| Name | Description | Authors | Presenters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02. Building the Capacity of Five NYC Clinics to Use Data-Driven Approaches to Engage Out-of-Care Persons with HIV | The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Enhanced Data to Care (eD2C) program is a cross-collaboration between the Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STIs’ Clinical Operations and Technical Assistance (COTA) program, the HIV Epidemiology Program’s Assess. Connect. Engage (ACE) Team, and five NYC clinics (eD2C sites). This collaboration leverages HIV surveillance and clinic data to innovatively identify, efficiently outreach, and strategically re-engage persons with HIV (PWH) who are out of care (OOC), never in care (NIC), or at risk of falling out of care (RFC). Since August 2021, the eD2C model has had to iteratively adapt to meet the needs of the program and has linked over 277 people and enrolled over 203 clients to receive enhanced HIV treatment and supportive services. Enhancing the capacity of clinics to use a data-to-care approach for outreach and evidence-informed services for engagement and retention is critical to supporting Ending the Epidemic efforts. A secure, bi-directional data transfer protocol generates line lists of persons with HIV confirmed to be truly OOC or NIC, allowing eD2C sites to streamline and prioritize their outreach efforts among persons with HIV who are OOC, NIC or RFC to receive HIV care. | Lookman Mojeed, MPH; Eleonora Jimenez-Levi; Jamie Huang; Renuka Varigonda; Anthony Romano | Lookman Mojeed, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
| 15. Utilizing Information Technology to Bring Out of Care HIV-Positive Patients Back into the Healthcare System | The New York-Presbyterian ETE HIV/HCV Rapid Response Team works with a Tableau data dashboard to pull relevant patient information to determine HIV-Positive patients who have fallen out of care. The team then initiates outreach efforts to bring patients back into the healthcare system. | Anne Mattson, MPH; Josh Klein; Carlos Duran; Caitlyn Howell; Darrin Maxwell; Lauren Pitt; Sarah Rosenwald; Joshua Villanueva; Tiffany Sturdivant-Morrison, MPH; Caroline Carnevale, DNP; Dr. Jason Zucker, MD; Dr. Peter Gordon, MD | Anne Mattson, MPH; Josh Klein |
| 05. Oral Health Preceptorships: A Holistic Approach to Addressing the Oral Health Needs for People with HIV | The oral health needs of People with HIV may be missed if the provider is ill-equipped to identify specific oral conditions and/or the patient presents with complicating co-morbidities. Through a Minority AIDS Initiative grant from the Northeast/Caribbean AETC at Columbia University, the NYSDOH AIDS Institute’s Oral Health Resource Center offers an oral health preceptorship program (OHPP) to licensed dentists and dental hygienists in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. We conducted a qualitative evaluation with program participants and concluded that the OHPP is an effective model to building a stronger HIV oral health workforce. | Laura E. O’Shea, MPH, Christopher M. Ferraris, LMSW, Stephen N. Abel, DDS, MSD | Laura O’Shea, MPH, New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute |
| 24. New York State Integrated Jail Survey: Medication for Opioid Use Disorder, Hepatitis, and Syphilis | There is a significant knowledge gap about healthcare services in jails, especially in the areas of opioid use disorder, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and syphilis. In 2022, the New York State (NYS) Department of Health AIDS Institute surveyed NYS jails on the screening, treatment, and discharge planning capacity for opioid use disorder (OUD), HCV, and syphilis to address this gap. | Joseph Sireci, BA; Elham Pourtaher, PhD; Shannon Mason, MPH; Narelle Ellendon, RN; Rachel Malloy, PhD | Elham Pourtaher, PhD, New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute |
| 06. “Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) individuals’ mental health needs in a LGBTQIA+ center in Bronx, NY: Differences between HIV-/HIV+ clients | This brief report is reflective of a quantitative research study based on the exploratory research of Destination Tomorrow clients and their mental health needs. Destination Tomorrow is an LGBTQIA+ organization located in the Bronx, NY. The randomized study of 80 participants with a focus on 49 clients who are HIV negative (n=22), positive (n=24) and unknown status (n=3) known to the organization meaning they are enrolled in support services programming. The study focuses on the mental health needs in areas of depression, anxiety, and suicide. In this poster presentation there is a focus on questions 5, 6 and 9. The poster presentation is focused on three questions from the 13-question survey. | Eishelle Tillery, Director of Support Services MSW, DSW Candidate Tulane University | Eishelle Tillery, MSW, Director of Support Services, Destination Tomorrow |
