Using Community Health Workers to Improve Linkage and Retention in HIV Care
January 28, 2020Resources to help clinics integrate community health workers (CHW) into an HIV multidisciplinary team model. CHWs can strengthen the health care workforce and improve access to health care and health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority people with HIV.
Peer Linkage and Re-engagement of Women of Color with HIV
October 16, 2019In the San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA), trans women of color are disproportionately affected by HIV and have poor HIV care outcomes. This analysis was to identify associations between intervention exposure and primary HIV care visits, ART prescription, and retention in HIV care.
Intervention Guide: SPNS Demonstration Model on Women Empowered to Connect and Remain Engaged in Care (WE CARE)
October 1, 2018Intervention guide highlighting an evidence-informed innovative model of care, with a focus on the retention in care step in the HIV care continuum. Guide provides information on key components of the intervention and the capacity required by organizations/clinics to conduct this work.
ARTAS – Antiretroviral Treatment Access Study
September 27, 2018The Antiretroviral Treatment Access Study (ARTAS) is a strength-based case-management intervention to link recently-diagnosed HIV-positive persons to care and sustain them in care for more than a single visit.
Pocket Guide: Improving Linkage to Care – Ensuring High-Quality Care for PLWH Within and Beyond Corrections
July 14, 2017Highlights from linkage to care projects in correctional settings. This guide covers Key Staff and Participants, Objectives for the Interventions, Rationale, Method, and Key items to consider for replication and resources.
Best practices in LGBT care: A guide for primary care physicians
July 12, 2016hysicians should create an inclusive and welcoming environment for their patients by providing education and training for the staff members. This is a guide of best practices for care providers to take into consideration when treating those who identify as LGBTQ+ in order to optimize clinical and cultural competency.
Retention in Care and Medication Adherence
April 1, 2016Health behaviors, such as retention in HIV medical care and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), pose major challenges to reducing new HIV infections, addressing health disparities, and improving health outcomes. Andersen’s Behavioral Model of Health Service Use provides a conceptual framework for understanding how patient and environmental factors affect health behaviors and outcomes, which can inform the design of intervention strategies.
Retention and Re-Engagement in HIV Care Project
October 1, 2014The Minority AIDS Initiative/SPNS Retention and Re-Engagement in HIV Care Project developed innovative and replicable HIV service delivery models. It used HIV+ peers to help patients engage and/or remain in care while providing a range of services.
Making Sure Your HIV Care is the Best It Can Be: A Consumer Quality of Care Training Workshop
August 1, 2006Facilitator guide to train consumers to understand performance data and empower them to partner with their health care providers.
