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HRSA HAB is pleased to release the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) Initiative Qualitative Summary of Progress: March 2021-February 2022.News Article updated on 10/19/2023
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Southern Interventions: Select Best Practices
Interventions applied in Southern locations, with evidence that they improve HIV care outcomes.Blog updated 08/31/2023
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Positive Peers Mobile App
The Positive Peers app motivates youth and young adults with HIV to stay engaged in HIV care through self-management tools and virtual support. Although specific outcomes vary by age group, individuals who used the app were more likely to attend their medical appointments, receive labs, and reach viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/14/2023
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Replicating Innovative HIV Care Strategies in the RWHAP
Webinar series featuring HIV care innovations developed under HRSA SPNS projects.Resource updated 04/02/2024
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Best Practices Highlight: New York City Medical Home Model
A New York City HIV medical home model has documented significant improvements in care re-engagement and viral suppression.Blog updated 08/23/2023
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Virginia Rapid Start Collaborative
Virginia Rapid Start launched with HIV care providers across the state with goals to initiate ART for clients within 14 days of HIV diagnosis and to improve access to, and retention in, high-quality HIV care and support services. Through Virginia Rapid Start, providers initiated ART medications within an average of four days of HIV diagnosis, as compared with the statewide average of 28 days. Virginia Rapid Start clients had higher rates of viral suppression compared to both the RWHAP Part B overall and Virginia overall. The success of Virginia Rapid Start led VDH to expand the program to the entire Virginia RWHAP Part B.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/18/2024
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Improving Sexual Health among Adolescents and Young Adults
The Adolescent Quality Learning Network (AQLN) identified barriers to sexual health care in four areas: sexual health assessment; receipt of sexual health counseling; three-site STI testing; and receipt of STI treatment. The AQLN then tested approaches to address the identified barriers including opt-out testing, self-rectal swabs, and creating a sex positive environment in the clinic. After one year, the AQLN found improvements in the percentage of clients assessed for sexual health risks, as well as improvements in testing and treatment of STIs.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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The Village Project
The Village Project is an intensive case management-based intervention that harnesses peer navigation and integrated behavioral health services to improve the health outcomes of young Black gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men. The Village Project was associated with increased retention in care and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/28/2024
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Providing HIV Services to People Who Are Incarcerated
The Maricopa Jail Project was implemented by five jails to decrease the wait time between incarceration and/or diagnosis to the start of treatment, and to better support clients to reach viral suppression. Maricopa hired a nurse practitioner to manage access and case manage across the jail system. The initiative was successful in increasing the number of clients who were virally suppressed.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 12/12/2023
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Tailored Motivational Interviewing
Description of a communication-centered approach to service delivery that provides a compassionate and supportive environment to promote intrinsic behavior change among youth 16 to 29 with newly diagnosed HIV.Resource updated 09/14/2023
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Partnerships for Care (P4C): Health Departments and Health Centers Collaborating to Improve HIV Health Outcomes
Toolkit to help Health Centers expand the provision of HIV services.Resource updated 03/15/2023
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Tech/Mobile Apps Supporting HIV Care
Technology-focused tools to support HIV care engagement.Blog updated 04/10/2023
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Peer Engagement to Improve Linkage to Care and Improve Retention for Youth, Women, Infants and Children
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
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Innovations to Increase Engagement with HIV Services among Adolescents and Young Adults with HIV
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
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Spanning the Chasm: An Implementation Science Partnership: EHE Jurisdictions, AETC, and NIMH-Funded AIDS Research Center
This interactive workshop discusses the process, facilitators, barriers, and lessons learned while conducting two End the Epidemic, NIMH-funded implementation science planning grants awarded to the AIDS Research Center at Columbia University in partnership with the Northeast/Caribbean AETC and several Departments of Health, Ryan White recipients, and community stakeholders.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Utilizing Program Income and Community Partnerships to Address Challenges of Poverty in the Deep South
This session will outline establishment of community partnerships and implementation of housing, nutrition, and substance use treatment programs. It will detail contract development between the presenters’ clinic and community partners and outline how, following policy clarification notice (PCN) 16-02 guidance on allowable uses of program income, community partners are reimbursed in support of these programs.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Connecting Stakeholders to Discuss HIV Health Information Exchange: Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center Experience
The Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center HIV Health Information Exchange (HIE) Initiative aims to empower HIV care networks to utilize the potential of emerging data exchange models toward improving HIV outcomes and ending the epidemic. The program convenes and educates stakeholders, supporting efforts toward collaborative planning.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Enhancing Collective Partnerships: Great Lake Partnerships
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.
Learning Objectives
- Improve program collaboration and service integration.
- Understand the importance of strengthening and maintaining community partnerships.
- Define goals and outcomes that move toward a shared vision.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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The Benefits of Interdisciplinary Teams in Caring for Patients with HIV
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%.
Learning Objectives
- Identify barriers to care.
- Understand how working in an interdisciplinary team can achieve excellent results that improve a clinic’s continuum data
- Recognize the value of an interdisciplinary team approach to patient care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Managing Sexual Health in Adolescents
Clinician review of sexual health and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV among adolescents.Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023