients who are truly out of care, pinpoint the most effective approach toward contacting patients to be brought back into HIV care, and maintain the patient’s HIV care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
New HIV infections continue to rise among members of the Latinx community, especially youth. To reverse this increasing trend, it is important to recognize the social, economic, linguistic, and cultural barriers that hinder the prevention and treatment efforts for HIV when developing an outreach strategy.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
The Women Informational Network (WIN) micro-grant initiative supports grassroots, women-led, community-based organizations and leaders conducting innovative approaches that reduce isolation and stigma for women of color with HIV, with a special emphasis placed on women with HIV living in rural areas and ‘resource deserts’ not connected to care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Unstable housing affects the ability of people with HIV to access, adhere to, and be retained in HIV medical care across the HIV care continuum. This presentation will examine adaptions made to housing and case management services in a Ryan White program to accommodate homeless and near-homeless people with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will educate recipients on the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act, so as to better inform and advise clients with HIV (as well as Opioid Use Disorder) on their rights to be free from HIV discrimination, in furtherance of the national goal of eradicating stigma and discrimination.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will present strategies to improve viral suppression in clients experiencing unstable housing and homelessness. This includes both a recipient serving homeless clients and a RWHAP AIDS Education and Training Center that trains clinicians on strategies to serve clients experiencing homelessness. The session concludes with an interactive participant Q&A period.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Presenters from HRSA HAB and a recently completed SPNS initiative on homelessness among multiply diagnosed people with HIV discuss the intersection of housing instability and health and effective intervention models for this population.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023