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Resource updated 09/14/2023
Resource updated 09/14/2023
Blog updated 08/12/2022
HIV care measures for people with HIV enrolled in the Massachusetts AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) were compared to people with HIV not currently enrolled; results indicate that enrollees have higher frequencies of engagement and retention in care and viral suppression. Evaluation of the data provides insight that enhances programming and service delivery to reduce health disparities.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Reaching and engaging rural populations in care and treatment is critical to ending the HIV epidemic. Engaging the community and including faith institutions are key to improve access to care, treatment, and adherence. This session will highlight how three projects are working with implementing partners in the rural South.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Learn how to develop, plan, and implement an organization-wide ECHO model to fully integrate HIV/HCV care and treatment into primary care centers and create wider access for patients with less barriers to care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Oklahoma has been classified by the Department of Health and Human Services as one of the seven states with a high rural HIV burden. Test-and-treat protocols are feasible within high-volume HIV clinics which serve rural and underserved communities to minimize the time to the first appointment to decrease time to viral load suppression.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will walk you through everything you need to know to start and maintain a telehealth program. It will also review current federal resources that can assist you in getting started and allow you to view the equipment in action.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will describe the use of telehealth among providers in primary health care, behavioral health, and dentistry. It will review benefits, challenges, solutions, and impact on care. A highlight will include demonstrations and hands-on access to equipment.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This workshop will highlight the AIDS Education Training Centers' (AETC) Core Training activities from 2016 through 2019, focusing on types of providers reached, priority training topics, and training modalities. Two AETCs will share experiences engaging rural jurisdictions with low-volume HIV providers and approaches for reaching providers in the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative jurisdictions.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session highlights specific HRSA and CDC resources used to reduce HIV-related stigma in rural areas and a recipient's best practices to reduce stigma in the healthcare setting to improve clients' health outcomes and quality of life. Providers, program staff, and people with HIV are encouraged to attend.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This workshop will highlight rural RWHAP recipients' innovative approaches to reducing HIV-related stigma, featuring a presentation from a rural consumer using their community platform to reduce stigma and concluding with a listening session.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This presentation will provide an overview of RWHAP in rural areas, the complexity of HIV stigma in rural communities, the role of rural jurisdictions in the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative, a review of literature on the impact of stigma, and consumers' lived experiences.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Oklahoma has been classified as one of the seven states with a high rural HIV burden. Telemedicine is an excellent resource to reach patients in rural areas and continue to engage them in care and keep them virally suppressed.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This presentation will describe a distinctive urban telehealth program in a city with high HIV incidence and prevalence, and capacity building activities to increase provider and client engagement.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will focus on rural workforce challenges and corresponding data, highlight recipient innovative approaches to ameliorate the challenges, and review a vast array of free resources and training offered by HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Telemedicine has emerged to provide medical care to those in rural settings. This model has not yet been utilized by Ryan White clinics at academic centers. We use a multidisciplinary approach to conduct visits with patients via live videoconferencing. There are multiple challenges, but there is potential for increasing access.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Using three HIV telehealth pilot projects as case studies, telehealth leaders from the Medical University of South Carolina—a HRSA-funded Telehealth Center of Excellence—will discuss how telehealth might be leveraged to improve access to HIV prevention and care. Telehealth technical assistance opportunities available through HRSA will also be highlighted.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Georgia’s telehealth/telemedicine and Project ECHO programs aim to identify and tackle barriers faced by urban and rural environments. Telehealth offers patients a virtual way of meeting with their care providers, while also improving patient engagement and care plan adherence. Project ECHO is aimed at workforce development and capacity building.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Es posible que algunos clientes del RWHAP todavía tengan preguntas o inquietudes sobre la inscripción en coberturas médicas.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Sèten kliyan RWHAP gendwa toujou gen kesyon oswa preyokipasyon osijè enskrpsyon nan pwoteksyon asirans sante.
Resource updated 09/19/2023