Event Series:
HIV Treatment Track
HIV Treatment Track, Session 2
May 30 @ 2:15 pm–3:45 pm EDT
- Engaging People with HIV in a Housing-First Response to an HIV Outbreak
Since 2018, the Minneapolis-St. Paul area has been experiencing an HIV outbreak among people experiencing homelessness and using injection drugs. The response to it has centered housing to improve equity for people living with HIV (PWH) and end the outbreak. Consumer engagement is foundational to this. From 2022-23, the Hennepin County Ryan White Program interviewed 22 outbreak cases about their housing experiences to inform a low-barrier housing model to improve housing outcomes for this population. This presentation explores the findings from these interviews and demonstrates how client-level qualitative data can be used to inform program planning and outbreak response efforts. - HIV Treatment & Beyond: SYNCing to Implement Rapid Start as a Jurisdictional Standard of Care
Jurisdiction-level promotion of Rapid Start, the provision of HIV treatment within 7 days of testing positive for HIV or re-engaging in HIV care, is a core strategy to ending the HIV epidemic. Presenters will share findings & technical assistance resources from NACCHO & CAI’s initiative identifying key “Drivers” of Rapid Start implementation and hear from health departments participating in the Rapid Start Jurisdiction Learning Community about their progress made in adopting Rapid Start as a standard of care. Learn how Rapid Start supports communities inequitably impacted by HIV to achieve positive health outcomes and how HIV care & prevention partners can sync to promote this strategy. - Expert-led HIV Communications: Prevention, Treatment, and Stigma-Free Strategies for Physicians
This presentation will focus on adapting the American College of Preventive Medicine’s (ACPM) successful Vaccine Confident (VC) Ambassador Program model to HIV prevention. ACPM’s VC Ambassador Program, launched in 2021 to address mis- and disinformation surrounding vaccines, was very successful and predicated on the concept of the physician as the “trusted messenger”. This program combines HIV prevention strategies with effective communication and trust-building in patient populations disproportionately impacted by HIV.
