Rapid Access of Initial HIV Appointment and ART Prescription
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This workshop will introduce a practical approach for focused and inclusive conversations about evaluation and HIV program outcomes. Motivational interviewing techniques are applied in the program evaluation context, using examples from Ryan White programs. Using motivational interviewing, the evaluator leads the dance in the desired direction while incorporating stakeholder input.
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This workshop will provide a game demonstration. The game was developed to address the common scenarios that occur which cause stress and confusion in the battle to weigh client needs against agency ethos and program requirements. The game promotes motivational interviewing skills for problem-solving with consumers and coworkers alike.
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This session will share how three health departments created and cultivated a partnership that resulted in changes to Part A services administration and provision in the Washington, D.C., EMA.
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This session will cover how to advocate and collaborate with your local Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) continuum of care to ensure people with HIV have access to housing services. Specific to Coordinated Entry, presenters will share challenges encountered, solutions to overcome, client success stories, outcomes, lessons learned, and recommendations.
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Data integration projects are more successful when community voice is involved, and projects benefit from multidisciplinary team buy-in. Hear from the city of Hartford, Connecticut, and the city of Kansas City, Missouri, each of whom launched cross-sectoral workgroups to shepherd various types of data integration planning, implementation, and sustainability.
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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.
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This discussion session will provide an overview of identified gaps and use of rebate funds can provide new access points for HIV medical care added through non-federal Ryan White Part B rebates to ensure access to Ryan White Part B services in areas with identified gaps in services.
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This session is an overview of a Part F dental program's two-year journey to increase access to oral healthcare for people with HIV. The number of clients served, which was stagnant for several years, increased by 126% over the two-year initiative through increased collaboration and integration, dental case management, and innovative ways to increase capacity.
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Massachusetts' statewide HIV Dental Services program is a unique collaboration across Ryan White Parts A and B to ensure all eligible residents with HIV in need of oral health services receive them. Data show that access to the program is associated with improved care continuum outcomes.
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Transgender women and men are at markedly elevated risk for HIV. This session reviews a successful four-pronged approach to building the capacity of a large multi-site RWHAP-funded community health center network, in collaboration with a community-based organization, to improve delivery of HIV primary care to transgender women and men.
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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.
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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.
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Project Consumer Access and Adherence to Care for HIV (CAATCH) is a Part D clinical quality initiative. Utilizing peers as partners, a series of health education sessions are delivered to make improvements on the HIV care continuum in engagement and viral suppression.
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Rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after diagnosis can increase the number of patients arriving for appointments, shorten time to viral suppression, and promote health equity. The presenters share key lessons learned through the implementation process at a large HIV clinic in the South with the theme of partnerships.
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In December 2016 CrescentCare began linking individuals newly diagnosed with within 72-hours through the CrescentCare START Initiative. We compared linkage and viral suppression between those under and over 24 years old. We found similar successful outcomes for both age cohorts in our intervention.
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Implementation of rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is beset with clinical and process challenges. Three clinical providers will share their lessons learned from developing a program and delivering care in various care settings (pediatric, adult, and walk-in clinic).
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