Inflamm-aging: Effects of Chronic Inflammation with HIV
Advances in Antiretroviral therapy (ART) allow people with HIV to live longer with fewer medications. Join us as Dr. Peter Hunt details the connection between chronic inflammation and HIV infection and discusses care considerations and emerging research.
Aging and PrEP: Considerations for PrEP in People 50 Years of Age and Older
Ensuring older adults have access to PrEP is a key step towards ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S. This webinar will present considerations around medical, counseling, and educational strategies to improve the uptake of PrEP among people aged 50 and older. It will highlight the benefits and opportunities of using PrEP in this population in efforts to decrease the rate of new HIV infections among people over 50. Presenters will focus on practical strategies for engaging older adults, such as culturally competent messaging and sexual history taking.
The Science of Aging: Lessons for HIV at the Interface of Commonality and Heterogeneity
CROI Presentation: Dr Kuchel said: ’20 years Difference between HIV + vs HIV- in this chart’ – “These things are Happening A lot Earlier for PWH than they should be, by 20 years. I would expect 80 year olds to have this level of syndromes, but these PWH are still 60 yrs old or younger.”
National HIV Curriculum: HIV in Older Adults
The shift of the HIV epidemic to increasingly involve older persons highlights several health care needs: (1) medical care systems with the capacity to provide clinical services for a large cohort of older persons with HIV, (2) active screening programs to detect HIV in older persons, and (3) implementation of strategies to prevent forward transmission of HIV from older persons.
Listen. Learn. Engage.
Listen. Learn. Engage. is a video module on setting the foundation for long-term engagement with your patients.
Compendium of Evidence-informed Approaches to Improving Health Outcomes for People Living with HIV
A collection of implementation guides on evidence-informed best practices in HIV care delivery.
Replicating Innovative HIV Care Strategies to Priority Populations
Lessons learned from two interventions designed to improve linkage to care and supporting clients from priority populations including transgender women and Latinos of Mexican origins.
Community Health Workers: Improving Linkage and Retention in HIV Care
Ten organizations across the U.S. integrated CHWs into their multidisciplinary care teams, through Improving Access to Care: Using Community Health Workers to Improve Linkage and Retention in HIV Care, a Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) initiative from 2016 to 2019.
Text Me, Girl!: Transgender-Specific Text Messaging to Support Care Engagement
This package of training and implementation tools was developed to assist Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) sites and other organizations/clinics to implement the Text Me, Girl! intervention.
Using a Multidisciplinary Approach to Improve Retention in HIV Care
A hospital-based clinic affiliated with the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania implemented a multidisciplinary approach to strengthen outreach to Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) clients and improve care retention. Clients served with the multidisciplinary approach had higher rates of retention in care.
