RISE: A Community-Based Intervention to Support Adherence For Black Clients Living with and Affected by HIV
About RISE
Rise is a one-on-one peer counseling program to improve adherence to medications and health care engagement among Black clients. Rise can be used for people with HIV (for HIV treatment, for people without HIV (for pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention or PrEP), and for people with other chronic conditions such as hypertension and diabetes.
Research
Rise was developed and tested in a series of community-based participatory research studies at APLA Health starting in 2006. Rise was tested in two randomized controlled trials (described here and here) and has been shown to improve HIV treatment adherence, lower HIV stigma, and reduce medical mistrust.
Toolkit
We created an implementation toolkit for Rise that includes a standardized manual and eleven training videos.
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.