Addressing STIs: Ask. Test. Treat. Repeat.
Resource updated 05/08/2024
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Blog updated 05/17/2021
RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 03/05/2024
Update to the Unmet Need Methodology for RWHAP Part A and B recipients.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Excel files for calculating unmet need estimates.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
This infographic provides a high-level workflow for RWHAP recipients completing the required and enhanced and Unmet Need Estimates and Analyses.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Answers to common questions about Estimating Unmet Need. These FAQs have been generated in response to questions from RWHAP recipients who attended webinars and/or received TA on Estimating Unmet Need.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Resource updated 10/26/2021
Resource updated 05/18/2021
Resource updated 09/19/2023
In this webinar, presenters reviewed the updated Unmet Need Framework for RWHAP Part A and B recipients and highlighted the difference between the required and enhanced estimates and analyses. Given that enhanced estimates and analyses are strongly encouraged by HRSA HAB, presenters discussed approaches to support recipients in expanding estimates and analyses.
These approaches will include possible linked databases to utilize for the estimates and the benefits of subpopulation analyses for understanding disparities in HIV care and treatment.
Resource updated 01/27/2021
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Successes and lessons learned will be shared from three metropolitan areas on incorporating STI testing and treatment for prevention clients within an HIV medical home setting, along with how offering STI treatment impacts early identification service outcomes (e.g., HIV positivity rates, linkage to care referrals, and the rapid start of HIV treatment).
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This interactive workshop will review updated data and discuss implementation challenges, facilitators, and best practices for routine screening/linkage in an emergency department with urban and rural challenges. Preliminary data from the initial two months (with more than 2,000 patients screened) include .7% HIV (including three acute infections), 7% Hepatitis C (HCV) and 5.2% syphilis.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Reaching viral suppression for the last 10% is challenging! Three different clinical sites across the state of Missouri identified a way to stratify unsuppressed patients – those that are consistently viremic and those that are unexpectedly viremic. This presentation will focus on quality improvement (QI) interventions for patients with persistent viremia.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will share how three health departments created and cultivated a partnership that resulted in changes to Part A services administration and provision in the Washington, D.C., EMA.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Learn how small transformations in federal qualified health center (FQHC) practices can increase the rate of STI screening and treatment and eliminate barriers to care. Creating proficiency in scheduling patients by using urgent care appointments and implementing self-collection to empower patients and increase process efficiency can help patients receive needed services.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This panel will provide an opportunity to learn about the HIV/AIDS Bureau's current system and clinic-level interventions aimed at addressing Sexually Transmitted Infections among people with and at risk for HIV through the RWHAP Part F Special Projects of National Significance Program innovative initiatives.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023