Through interviews and focus groups, clinic and program staff from nine organizations nationwide provided insights about the role of patient navigators in building a medical home for people living with HIV who are homeless/unstably housed and co-diagnosed with substance use and/or mental health disorders. Results of this qualitative research are presented in this peer-reviewed article which will be published in the Journal of Public Health Management Practice and is available online ahead of print publication. Researchers identified ten key responsibilities of patient navigators as part of the HIV care team that seeks to engage this population in care and treatment. The article concludes that patient navigators may be a key component in creating an effective patient-centered medical home for this population.
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Ryan White 2016 Conference Presentation: Understanding and Addressing Stigma to Promote Engagement in HIV Care
As part of the initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV Homeless Populations, staff conducted a substudy on stigma. The goals of the study are to 1) understand and describe how stigma is manifested in individual’s experience 2) develop approaches and coping skills for clients who experience stigma and 3) create a medical home to reduce stigma and enhance access and quality of care. The team presented preliminary results at the Ryan White 2016 conference.
Ryan White 2016 Conference Presentation: Everybody Loves a Good Story
Using digital media to capture & share patient stories–As part of the initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV Homeless Populations, staff from nine HIV provider sites created digital stories demonstrating their clients’ experiences working with the initiative. In this presentation, staff from CAHPP and two demonstration sites shared lessons learned when creating these stories.
Ryan White 2016 Conference Homeless Institute – Homeless Institute 101: Providing care to people who are homeless/unstably housed: Barriers and facilitators to achieving the National HIV/AIDS Strategy goals (Thur Aug. 25, 2016 3:30 – 5:00 pm ET, Session ID: 6424) PDF
The CAHPP staff, together with partner Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and HIV provider demonstration sites nationwide, presented the work of the initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV Homeless Populations. The team presented an institute consisting of three 90-minute workshops at the 2016 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Conference.
Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed Homeless HIV+ Populations: The Role of Patient Navigators
At the May 2014 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference in New Orleans, several staff members from grantees associated with the Med-HEART project presented this workshop on the role of the patient navigator in medical home models for individuals living with HIV who are homeless and face mental health and substance use challenges.