People with HIV & Community Involvement

A core value of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program is engagement of people with HIV in their care and in their community's work to address the epidemic. This might include: 

  • Serving as members and leaders of planning bodies. See also our Planning resources.
  • Participating in community advisory boards to provide feedback to clinics on services and their design.
  • Serving as peer workers to other persons with HIV to engage and retain them in care.
  • Serving as volunteers and paid staff members in HIV agencies.

Resources 36

Guidelines and Manuals

  • Abt Associates

    Curriculum of educational sessions to promote client engagement and retention in HIV care in order to increase overall rates of viral suppression, based on evidence informed practices, including motivational interviewing, to address identified gaps in care.

Webinars and Training

Tools and Job Aids

Reports and Best Practices

Websites

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    U.S. HIV-related treatment guidelines, drug database, and glossary.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Federal agency that administers the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) and the Global HIV/AIDS Program and plays a critical role in helping diagnose, treat, prevent, and respond as part of the "Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America" initiative.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Esta página incluye información básica sobre el VIH, hojas informativas, y afiches.

  • AETC National Coordinating Resource Center (NCRC)

    Collaborative of AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETCs) to enhance HIV care across the U.S.-Mexico border.

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    Federal resources on discrimination and health care privacy protections.

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    Portal for HIV/AIDS information from the U.S. federal government.

  • HIV.GOV

    Enlace principal a recursos clave de sitios del gobierno federal de los EE.UU. en español relacionados con el VIH/SIDA. 

  • Center for Engaging Black MSM across the Care Continuum

    Web training site to educate providers on the delivery of HIV health care services for black men who have sex with men to enhance engagement/retention in care.

  • Center for Engaging Black MSM across the Care Continuum

    Online resource to enhance care interactions experienced by Black MSM. 

Technical Assistance

  • The Access, Care, and Engagement Technical Assistance (ACE TA) Center builds the capacity of the RWHAP community to navigate the changing health care landscape and help people with HIV to access and use their health coverage to improve health outcomes.  

  • Project to increase the use of CHWs to improve access to health care and health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority people with HIV. TA project was active 2016-19.

  • ELEVATE will prepare people with HIV to meaningfully engage and take on leadership roles in planning bodies, advocacy actions, and the HIV workforce.

  • ESCALATE will focus on reducing HIV stigma through training participants in EHE jurisdictions.

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