Words Matter: The Power of Language to Strengthen Services for HIV and Substance Use Disorder
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Resource updated 03/04/2024
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 06/21/2024
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
This poster will provide information about approaches of the Black Women First Initiative in adressing HIV epidemic through the COVID-19 pandemic. Various strategies were developed and adapted by the 12 RWHAP SPNS demonstration sites by changing their existing systems for a more culturally responsive care for Black women with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 04/23/2024
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
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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
Creation on pop-up mobile clinics, created in partnership with an established Syringe Support Program (SSP) and academic organizations, to provide one stop STI/HCV/HIV testing and COVID-19 vaccination for people experiencing substance use/homelessness, who have increased risks for these conditions.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Description of HRSA's Best Practices Compilation (targethiv.org/bestpractices), which allows organizations to submit information about their interventions and to search and identify interventions that may work for them.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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
The U.S. opioid epidemic has significant impact on rates of overdose deaths among people with HIV. The aim of the project was to leverage the PDSA methodology to enhance a population-based, health information technology, intervention to facilitate the identification and panel management of high-risk clients with opioid use disorder.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Strategies, findings, and lessons learned from the RWHAP SPNS initiative that aims to strengthen systems of care between the RWHAP and entities funded in response to the opioid epidemic.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Discussion of HIV prevention and care efforts for Black women across HHS agencies and highlight of the RWHAP Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) initiative: Improving Care and Treatment Coordination for Black Women with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Review of the RWHAP SPNS initiative Improving Care and Treatment Coordination for Black Women with HIV, which promotes meaningful involvement of Black women with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Overview of RWHAP SPNS E2i Initiative implementation materials.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Review of the RWHAP SPNS initiative Improving Care and Treatment Coordination for Black Women with HIV, which implements evidence-informed interventions to provide culturally relevant care for Black cis and transgender women.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
RWHAP recipients review their telehealth innovations developed during COVID-19 while HRSA reviews a new program identify and maximize the use of telehealth strategies in the RWHAP and other telehealth initiatives across HRSA.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Blog updated 09/18/2023