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.
Come as You Are: Improving Care Engagement and Viral Load Suppression Among HIV Care Coordination Clients with Lower Mental Health Functioning, Unstable Housing, and Hard Drug Use
November 22, 2018The findings of this study suggest that there is a connection between support to address psychosocial barriers and greater improvement on indicators along the HIV continuum. The findings also aid as evidence to the role of Care Coordination in increasing health and survival opportunities among those who are at the highest risk for suboptimal HIV health outcomes.
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.
Narrowing the Gap in Life Expectancy Between HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Individuals With Access to Care
May 12, 2017There is a steep increase in life expectancy for HIV patients who are introduced to ART. HIV-positive individuals also have a higher prevalence than HIV-uninfected individuals of lifestyle risk factors that should be addressed by providers.
