Use of Social Media to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum
January 30, 2020Resources from ten demonstration sites that participated in Use of Social Media to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum, a HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program initiative.
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.
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.
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.
