HIV Diagnosis Work Group
Co-Leaders and Members
Co-Leaders
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Name
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Co-Leader Type
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Title
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Organization
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Chelsea Gulden
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Organization
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CEO/President
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RAIN
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| Veleria Levy | Organization | Interim Executive Director | North Carolina AIDS Action Network |
| JeaNelle Plummer | NCDHHS/Community | HIV Prevention Program Consultant | NC Department of Health and Human Services |
Work Group Members
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Name
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Title
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Organization
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| Amina Abubakar | Pharmacist/Owner | Avant Pharmacy and Wellness |
| Quanesha Archer, BSW, MBA | Human Services Coordinator, III | Durham Co. Department of Public Health |
| Patrice Brown | Speaker and Life Transformation Coach | Restoring Bodies and Minds LLC |
| Aleida Espinal | ||
| Kayla Earley | ||
| Hope Bryant | Director | Rebuilding Lives Ministry |
| Alicia Diggs | Community Engagement Manager | UNC Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research |
| Latoya Gardner, JD | President & CEO | House of Mercy |
| Dennis Hamlet | Communicable Disease and Maternal and Child Health Program Manager | Durham Co Dept. of Public Health |
| Michael Harney | HIV/STD Health Educator/Phlebotomist | Western NC AIDS Project (WNCAP) |
| Matt Jenkins | Director - HIV/STD Division | Mecklenburg County Public Health |
| Matt Martin | Associate Director | North Carolina AIDS Action Network |
| Carolina Mejia | Health Services Researcher | Duke University |
| Douglas Meardon | Family Medicine ID Clinical Lead | Atrium Health Biddle Point |
| Victoria Mobley, MD MPH | HIV/STI Medical Director, Field Services Unit Director | NC Department of Health and Human Services |
| Judith Montenegro | Program Director | Latinos in the South Latino Commission on AIDS |
| Tiffany Munday, MBA, RN, CCM | Integrated Care Management Director | Vaya Health |
| Liz Ramseur MPH, CHES, RCP, ACE | Chief Operating Officer | ALFA (AIDS Leadership Foothills-area Alliance) |
| Frankie Simmons, MD | Family Physician | Atrium Health |
Updated 4/9/2024
Priorities
2023-2024 Priorities:
- Expand affordable housing programs for persons living with HIV
- Identify and address gaps in HIV healthcare access for formerly incarcerated populations
- Identify barriers to HIV post exposure prophylaxis being delivered by pharmacists
- Increase the number of harm reduction programs, including needle exchange programs
- Increase the number of people who know their HIV status and are linked to prevention or treatment services
- Understand the impact of NC’s Medicaid Managed Care Plans on health outcomes for CMS clients living with HIV
2022-2023 Priorities:
- Expand affordable housing programs for people living with HIV
- Expand North Carolina’s provider network for HIV care and prevention services
- Identify and address gaps in HIV healthcare access for formerly incarcerated populations
- Identify barriers to HIV post exposure prophylaxis being delivered by pharmacists
- Improve provider comfort with incorporating sexual health assessments into routine healthcare services
- Increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for individuals at high risk for HIV transmission
- Increase the number of harm reduction programs, including needle exchange programs
- Increase the number of people who know their HIV status and are linked to prevention or treatment services through high impact, coordinated interventions
- Understand the impact of NC’s Medicaid Managed Care Plans on health outcomes for CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) clients living with HIV
Priority Development Agenda
The following were not prioritized for 2023-2024:
- Expand North Carolina’s provider network for HIV care and prevention services
- Improve provider comfort with incorporating sexual health assessments into routine healthcare services
- Increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for individuals at high risk for HIV transmission
Action Plan
Meeting Schedule
2024 HIV Diagnosis Work Group Meeting Schedule:
- Wednesday, February 14, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 am, Microsoft Teams
- Wednesday, March 13, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 am, Microsoft Teams
- Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 am, Microsoft Teams
- Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 am, Microsoft Teams
Meeting Notes
Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 10:00 to 11:30 am, Microsoft Teams- Work Group Meeting
Attendees: Hope Bryant, Alicia Diggs, Latoya Gardner, Chelsea Gulden , Veleria Levy, Matt Martin, Judith Montenegro, Tiffany Munday, JeaNelle Plummer, Frankie Simmons; Staff: Ashley Rink
- Welcome and Agenda Overview
- The HIV Diagnosis Work Group Co-Leaders, Chelsea Gulden, Veleria Levy, and JeaNelle Plummer, welcomed everyone and asked for introductions.
- Grounding and Level Setting
- The priorities identified by last year’s HIV Diagnosis Work Group were included in the 2023 North Carolina State Health Improvement Plan (NC SHIP) report. The updated indicator data is available in the 2023 NC SHIP report and the Healthy North Carolina 2030 Scorecard.
