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News Article updated on 10/01/2021
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Peer Engagement to Improve Linkage to Care and Retention in Care for Women and Youth
University Health uses peers and patient navigators to provide support, reduce barriers, and improve linkage and retention to care for women and youth with HIV. Two peers with lived experience were hired as Outreach Specialists to spearhead the program, encourage medication adherence and use of services, and provide mentoring. The intervention was successful in moderately improving the numbers of clients linked to care, retained in care, and virally suppressed.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/14/2023
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HRSA Releases New Fact Sheets on RWHAP Clients
Ten fact sheets on client populations getting care from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) a
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Innovative Intervention Strategies (2iS)
HRSA SPNS project applying the implementation science framework to identify innovative HIV interventions for three priority populations (people with substance use disorder, sexual minority youth, people involved in criminal justice system) and use of telehealth. Project period: 2021-2025.RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 04/02/2024
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Resiliency of Black Women with HIV
Resilient, Black, and Graceful: A Night of a Thousand Words, brought together 30 Black women from greater Atlanta to celebrate and share stories about their lives after being diagnosed.Blog updated 11/15/2022
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Community Health Workers: Improving Linkage and Retention in HIV Care
Ten organizations across the U.S. integrated Community Health Workers (CHWs) into their multidisciplinary care teams. Enrolled clients had statistically significant improvements in viral suppression, antiretroviral therapy prescription, and appointment attendance after six months in the program.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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Project CONNECT: E2i
Project CONNECT uses linkage coordinators to effectively engage people in HIV medical care. It focuses on people with newly diagnosed HIV or people with HIV who are transferring their care or have been out of care. AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland implemented Project CONNECT as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. Project CONNECT was successful in increasing the number of clients retained in HIV care and who reached viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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SPNS Initiative: Innovative Intervention Strategies (2iS) (2022-2025)
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SPNS Initiative: SURE Housing Initiative (2022-2026)
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Text Me, Girl!: Transgender-Specific Text Messaging to Support Care Engagement
Ninetyday theory-based, transgender-specific, automated text-messaging intervention designed to improve engagement, retention, and health outcomes along the HIV care continuum.Resource updated 02/07/2024
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Providing Gender-Affirming Care
Review of gender-affirming care issues, including key terminology, best practices in hormone therapy management, epidemiology of HIV in transgender populations, and strategies to improve HIV care and prevention in transgender communities.Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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TransActivate
Bienestar developed TransActivate to improve timely engagement and retention in HIV care among Latina transgender women. Linkage coordinators/peer navigators use a strengths-based approach to help clients reach their goals of entering and staying in medical care to ultimately reach viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/12/2024
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Text Me, Girl!
Text Me, Girl! is a text messaging intervention that aims to improve linkage to and retention in HIV care, increase adherence to HIV medications, and improve viral suppression and other health outcomes among transgender women ages 18–34 years. The intervention supports young transgender women with HIV, particularly those experiencing barriers to care such as periods of homelessness and/or incarceration, substance misuse, or engaging in sex work. Text Me, Girl! participation was associated with statistically significant improvements in antiretroviral therapy uptake and adherence, and self-reported viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/01/2024
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After Hours Drop-In Clinic
Howard Brown Health established a specialized drop-in clinic and support groups, and implemented organizational initiatives to provide culturally relevant and gender-affirming services for transgender and non-binary people, including transgender women of color. The goal of this intervention was to optimize engagement in HIV services and primary care. From 2012-2021, the number of transgender and non-binary people served in primary care at Howard Brown Health more than tripled. In addition, after 24 months, participants were more likely to have been prescribed ART and to be virally suppressed than at baseline.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/20/2024
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Women Informing Now: A Two-Year Retrospective Reducing Isolation and Stigma among Women of Color with HIV
Two-year retrospective exploring innovative approaches to reduce stigma and isolation among cis and transgender women of color with HIV, including women with HIV residing in rural areas not connected to care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Improving Reengagement in Care Using a Community Health Worker Model: Evidence from New Orleans
Lessons learned from an EMA-wide effort to embed community health workers in RWHAP Part A agencies to improve retention in care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Operation BRAVE: Ending the Epidemic by Achieving Health Equity through Patient Navigation
Review of a patient navigation model and its three components.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Empowerment through Health Education and Peer Support: Vivir Inspirar Defender Amar
Ideas for how to replicate a conference, developed by and for people with HIV, can create a safe space to address the ongoing needs of the community at large.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Long-Term Survivors Support Group
This 12-week pilot program focused on addressing the needs of long-term survivors.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Providing Gender-Affirming Care to People with HIV
Overview of the gender-affirming care and treatment services available through the RWHAP and The Fenway Institute.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023