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Doxycycline that is taken as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is effective in reducing the incidence of chlamydia and gonorrhea in men who have sex with men and transgender women.News Article updated on 04/11/2023
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Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States: From Vision to Practice
Opportunity for RWHAP Part B EHE recipients to share and discuss effective approaches to linkage to care, designing successful messaging campaigns and implementing Rapid Start.Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Health Centers on the Front Lines: Be the Change: Black Cisgender and Trans Women, HIV Treatment, & PrEP
Role of health centers in increasing PrEP access and use among women.Resource updated 10/18/2023
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Micro Learning: Black Cisgender and Trans Women, HIV Treatment, & PrEP
Learn how to improve messaging about HIV prevention and care to improve acceptance of services among all Black women.Resource updated 05/10/2023
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weCare Social Media Intervention
In weCare, a cyber health educator sent personalized messages through text, web-based apps, and Facebook to enrolled youth who identified as gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men (MSM), or transgender women, and who either had a new diagnosis of HIV or were not in care at the time of enrollment. Messages were personalized to each participant’s needs and were designed to support them as they navigated complicated health care systems as well as other challenges that affect care engagement (e.g., transportation, disclosure). The cyber health educator also moderated and posted information about health and well-being on an optional secret Facebook page that some participants chose to join. Participants were less likely to miss medical appointments and more likely to be virally suppressed after 12 months of the intervention.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Rapid Start Cost Estimation Tool
The Rapid Start Cost Estimation Tool will help you estimate the additional costs needed to support the planning, implementation, and management of Rapid Start services in your clinical setting.Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Compendium of Best Practices in Provision of Rapid Start Services for People with HIV
Best practices, and service delivery models, that facilitate the delivery of effective Rapid Start services in diverse RWHAP-funded provider settings.Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Enhanced Patient Navigation for Women of Color
The Enhanced Patient Navigation for Women of Color with HIV intervention uses patient navigators, who are non-medical staff in clinical settings, to reduce barriers to health care and optimize care. The intervention was effective in improving linkage to and retention in care, as well as viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/28/2024
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Positively Connected for Health (PC4H)
The PC4H initiative employs a mobile app and a digital literacy workshop to improve engagement, retention in care, and medication adherence for young people with HIV. These strategies aim to reach young people who are disproportionately affected by HIV, including young men who have sex with men, young transgender women, and youth of color, with a focus on serving people who know their status but are inconsistently engaged in care. Developed by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Philadelphia FIGHT, PC4H was evaluated through the RWHAP Part F SPNS Social Media Initiative. The evaluation found that PC4H had positive impacts on retention in care and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/17/2023
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Capacity Building for Innovative Program Replication
SPNS initiative focused on building and enhancing the capacity of RWHAP recipients and subrecipients to replicate evidence-informed models of care/interventions among RWHAP jurisdictions. Project period: 2019-2023.RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 03/04/2024
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Wellness Web 2.0
Wellness Web 2.0 is a text message-based intervention that offers health education tools, appointment reminders, and navigation services to increase linkage to and retention in care for youth and young adults with HIV. Clients across 27 counties in South Texas enrolled in the Wellness Web 2.0 program had improvements in linkage to HIV medical care and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Preliminary Results from a Text Messaging Outreach Initiative to Reengage People Lost to HIV Care
Preliminary results from an ongoing RWHAP clinic initiative to use text messaging as a re-engagement strategy to bring lost patients back to care, which may be a more manageable and possibly equally effective re-engagement strategy when compared to phone outreach.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Digital Health Initiative’s model for training NYS DOH AIDS Institute staff during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic propelled digital tools to the forefront of healthcare. New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute Digital Health Initiative (DHI) coordinated digital health trainings to enhance practices among HIV program staff and may result in improved patient-provider communication, patient access to services and potentially health outcomes.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Implementation of Addressing Barriers to HIV Care via Smart Phones
Enhancement of communication between Chicago HIV patients and case managers through use of smart phones and its particular value during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Using Online Support to Connect People with HIV to Care and Improve Outcomes
Positive People social platform developed to expand access to the broader community and improve health outcomes for participants.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Attitudes Towards Rapid Start of Antiretroviral Therapy in New Jersey
Review of data on delivery of rapid start of ART among New Jersey providers, including, for example, provision of same-day medical appointments, extended office hours, and comfort administering rapid start with high need patients.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 12/11/2023
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The Max Clinic
The Max Clinic, located within the University of Washington’s Harborview Medical Center complex in Seattle, offers walk-in services and incentives to clients reengaging in HIV care, especially those who have not been well served by the traditional health care model—including clients who are experiencing homelessness, or who have mental health and substance use issues. The Max Clinic offers rapid antiretroviral therapy, incentives, a flexible clinical model, and access to comprehensive support services. Max Clinic clients were significantly more likely to reach viral suppression after 12 months than a comparable control group.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Improving Time to Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Newly Diagnosed PLWH in a Nonurban Clinic
Review of rapid ART features to reduce time to ART from 7 to 1.6 days, including pre-visit benefits navigation, manufacturer discount cards, prescribing to in-house pharmacies, email distribution lists, and post-prescriptive follow-up.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Get READI! Outcomes from 2 years of rapid ART services at a county hospital system
Harris Health System began its Rapid Eligibility and ART Dissemination & Implementation (READI) program in 2019. Here, we present two years of data that examine linkage to care, ART initiation, viral loads, completion of medical visits, and demographics for patients who received READI services and those who did not.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Rapid ART Program Initiative for New Diagnoses
Rapid ART Program Initiative for New Diagnoses (RAPID) was designed to connect people with a new HIV diagnosis to ART within five days of diagnosis and within one day of their initial care visit. Linkage navigators counseled people on HIV care, identified an available clinician capable of immediately prescribing ART, scheduled the clinical appointment, and connected people to additional support services. RAPID led to a reduction in median time between initial diagnosis and both ART initiation and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 03/19/2024