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Linking LGBT Youth to HIV Primary Care: Improvement Strategies

Addressing gaps in linkage systems, our aim is to enhance HIV primary care access for homeless LGBT youth. Lessons learned emphasize the need for clear plans and collaboration. Next steps involve testing and measuring escort impacts.

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Linking LGBT Youth to HIV Primary Care: Improvement Strategies

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  1. Agency and Project TitleTemplate • Improvement Strategies: • Describe the current gaps identified in your linkage/retention systems • & the tests of change or interventions you selected to address these. • Our Aim: • Describe the aim/goal of your quality work. What are you trying to accomplish? • Lessons Learned • Describe what you learned from your test of change and intervention? • Performance Measurement: • Display of baseline (April) and June Performance • Next Steps • Continue with PDSA cycles? • Sustain gains? • Integrate into delivery care system?

  2. Linking LGBT Young People to HIV Primary CareHeights Health Center • System Gaps: • No current system in place to keep this population connected to ongoing PC • Our Aim: • Improve linkage to HIV primary care for newly diagnosed homeless LGBT youth to 95% by 12/2012. • Interventions: • Partner with Community House to provide peer escort to escort newly diagnosed patients to HIV primary care • Establish offsite support/educational group for newly diagnosed LGBT in collaboration with Community House • Lessons Learned: • Testing small scale changes across agencies requires a clear plan & delineated responsibilities Barriers to Linkage: • Discrimination and Alienation; Stigma; lack of trust/comfort in “traditional” services for homelessness/adults. • Next Steps: • Develop a clear plan with Community House and peers to test and measure the impact of escorts

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