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NEWLY DIAGNOSED SERVICES: • WORKSHOP SERIES• PEER NAVIGATORS
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Background information about people newly diagnosed with HIV (ND/HIV)
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Estimated 15-30% of people who are HIV+ don’t know it.
This accounts for up to 50% of all new infections.
Transmission most likely occurs at the time period immediately
after infection when someone has a high viral load count.
For a number of reasons, average length of time to access HIV
service organizations is a gap of 2-3 yrs.
People diagnosed with HIV after 2006 (approx.) are the
third cohort and the focus of this presentation.(C.1.AIDS = Death C.2. ART= impaired mobility C.3. 1 pill/day)
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BCPWA has two new models designed to address similar goals for people
newly diagnosed with HIV.
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Year 1: Workshop Series for Gay Men
Newly Diagnosed with HIV
Year 2: Workshop Series for People
Newly Diagnosed with HIV
Year 3: Development of Peer Navigators
Models in diabetes and cancer based health care have been exploring supportive education bridges to...
• fill the gap after getting a new diagnoses,
• delay disease progression and
• improve access to treatment and community based programs.
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2 Overall Project Goals
Educate people ND/HIV about the value
of care and treatment.
Prevent disease
progression and
transmission.
Key influences:
• Antiretrovirals are perceived as being
as bad as HIV itself.
• The healthcare system can be confusing
and disempowering.
• HIV Organizations can seem
inaccessible.
• Doctors lack the time to educate patients
with basic HIV knowledge.
• Stopping or reversing disease
progression saves lives.
• Engage people when they
are highly infectious,
depressed and at risk for
transmitting the virus.
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Project Vision
• Newly diagnosed with HIV • Information naïve and “triggered” to learn• Don’t know they are HIV+
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providing the
right information,
for a targeted
group of people,
at the right time.
Promote HIV as a manageable chronic illness by...
• Accurate • Demystify• Hopeful• Realistic
• Safer sex talk during a crisis point is ineffective and
insensitive. (partner notification and safer sex)
• Where you are on the disease continuum when newly diagnosed is important.
• Non-clinical, accessible language• Relevant to the new cohort
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Peer NavigatorsWorkshop Series
• A series of three - one to one discussions designed to educate and empower.
• People ND/HIV direct their own care and support needs.
• Navigator assess needs and guides the process under which they gain knowledge and skills about their health.
• A two day series of workshops designed to educate and empower.
• More structured, less self directed.
• Share and ask questions with others who are ND/HIV.
• Decreases shame based isolation.
Structure
• Both provide a safe and confidential space.
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Curriculum content is the same in both programs.
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• the new realities of living with HIV as an chronic illness – dispelling myths and misconceptions,
• the basics of HIV disease – disease progression, transmission, sex and risk
assessment,
• treatment information – when to start treatment, medication options and how
to manage side effects,
• safer sex and other STIs – harm reduction ideas,
• disclosure – strategies for meeting both the legal obligations and the personal challenges of sharing one’s HIV status with others,
• navigating the complexities of self care strategies,
• Doctors - finding appropriate HIV care in your community, understanding your blood work, and the importance of a “relationship” with your Doctor.
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• “Supportive education bridges” combine support and education initiatives.
(Elements of peer counselling, treatment information, personalized wellness planning)
• Building trust with a knowledgeable peer creates a trusting entry point and
easier access into treatment and complementary programs
and services within our agency and throughout HIV and non-HIV
communities.
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Benefits of Newly Diagnosed Services
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• Participant feedback indicated they feel more connected to a topic by a
peer rather than by a “professional”.
• Using inclusive language instead of jargon or medical terminology can
make the topic more approachable and easier to understand.
• Increases referrals between community partners - IDC, Social Workers,
other ASOs, Public Health Nurses and Doctors.
• Increasingly, an immediate response is preferred over asking people to wait until we have enough participants for a workshop.
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Lessons learned from Workshop
Workshops in Vancouver:• Lag time between first contact and day one workshop is too long.
• Committing to two full days is more intimidating than parcelling out information in portions.
Workshops outside Vancouver: • Geographic isolation makes logistics such as transportation, hotel and child care expenses more difficult to get people together over a weekend workshop.
• HIV stigma in smaller communities is pervasive. Isolation does not mean anonymous. Potential participants are hyper sensitive to “group” events that out them as HIV+.
• People active in their addiction or with severe mental health issues do not do well in a workshop environment.
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Lessons learned from Peer Navigators
• Participants are lacking the benefits of sharing their story with more people in a similar situation.
• Participant and peer navigator need to get to a “relatable and trusting”
interaction with each other quickly, in order for “real” conversation to
happen.
• Paid staff in smaller communities use a one-to-one model using
elements of a navigator skill set but may not be knowledgeable on
newly diagnosed issues. Providing front line workers with current newly
diagnosed information would be more helpful and economically
responsible.
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In Summary
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• Early HIV detection is important to prevent disease progression
and HIV transmission.
• HIV+ people that spiral off the grid at point of diagnosis increase
the likelihood of HIV transmission, disease progression and
health care costs.
• Educate that HIV as a manageable chronic illness for the third cohort
while continuing to meet the care needs of previous cohorts.
• HIV+ people are more likely to make healthy choices for themselves
and others when given HIV information that is time sensitive, relatable,
and relevant.
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• Community based newly diagnosed programming compliments formal
health care systems.
Being HIV+ isn’t the only stigma, seeking help can be a stigma aw well.