Ryan White 2012 Grantee Meeting

The SPNS Systems Linkages and Access to Care Initiative supports seven States in the development and evaluation of new interventions and systems to improve linkage to and retention in high-quality HIV care. In its initial 2 years, States are employing the learning collaborative model to identify promising interventions that will be implemented on a wider scale in the Initiative’s latter 2 years. In this workshop, we feature the experiences and lessons learned from three grantees: New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. We will explore how the learning collaborative model is being successfully used to forge systems-level improvements and statewide consensus around linkage and retention interventions that respond to the unique needs of HIV-positive patients in those states.

Learning Objectives:

• The value of the learning collaborative model in developing systems-level interventions around linkage to and retention in high-quality HIV care will be discussed.
• Points of consensus that have emerged through learning collaborative activities in three States will be discussed.
• Key steps that other States can follow to ensure successful use of the learning collaborative model to forge a Statewide consensus around linkage and retention interventions will be identified.