Housing & Employment Spotlight: Helping Clients during COVID-19
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University Health System’s peer engagement initiative employs peers, alongside Patient Navigators, to provide support and improve linkage and retention to care for youth, women, infants, and children. Group support activities and a chat-enabled website are two of the methods used to continually engage our population of focus.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
A culturally sensitive, participant-driven, Spanish-language group for Latina women with HIV promoted engagement in HIV services. Many participants had never previously engaged in support services. The increased participation resulted in multiple positive outcomes, including HIV viral load suppression, reduced stigma and isolation, engagement in mental health services, and increased community advocacy.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This discussion session will provide an overview of the importance of enhancing collective partnerships among community partners to provide a comprehensive system of HIV primary medical care and essential support services to people with HIV.
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With integrative, patient-centered care, the organization’s interdisciplinary team approach to caring for patients with HIV has achieved a retention rate of 95% and the viral load suppression of patients with HIV to 95%.
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.
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In this workshop, participants will gain resources and strategies for implementing community engagement programs, including training community health workers to be part of a health care team to enhance viral suppression and management of HIV in rural populations.
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Community Health Worker (CHW) models are a strategy to reduce inequities in HIV. This presentation will describe an evaluation of 397 CHW program participants, with findings on the impact on barriers to care and clinical outcomes, as well as the relationship among unmet needs, CHW encounters, and clinical outcomes.
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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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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
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