| 16. COVID-19 Anxiety and Using Substances to Cope: Differences Across Race and Gender in a New York State College Student Sample | This poster discusses the impact of COVID-19 on using substances to cope in a diverse college student sample. Our findings indicate significant differences across race and gender identities in types of substance use, experiences of related problems, and reports of using substances to cope with stressors from the pandemic. We discuss how a “one size fits all” prevention strategy is insufficient in addressing students of marginalized backgrounds' unique needs. | Cara L. Fresquez, MAC-P; Jessica L. Martin, PhD; M. Dolores Cimini, PhD; Laura Longo, PhD | Cara L. Fresquez, MAC-P |
| 29. 2020-2021 HIV Organizational Treatment Cascade Quality Improvement Report | This presentation focuses on the quality improvement (QI) report that identifies successful QI projects submitted by HIV medical care programs as part of the AIDS Institute Quality of Care Program’s annual organizational treatment cascade review. In the report, we focus on the improvement activities that showed the greatest success in improving care outcomes for people living with HIV so that we can share them statewide with other HIV programs. 72 organizations submitted patient level data on their HIV patient population in 2020 and 2021 as well as a QI project description. The QOC team compiled each description for review and analysis. The poster outlines the common themes across QI project descriptions and describes improvement in patient level outcomes as well as next steps for the report. | Daniel Belanger, MSW; Christopher Wells; Nova West, MPH; Nicole Fera, MPH; Haseya Kee; Anita Zhu | Haseya Kee; Anita Zhu, New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute |
| 11. Multi-level factors influencing oral PrEP uptake, adherence, and sexual risk among brown and black men with heterosexual contact in NYC | This qualitative study explores multi-level factors influencing oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake, adherence, and sexual risk among Black and Latinx men with heterosexual contact in New York City. The key findings include low sexual health literacy and high levels of HIV stigma among participants, varying attitudes towards PrEP between PrEP users and non-users, trust as a key determinant for sexual health decision making, the influence of hegemonic masculinity norms around HIV susceptibility and sexual behaviors, and participation in multiple, diverse sexual networks. Our findings point towards interventions at the patient-provider level (discussions around sexual health decision-making, on-demand PrEP, directly asking about sexual networks) and the necessity for research that understands how relational dynamics, hegemonic masculinity, and mixed social networks impact sexual risk behaviors among men with heterosexual contact in the United States. | Ohshue S. Gatanaga, BA; Dalila Victoria Lanza, MPH; Robert Pitts, MD; Ronald S. Braithwaite, MD; Sahnah Lim, PhD, MPH, MIA. | Ohshue S. Gatanaga, BA; Dalila Victoria Lanza, MPH |
| 10. Leveraging EHR modifications, routine screening, and patient navigation to integrate comprehensive prevention services for underserved populations at risk for HIV | To address disparities in new HIV diagnoses and PrEP utilization, our clinic adapted routine HIV screening to identify clients at risk for HIV who may benefit from comprehensive prevention services (CPS). We modified the electronic health record (EHR) system to send Patient Navigators an automated weekly report of clients who had a negative HIV screening test and a positive STI test in the past 12 months. Navigators outreached those identified in the report to provide PrEP and PEP education and to facilitate linkage to services. These systemic changes enabled us to connect underserved populations at risk for HIV to comprehensive HIV prevention services. | Alexis K Fields, MPH; Eusica Edmond-McBean, MPH, CHES; Steven Rose, MPM; Ivan Ortiz; Tracey Griffith, MHA; Jessica E Yager, MD, MPH | Alexis K. Fields, MPH; Eusica Edmond-McBean, MPH, CHES |
| 21. Evaluation of the New York State Law Enforcement Naloxone Administration Electronic Reporting System | View this poster to learn about how the AIDS Institute Office of Program Evaluation and Research partnered with internal and external partners to substantially improve the efficiency and quality of law enforcement naloxone administration data. The poster will cover system development, piloting, user feedback, and continued impacts after launching the new system statewide in November 2022. | Emily R. Payne, MSPH, Kirsten Rowe, MA, Mark Hammer, Josh Vinehout, Michael W. Dailey, MD | Emily Payne, MSPH, New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute |
