Frontline Perspectives from the Implementation of Evidenced-Informed Interventions to Improve Behavioral Health and HIV Outcomes Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States.
AIDS Patient Care STDS
; 36(S1): S36-S45, 2022 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2295638
ABSTRACT
The perspectives and contributions of frontline staff are critical to the success of integrated HIV and behavioral health services in the United States (US). In this analytic essay, we share five key priority areas from frontline staff at four diverse sites funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration to support the implementation of interventions to improve HIV and behavioral health outcomes among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) living with HIV. The five main priorities focused on (1) COVID-19 pandemic adaptations; (2) recruitment/enrollment; (3) retention; (4) frontline self-care; and (5) replication considerations. Projects had to be nimble and innovative in their delivery of services; leverage existing infrastructure; and they had to try multiple approaches to reach BMSM and modify/drop them as needed. Future implementers should expect to support frontline staff self-care given the added stress of working under COVID-19 pandemic conditions and in communities with limited and uncoordinated behavioral health services.
Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
HIV Infections
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Sexual and Gender Minorities
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
AIDS Patient Care STDS
Journal subject:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Apc.2022.0093
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