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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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Medical Monitoring Project 2019-2020 Data on HIV Care Access and Health Outcomes
In the U.S., almost all people with HIV have some type of health insurance coverage (pub
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Moving Beyond Data Completeness: Ensuring RSR Data Reflect Services Being Provided
Review of 2021 RSR data and data quality issues.Resource updated 12/21/2023
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Transgender Women Engagement and Entry to Care (T.W.E.E.T): E2i
T.W.E.E.T. aims to engage transgender women in HIV care by combining weekly peer-based education and discussion groups, leadership training, community building, and the provision of supportive services. Three sites implemented T.W.E.E.T. as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. Clients had improved outcomes across the HIV care continuum 12 months after enrollment in T.W.E.E.T.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/09/2024
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Bilingual and Bicultural Care Team
Hispanic and Latino clients served by the team received culturally responsive care and linkages to external community resources, with resulting greater retention in care and improved viral suppression rates.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care in Seattle-King County
This referral-based oral health model used dental navigators to connect clients to a large network of dentists, which facilitated scheduling of appointments.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/02/2023
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Peer Linkage and Re-engagement of Women of Color with HIV
From 2016 through 2019, three clinics—AIDS Care Group, Howard Brown Health, and Meharry Medical College—participated in a RWHAP Part F SPNS DEII initiative to implement peer linkage and re-engagement interventions for women of color with HIV. Integrating peers into HIV primary care teams has been effective in better engaging women of color in care.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/28/2024
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Project HERO
Yale Community Health Care Van and Clinic, and Liberty Community Services, Inc., empowered clients to set and achieve employment and housing goals, as well as strengthened the ability of community-based organizations to provide related services. This initiative known as Project HERO was implemented between 2017 and 2020 as part of the HIV, Housing, and Employment SPNS initiative.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/26/2023
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Compendium of Evidence-informed Approaches to Improving Health Outcomes for People Living with HIV
Collection of implementation guides on evidence-informed best practices in HIV care delivery.Resource updated 03/04/2024
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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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Proyecto Promover
The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center launched Proyecto Promover to decrease HIV testing-related stigma, increase awareness of HIV status, and increase early linkage to and retention in care among Mexicanos with HIV. The program operates at the community level through social marketing, educational talks, networking, and testing. On the individual level, Proyecto Promover uses one-on-one conversations to identify and overcome barriers related to care engagement and retention. Evaluation showed promising rates of HIV testing, retention in care, and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/29/2024
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Healthy Divas: E2i
Healthy Divas focuses on empowering transgender women with HIV to achieve their personal health goals. Three sites implemented the intervention as part of the E2i initiative funded through the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017 through 2021. Both engagement in HIV care and having an antiretroviral therapy prescription improved significantly for clients 12 months after enrollment in Healthy Divas.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/18/2024
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How to Access, Edit, and Update Contracts in the GCMS for the RSR
Review of the steps in accessing the GCMS via the 2021 RSR Recipient Report in the HRSA EHBs.Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Project ACCEPT
Project ACCEPT is designed to improve engagement and retention in medical care for youth ages 16 to 24 years with newly diagnosed HIV. The educational and skill-building intervention was deployed at four demonstration sites and increased rates of medication use and appointment adherence in comparison to a control group. Although originally developed for cisgender youth, Project ACCEPT may be adapted for gender-diverse people.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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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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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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LINK LA
LINK LA is a 12-session, 24-week peer navigation intervention for people with HIV who are scheduled to be released from incarceration. LINK LA peer navigators focus on behavioral changes that promote medication adherence and retention in care, while providing social support and facilitating communication with medical providers. LINK LA showed improvements in linkage to and retention in HIV care and viral suppression among people with HIV re-entering the community after incarceration.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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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