AIDS at 40: Envisioning a Future We Never Imagined
Blog updated 06/10/2021
Blog updated 06/10/2021
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 workshop will share youth-tailored innovative approaches, such as integrated mental health and clinical nutrition services for peer support, facilitated transportation conducted by case managers via a rideshare program for youth clients, and a grading system to assess individual readiness and help guide transition to adult care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Research shows that African American students live with HIV more commonly than their primarily Caucasian counterparts. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) educate millions of learners, positioning these entities to enact greater strategies to counter HIV acquisition and spread. This workshop describes an innovative partnership to address such factors at HBCUs.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
The Implementation of Evidence-Informed Behavioral Health Models to Improve HIV Health Outcomes for the BMSM Initiative seeks to engage, link, and retain black men who have sex with men in HIV medical care, behavioral health care, and supportive services. This session will describe the use of the Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE) framework to evaluate the initiative.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 12/19/2023
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
Three sites in the Special Projects of National Significance Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (BMSM) Initiative have developed and implemented innovative technology innovations to engage BMSM in care. These include apps, telemedicine, social media, and texting services that meet clients where they are and provide access to services. This presentation will describe product selection and early implementation experiences.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource updated 09/19/2023
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.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
As part of the SPNS Social Media Initiative (SMI), three Ryan White recipients describe their experiences with text messaging, both automated and real-time, to increase engagement in care and the number of medical appointments kept, and improve viral suppression rates with an emphasis on engaging young men who have sex with men and trans women of color.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
The Women Informational Network (WIN) micro-grant initiative supports grassroots, women-led, community-based organizations and leaders conducting innovative approaches that reduce isolation and stigma for women of color with HIV, with a special emphasis placed on women with HIV living in rural areas and ‘resource deserts’ not connected to care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Blog updated 09/06/2022
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/01/2023
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024