People Living with HIV and HIV Prevention

Examples of community and culturally specific interventions:

• An evidence-informed intervention, adapted for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, that engages Black men who have sex with men with HIV into medical care through early orientation to the clinic, relationship building, and enhanced personal contact: Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Antiretroviral Adherence among HIV-Positive Youth (TXTXT)
• A resourced developed by Target HIV to help providers assist HIV+ people transitioning from adolescent to adult health care settings: Transitioning HIV+ Youth from Adolescent to Adult Services
• HIV Disparity Interventions is another Target HIV resource that provides various interventions that have been tested and implemented for underserved populations.
• HIV Self-Testing Programs-(HIVST):  HIVST programs are a public health strategy that enables the CDC’s funded community-based organizations and health departments to provide follow-up and linkage-to-treatment/prevention resources for people who self-test for HIV infection in their homes or another private location.
• TakeMeHome is a partnership between Building Healthy Online Communities, NASTAD, and Emory University. TakeMeHome enables state and local health departments to offer free in-home sexual health tests to eligible community members.
• El Grupo de Apoyo Latino: The Latino Programs Individual Services convey HIV health and sexual risk-reduction practices to non-acculturated and monolingual Spanish speakers, regardless of their immigration status, who have difficulty navigating systems of HIV care and prevention.
• Evidence-Informed Behavioral Health Models to Improve HIV Health Outcomes for Black Men who have Sex with Men Initiative
• Get Your Life: An HIV & STI Prevention Program by and for Black & Latino Young Men who Have Sex with Men (YMSM) is a seven-session group-based HIV prevention facilitation guide designed for Black and Latino young men who have sex with men ages 14-19 years old.
• Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living with Substance Use and/or Mental Disorders
• Faith-based organizations have a role in  a comprehensive HIV prevention strategy because of their capacity for building awareness, mobilizing communities, and reducing HIV-related stigma: HIV and the Faith Community
• The Outreach Enhancement: Faith-Based Organizations Program is a collaboration between Black Health, Inc. and faith-based organizations: Faith Based Initiative

Examples of policy and structural change:

• HIV Care Continuum
• National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS)
• Technical assistance for Ryan White HIV/AIDS program.
• The Affordable Care Act and HIV/AIDS
• Awareness Campaigns

Recommended readings:

• PrEP Chicago: A randomized controlled peer change agent intervention to promote the adoption of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among young Black men who have sex with men
• Vital Voices: HIV Prevention and Care Interventions Developed for Disproportionately Affected Communities by Historically Underrepresented, Early-Career Scientists

Organization highlight:

• AIDS Healthcare Foundation
• AIDS United
• Black AIDS Institute
• HIV.gov
• Latino Commission on AIDS
• NASTAD
• National Minority AIDS Council
• San Francisco AIDS Foundation