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Doxycycline that is taken as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is effective in reducing the incidence of chlamydia and gonorrhea in men who have sex with men and transgender women.News Article updated on 04/11/2023
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Viviendo Valiente
Viviendo Valiente aims to reduce ethnic disparities in HIV care and outcomes by providing culturally responsive services to the Latino/a community, specifically to people of Mexican descent. It is a multi-level intervention, featuring individual-, group-, and community-level activities, that links people to HIV care, offers HIV education and health literacy in group sessions, and promotes community-level testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Viviendo Valiente had positive impacts on HIV testing, retention in care, viral suppression, and client satisfaction.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/15/2024
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Leveraging a Data to Care Approach to Cure Hepatitis C within the RWHAP
SPNS initiative aimed to link individuals co-infected with HIV and HCV to care by leveraging public health surveillance and clinical data systems. Project period: 2020-2022.RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 05/15/2024
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STI Implementation Plan Released
HHS has released an implementation plan on specific actions for entities to take in preventing and treating sexually transmitted infections (STI).News Article updated on 06/13/2023 -
Health Centers on the Front Lines Podcast: Status Neutral
Review of concept of status neutral (access to HIV services regardless of HIV status).Resource updated 10/24/2023
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Addressing STIs: Ask. Test. Treat. Repeat.
Nine sites implemented four evidence-based interventions, collectively known as Addressing STIs: Ask.Test.Treat.Repeat. The four intervention components are audio computer-assisted self-interview sexual history taking, patient self-collection of urogenital and extragenital site chlamydia/gonorrhea nucleic acid amplification test specimens, sexual and gender minority welcoming indicators, and provider training, with the overall goal to routinize STI screening, testing, and treatment in primary care. The interventions increased routine STI screening and testing of bacterial STIs based on reported behavioral risk.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/14/2024
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weCare Social Media Intervention
In weCare, a cyber health educator sent personalized messages through text, web-based apps, and Facebook to enrolled youth who identified as gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men (MSM), or transgender women, and who either had a new diagnosis of HIV or were not in care at the time of enrollment. Messages were personalized to each participant’s needs and were designed to support them as they navigated complicated health care systems as well as other challenges that affect care engagement (e.g., transportation, disclosure). The cyber health educator also moderated and posted information about health and well-being on an optional secret Facebook page that some participants chose to join. Participants were less likely to miss medical appointments and more likely to be virally suppressed after 12 months of the intervention.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Innovative HIV Care Strategies for People with HIV with Co-occurring Conditions
The webinar features two interventions designed to improve linkage to and retention in care and improve health outcomes: one on integrating HIV and addiction services and one on delivery of early intervention services for persons with HIV and STI diagnoses.Resource updated 05/15/2024
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Data to Care for People Coinfected with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services was one of seven health departments funded by Leveraging a Data to Care Approach to Cure Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Within the RWHAP Part F SPNS initiative implemented from 2020–2022. With the support of the Yale University School of Medicine, which served as the Technical Assistance Provider, MDHHS matched RWHAP and HIV and HCV surveillance data, calculated HCV viral clearance cascades for coinfected populations, and worked with three RWHAP clinics to generate clinic-based lists of coinfected clients and conduct outreach and linkage to HCV treatment.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/20/2024
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Innovative HIV Care Strategies for Priority Populations: Housing First and Positive Peers Interventions
Review of two interventions that focus on priority populations affected by the HIV epidemic: youth and people with HIV who are experiencing homelessness or unstable housing.Resource updated 05/15/2024
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Aging with HIV Initiative
SPNS project evaluating interventions that seek to improve the well-being of RWHAP clients 50 and older. Project period: 2022-2025.RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 02/27/2024
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Preliminary Results from a Text Messaging Outreach Initiative to Reengage People Lost to HIV Care
Preliminary results from an ongoing RWHAP clinic initiative to use text messaging as a re-engagement strategy to bring lost patients back to care, which may be a more manageable and possibly equally effective re-engagement strategy when compared to phone outreach.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Digital Health Initiative’s model for training NYS DOH AIDS Institute staff during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic propelled digital tools to the forefront of healthcare. New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute Digital Health Initiative (DHI) coordinated digital health trainings to enhance practices among HIV program staff and may result in improved patient-provider communication, patient access to services and potentially health outcomes.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Implementation of Addressing Barriers to HIV Care via Smart Phones
Enhancement of communication between Chicago HIV patients and case managers through use of smart phones and its particular value during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Using Online Support to Connect People with HIV to Care and Improve Outcomes
Positive People social platform developed to expand access to the broader community and improve health outcomes for participants.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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The Future of Trauma-Informed Care
As trauma awareness grows in all aspects of our communities, it is time to ask, “What are the next innovations in helping those with HIV recover from trauma?” This workshop will show how new technology helps to quantify resiliency and post-traumatic growth for patients and clients.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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To Hell and Back: Rethinking Self-care
Before the pandemic, HIV providers were among the most burnt-out professions in our society. This workshop helps to identify the dangers to our mental, physical, and social health resulting from the demands our work combined with the exposure to the stress and trauma of our those we serve.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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The Relationship Between Community and Interpersonal Violence, and HIV Prevalence Among Black women in Dallas, Texas
HIV prevalence among Black women is at epidemic levels with violence greatly contributing to this statistic. The application of machine learning to HIV studies has the ability to inform more personalized approaches to decreasing HIV prevalence as well as improve the health outcomes of those people with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Housing First as a Key Strategy to End the HIV Epidemic
Housing First is an effective, cost-efficient, evidence-based best practice that demonstrates improved health outcomes and care utilization for people experiencing homelessness, including people with HIV (PWH). Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative is a unique opportunity for HRSA-funded Jurisdictions to support the uptake and implementation of the Housing First model in their communities to prevent new HIV diagnoses and engage people with HIV who are outside the current system of care.
Resource updated 11/06/2023
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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