Reducing HIV-Related Disparities and Inequities by Integrating Community Health Workers in HIV Clinical Care Teams
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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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Alliance for Positive Change, a New York City community-based organization, will present its pioneering peer training and workforce development initiatives that create opportunities for low-income New Yorkers with shared, lived experiences to re-enter the workforce. Additionally, presenters will provide an overview of the proven health and psychosocial benefits of returning to work for people with HIV.
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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Health Department) used a conceptual model of evidence-based practice implementation to outline a system for value-based payment for medical case management (MCM) services. The Health Department collaborated with key stakeholders, including MCM service providers, in the system’s design.
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The Boston EMA built an innovative program to enhance provider capacity to incorporate clinical quality improvement (CQI) into its Ryan White service structure. The program provides a range of resources to support varied CQI needs across the EMA. Providers engaged in CQI have documented improved client outcomes including viral suppression and client satisfaction.
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The initiation of individualized support groups for people with HIV has shown significant improvements in viral load suppression rates for participants. Baseline viral suppression rates measured at group enrollment were 35.5% (n=31). Viral suppression rates for the end of the year showed 100% of participants being suppressed (n=31).
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For 30 years, the Positive Life program at CommWell Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in rural North Carolina, has provided high-quality, patient-centered care. Since the revamping of its clinical quality management (CQM) program, it has continued to exceed HRSA benchmarks. This presentation will share unique and insightful experiences of implementing a CQM program.
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Based on extensive assessments and ongoing input from clients and case managers, the collaborators have developed and deployed a ‘gamified’ version of the TAVIE-RED platform to engage, coach, and provide quality data that is are meaningful to providers. Speakers will present the platform and create an interactive process for participants.
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s (MDPH) Office of HIV/AIDS (OHA) Part B program recently completed a multi-year process building a scalable and responsive CQM program. Staff from MDPH will review the program, highlight challenges and best practices, and share examples and lessons learned.
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Three Rivers Health District (TRHD) followed a cohort of HIV patients from rural communities and monitored patient adherence to HIV medication, reported toxicity, and side effects to the medication, liver function, and other measures for the purpose of proactive treatment. The workshop will provide examples that impacted the health of the clients prescribed antiretroviral treatment (ART).
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STAR Health Center engaged staff to redesign workflow to improve the patients’ experience and reduce the cycle time of a new HIV visit, using a Lean methodology that improves staff morale and provides learning opportunities. The cycle time of an initial visit was reduced, and patient experience improved as a result.
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Staff from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and CRI will present the fundamentals, best practices, and innovations for their clinical quality management (CQM) program that aimed to improve timely enrollment and retention in the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). The presentation will include an overview of the transition to self-attestation and how organizational change supported a quality-driven approach.
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This presentation will provide an overview of various strategies utilized by the quality management program to increase participation of people with HIV and discuss lessons learned from implemented strategies. The intended audience is those interested in expanding existing program avenues to provide opportunities for capacity building related to quality management concepts for people with HIV.
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This presentation focuses on peer-based training for engaging consumer voices in HIV providers' quality improvement efforts. Community-based, peer-led efforts impact HIV care program effectiveness. Peer-led training concentrating on client advocacy and involvement in quality improvement is another method for promoting intentional collaboration between HIV service programs and people with HIV.
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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.
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Community Health Workers (CHWs) were added to the care team to work with clients with poor treatment adherence and not viral load suppression (VLS). Clients benefited from CHW services that contributed to VLS in over 50% of the clients assigned to them. CHWs are vital in ending the epidemic in challenging client populations
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