- As part of the 2023-2024 NC SHIP Community Council’s Year of Action, the work group is asked to develop and begin to implement action plans related to their identified priorities.
- The work group’s progress will be tracked in the 2023-2024 NC SHIP Community Council Scorecard.
- Priority Review
- The work group reviewed the priorities the group will address and discussed current and potential priority group members.
- Expand affordable housing programs for persons living with HIV.
- Hope Bryant
- Alicia Diggs
- Latoya Gardner (Lead)
- Identify and address gaps in HIV healthcare access for formerly incarcerated populations.
- Victoria Mobley may help to identify someone for this group.
- JeaNelle Plummer (Lead)
- Alicia Diggs may have a name.
- Douglas Meardon
- Identify barriers to HIV post exposure prophylaxis being delivered by pharmacists.
- Veleria Levy (Lead)
- Matt Martin
- Dr. Carolina Mejia
- Victoria Mobley
- Judith Montenegro
- Increase the number of harm reduction programs, including needle exchange programs.
- Leslie from CCP? Chelsea
- NCAAN harm reduction group? (Veleria)
- Someone from ALPHA or WNCAP?
- Increase the number of people who know their HIV status and are linked to prevention or treatment services.
- Alicia Diggs
- Chelsea Gulden (Lead)
- Matt Jenkins
- Victoria Mobley
- Frankie Simmons
- Understand the impact of NC’s Medicaid Managed Care Plans on health outcomes for CMS clients living with HIV.
- Matt Martin (Lead)
- Judith Montenegro
- Tiffany Munday
- Expand affordable housing programs for persons living with HIV.
- The work group reviewed the priorities the group will address and discussed current and potential priority group members.
- Meeting Schedule
- The work group’s current meeting schedule is as follows.
- Wednesday, March 13, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 am, Microsoft Teams
- Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 am, Microsoft Teams
- Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 am, Microsoft Teams
- The work group’s current meeting schedule is as follows.
- Priority Breakout Groups
- The following members agreed to be subgroup leads:
- Expand affordable housing programs for persons living with HIV- Latoya Gardner
- Identify and address gaps in HIV healthcare access for formerly incarcerated populations- JeaNelle Plummer
- Identify barriers to HIV post exposure prophylaxis being delivered by pharmacists- Veleria Levy
- Increase the number of harm reduction programs, including needle exchange programs- To be determined.
- Increase the number of people who know their HIV status and are linked to prevention or treatment services- Chelsea Gulden
- Understand the impact of NC’s Medicaid Managed Care Plans on health outcomes for CMS clients living with HIV- Matt Martin
- The leads will be responsible for scribing during subgroup meetings.
- Action planning templates will be shared with subgroup leads.
- For members in two subgroups, there will be opportunities to jump between the breakout groups and/or review the subgroup meeting notes.
- The following members agreed to be subgroup leads:
- Closing
- Next steps included breaking into subgroups at the next meeting to begin action planning and sending invites to those highlighted in yellow. Names and contact information for potential subgroup members can be shared with Chelsea Gulden, Veleria Levy, JeaNelle Plummer, and/or Ashley Rink.
- The meeting ended at 10:35 am.
Readings/Listenings
- NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors). (October 2023). Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), and Other HIV Prevention Strategies: Billing and Coding Guide: https://nastad.org/sites/default/files/2023-10/PDF-HIV-Prevention-BillingAndCoding-101223.pdf
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - HIV Testing (2022): https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/testing/index.html
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC )- PrEP for HIV Prevention in the U.S. (2021): https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/fact-sheets/hiv/PrEP-for-hiv-prevention-in-the-US-factsheet.html
- Health Justice- HIV treatment outcomes among formerly incarcerated transitions clinic patients in a high prevalence setting (2018): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6755570/
- HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program- Addressing the HIV Care Needs of People with HIV in State Prisons and Local Jails (2020): https://ryanwhite.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/ryanwhite/resources/hrsa-justice-tep.pdf
- National Coalition for Sexual Health- Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider’s Guide (2022): https://nationalcoalitionforsexualhealth.org/tools/for-healthcare-providers/asset/Provider-Guide_May-2022.pdf
- NC Ending HIV: A Plan to End HIV Together Community-by-Community Hand-in-Hand: https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/cd/hiv/docs/NC-Ending-HIV-Brochure-English-Web.pdf
- NCDHHS- HIV Care: https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/cd/hiv/program.html
- NCDHHS- North Carolina State Health Director’s Standing Order for Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (2022): https://www.dph.ncdhhs.gov/docs/PEP-StandingOrder-March2022.pdf
- SAMHSA- Harm Reduction (2023): https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/harm-reduction
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HOPWA)- Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (2023): https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/hopwa
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