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CDC has created a webpage where you can select your state and find out where to get an HIV self-test (home test) for free or reduced cost.News Article updated on 01/27/2021
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Positive Love: Improving Health Outcomes of Young, Black MSM with HIV in the Deep South
The presentation will cover the efficacy of +Love, a five-pronged intervention in New Orleans, involving a dedicated case manager, therapist, peer support, ride service, and text-based alert program that tracks clients' basic needs, mood, and provides medication reminders, in improving the healthcare and treatment satisfaction of young, black men who have sex with men (MSM) with HIV.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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National Implementation of a Text-Messaging Intervention to Improve Antiretroviral Adherence among Youth with HIV
This workshop will explore two sites' (Brooklyn and Detroit) experience with the implementation of an evidence-informed intervention for black men who have sex with men (MSM) with HIV. The project seeks to improve HIV outcomes through the use of a culturally tailored intervention for Black MSM, the Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Antiretroviral Adherence among youth with HIV (TXTXT).
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Intensive Care Coordination by a Community Health Worker Improved HIV Viral Load Suppression in YMSM
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Improvements in HIV Viral Load Suppression With Modified Patient Contact Methods
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Implementing Enhanced Screening for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Youth Living With HIV
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Reducing Patient Appointment No-Show Rate Using Text Messaging Systems in a Single Provider Ambulatory Care Clinic
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Bridging Prevention and Care: The Impact of Starting STI Treatment in a Patient-Centered HIV Medical Home
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
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Utilizing an HIV Clinical Pharmacist to Improve Patient Outcomes
This presentation will review the many roles a clinical pharmacist can play in improving patient care, such as providing medication education, conducting adherence counseling sessions, facilitating transitions in care, providing comprehensive medication chart reviews, and aiding with the formation of complex treatment regimens. Pharmacists' involvement in pre-exposure prophylaxis will also be reviewed.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Responding to the Global HIV Epidemic in a Post-Industrial City: The Brockton Model
This session will examine the components of a successful HIV treatment and care model targeting foreign-born and other vulnerable patient populations. Key elements of the model will be reviewed, including the role of the multidisciplinary, multicultural team, and program infrastructure supporting a regular review of patient data and clinical quality measures.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Collaborations among AETCs, Emergency Departments, and Health Jurisdictions to Identify and Treat HIV, HCV, and Syphilis
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
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Community Health Workers Improve Viral Load Suppression in Non-Treatment Adherent Populations to End the Epidemic
Community Health Workers (CHWs) were added to the care team to work with clients with poor treatment adherence and not viral load suppression (VLS). Clients benefited from CHW services that contributed to VLS in over 50% of the clients assigned to them. CHWs are vital in ending the epidemic in challenging client populations
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Integrating a Multi-Level ART Adherence Program into HIV Care Management: Considerations for Development, Implementation, Expansion
The New York City Health Department has scaled up The Undetectables Viral Load Suppression Program, in collaboration with the program developer (Housing Works) and other stakeholders, by integrating the program into existing HIV medical case management service delivery.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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The Role of Health Educators in Improving the Health of People with HIV
Health Educators play an important role in managing the health of people with HIV by increasing the health literacy of patients and improving adherence to medications. In a Ryan White clinic, Health Educator-driven interventions may be essential to assuring better patient outcomes by improving viral suppression and managing comorbidities.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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The Impact of Clinical Pharmacist-Led Initiatives in HIV Care
Pharmacists are a great way to decrease medication errors, expand the providers of HIV care services, and ensure continuity of care among people with HIV within a Ryan White clinic nested in an academic hospital.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Innovations in STI Screening and Treatment at an FQHC
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
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HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau's Innovative Interventions Addressing Sexually Transmitted Infections: Two Diverse Initiatives
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
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Utilizing Ryan White Early Intervention Services for Communicable Disease Investigation Services
This presentation will provide an overview of Ryan White Early Intervention Services (EIS) and how this service category can be utilized to support communicable disease investigation (CDI) activities. Presenters will familiarize attendees with EIS services, how CDI services can be implemented with EIS funds, and ideas to implement CDI services.
Learning Objectives
- Understand Ryan White EIS.
- Understand how Ryan White can fund CDI services.
- Understand opportunities to improve linkage to care through EIS and CDI services.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Housing First to Treat and Prevent HIV
Caracole, an AIDS Service Organization, uses three interconnected approaches to improve retention in HIV care: housing first, harm reduction, and motivational interviewing. Clients in permanent supportive housing had high rates of viral suppression, exceeding Caracole's goal of 75%.
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/13/2024
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A Trauma-Informed Approach to Integrating HIV Primary Care and Behavioral Health Services
To better integrate primary care with behavioral health services, providers were trained on trauma-informed care and contracts and standards of care were modified to require that medical providers conduct mental health screenings. As a result, receipt of mental health services and care retention rates improved.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/17/2024