COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION FOR PREP ACCESS AND IMPLEMENTATION THE CHICAGO STORY UCHAPS PHILADELPHIA DECEMBER 14, 2014 JESSICA TERLIKOWSKI DIRECTOR OF PREVENTION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION 1
PREP BARRIERS Common to those of other jurisdictions Uninformed/misinformed communities Uninformed/misinformed/biased providers Insurance coverage confusion Costs of: Drug Labs Services Programming 2 University of Chicago Facebook/social media campaign facebook.com/groups/prepchicago
Chicago PrEP Working Group Researchers Medical providers Advocates CBOs HIV planning members 3
Chicago PrEP Working Group Researchers Medical providers Advocates CBOs HIV planning members 4
My PrEP Experience – personal stories, resources Project Ready, Set, PrEP! (RSP!) –HIV workforce trainings and community awareness efforts 200+ training participants in 2014 RSP+ – Prevention option pipeline trainings Midwest HIV Prevention and Pregnancy Planning Initiative – sexual health needs, family planning desires (NEW) Illinois Insurance Plan Analysis of PrEP Coverage Advocacy/Media – proactive, reactive Co-convene Chicago PrEP Working Group Mapping Pathways – toolkit to support planning successful ARV- prevention implementation 5 AIDS FOUNDATION OF CHICAGO
Current HIV Prevention RFP includes 3 PrEP demonstration projects – north, west, south sides, funding begins 2015 Center PrEP Implementation Project – active referral of STI clinic patients from Lakeview Specialty Clinic to Howard Brown Health Center Expand active referral between CDPH STI clinics and CORE, University of Chicago Training DIS staff, active referral for all rectal STI patients PrEP Policy brief – published December 2010 Co-convene Chicago PrEP Working Group CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
CEO Stan Sloan on PrEP – story on AFC’s “My PrEP Experience” (Episcopal Priest and CEO of Chicago House Shares His PrEP Experience )Episcopal Priest and CEO of Chicago House Shares His PrEP Experience Developing social marketing strategy – PrEP awareness, access, and adherence Brochures in English/Spanish, palm cards – January 2015 Chicago PrEP Working Group 7 CHICAGO HOUSE
Cook County Health and Hospitals System ATN 110/113 – PrEP research/OLE/demonstration/safety including 15 to 17 year old gay men (boys) PrEP Clinic – January 2015 (on site, partner sites) EPIC – Adherence study 18 to 29 year old gay men Randomized to standard PrEP care through clinic or enhanced adherence via SMS, web support (study led by Liu and Fuchs, SFDPH) Chicago PrEP Working Group 8 CORE CENTER
PrEP clinic – (250+ patients actively using) Walk-In – 11/3 - patients able to see provider same day Active Referrals via CDPH’s Lakeview Specialty Clinic Successfully connected patients to primary care, PrEP, and Medicaid/Market Place exchanges, most were uninsured (ACA Navigator) PrEP Coordinator – case manager PrEP utilization among Black sexual minority, gender variant pops (particularly over 24) - LOW Young gay men/trans all races/ethnicities - LOW White gay men ages 25+ highest, followed by Latino Chicago PrEP Working Group 9 HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER
PrEP education Incorporated into sero-discordant couples program, treatment education programs Lifeline –new HIV prevention program for negative individuals at elevated risk (men, women), PrEP info incorporated Referrals to Howard Brown Health Center PrEP resources – including provider list Positively Aware – Chicago PrEP Working Group 10 TEST POSITIVE AWARE NETWORK
SHIPP – Sustainable Health Center Implementation Pilot, Access Grand Boulevard, Black gay men, Black women PS-PrEP – Randomized clinical trial of PrEP linkage program by DIS staff, UC and CDPH Facebook PrEP –educating community about PrEP and disseminate information PrEP clinics UC Infectious Disease Clinic Access Grand Boulevard Chicago PrEP Working Group 11 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Trainings – including HIV workforce and clinical providers Road shows – in the works, coupling info on PrEP and HIV testing into updates on the flu and topics like Ebola 12 MATEC
Incorporation of PrEP into CTR programming Launch of state PrEP drug assistance program – demonstration project, coming soon Chicago PrEP Working Group 13 ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Based on premise that “all science is local” Consideration of local contexts critical to successful ARV- based prevention implementation 3rd year of project Developing toolkit to facilitate community mobilization around ARV-based prevention PEST Actors Visioning Scenario planning Chicago meeting with UCHAPS + 2 MAPPING PATHWAYS
THANK YOU JIM PICKETT,