This document offers guidance for how community co-authors without scientific writing expertise can meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommended criteria.
This document offers guidance for how community co-authors without scientific writing expertise can meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommended criteria.
Climate Crisis and Maintaining HIV and related care.
We conducted a rapid response qualitative study to better understand climate-related disruptions to HIV, STI, and harm reduction services, and provide recommendations for policy action (L Moran, K Koester, S Joshi, W Steward, E Arnold CAPS/PRC)
Immigrants and HIV Care Factsheet. Best practices for maintaining access to prevention and treatment. The following recommendations are best practices for the retention of patients in medical care, based on interviews with medical and legal providers.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based intervention that helps improve health outcomes for people with HIV who are also living with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Adapted by HIV experts in collaboration with community members, CPT uses cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to reduce PTSD symptoms.
Collaborative Care Management (CoCM) is an integrated behavioral health intervention that improves outcomes for people with HIV experiencing depression and other common psychiatric disorders. In this team-based model, a primary care provider, behavioral health care manager, and psychiatric consultant work together using validated measures and a client registry to track progress and improve care.
Seeking Safety is an evidence-informed intervention adapted by HIV experts and community members to support people with HIV who are affected by trauma and/or addiction. Designed to be safe, optimistic, and empowering, Seeking Safety helps clients focus on the impact of trauma in the present rather than revisiting past experiences. The intervention also meets clients where they are along the continuum of substance use, offering an engaging and flexible approach to care.
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-informed, system-level approach that helps improve health outcomes for people with HIV by addressing risky substance use. SBIRT integrates three key steps into care:
Screening to assess the severity of alcohol and drug use.
Brief intervention to raise awareness of risks and strengthen motivation to change behaviors.
Tailored Motivational Interviewing (TMI) is an evidence-based intervention that uses brief, collaborative counseling sessions to support young people with HIV—including Black gay, bisexual, same-gender loving, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). Instead of directing change, TMI guides clients through conversations that build motivation and confidence to stay engaged in HIV care, take medications as prescribed, and improve overall health behaviors.
Project CONNECT is an evidence-informed intervention designed to help people with HIV—particularly Black gay, bisexual, same-gender loving, and other men who have sex with men (MSM)—successfully engage in HIV care. The program uses early orientation, relationship building, and consistent personal contact to connect clients to treatment.
TXTXT is an evidence-informed intervention that helps young people with HIV—especially young Black gay, bisexual, same-gender loving, and other men who have sex with men (MSM)—stay on track with their HIV treatment. The program uses daily, automated, and personalized text messages to remind and encourage clients to take their HIV medication as prescribed. In addition, participants receive adherence education, counseling, and referrals to supportive services when needed.
Healthy Divas is an evidence-informed intervention designed to improve health outcomes for transgender women with HIV. Created in partnership with HIV experts and community members, the program focuses on building personal strengths and resilience, supporting gender affirmation goals through peer-facilitated counseling, and reducing barriers to care.
TIA/CHANGE is an evidence-informed intervention designed to improve health outcomes among people with HIV by helping organizations adopt a trauma-informed approach to care. Using a strengths-based model, TIA/CHANGE provides guidance and structure for organizations to understand, recognize, and respond to the effects of trauma in HIV service delivery.
This intervention integrates buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder directly into HIV primary care settings. By addressing both conditions in one location, the program helps reduce opioid use and overdose while improving engagement in HIV care.
T.W.E.E.T. is an evidence-informed intervention designed to improve health outcomes among transgender women with HIV. Developed with input from both HIV experts and community members, the program centers on weekly, peer-led health education and discussion groups called Transgender Leader (TL) Teach Backs.
Use our 2021 Research for HIV Testing booklet to stay up-to-date on our latest studies.
✅ Stay up-to-date on our latest research
✅ Provide materials in training and presentations
✅ Advocate for services and funding
✅ Write grants
✅ Develop new or modify existing HIV prevention programs
✅ Connect with us. The investigators are listed for each study.
Transgender Women and HIV Prevention and Care
‘Transgender women’ is an umbrella term to refer to persons who identify as women or trans women, or who have a feminine gender identity that differs from the male sex they were assigned at birth. Transgender women may identify with certain terms and not others and may express gender in a variety of ways.
In the United States, more than 161,200 individuals – 13% of the 1.1 million people living with HIV (PLWH) – are unaware of their HIV infection.¹ Estimates say these individuals account for 30% of all new annual infections.2
The Building Capacity to Implement Rapid Start to Improve Care Engagement Initiative funded 14 sites across the United States to implement and evaluate “Rapid Start” antiretroviral therapy (ART) services.
What are Black Men’s HIV Prevention Needs?
Who are Black men?
In the U.S., Black men include different ethnic groups from the African Diaspora. They are friends and diverse family members: fathers, grandfathers, husbands, partners, brothers, uncles, sons, nephews, and cousins. They are colleagues working in professional and blue-collar jobs.
