In partnership with the NYC Health Department’s Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) and Public Health Solutions, Downstate’s STAR Health Center (SHC) has embarked on a new initiative entitled, Building Equity: Intervening Together for Health (BE InTo Health) that endeavors to improve HIV outcomes for priority populations, including Black and Hispanic/Latino people aging with HIV.

The BE InTo Health (BN2H) initiative, which is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Ending the HIV Epidemic federal funding implements a tailored intervention for people aging with HIV in diverse clinical settings throughout NYC.

The intervention, adapted from the University of California San Francisco’s Golden Compass Program, is a multidisciplinary care coordination model that integrates care across clinical practices and geriatric disciplines, including, but not limited to, primary HIV care, pharmacology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, neurology, geriatric psychiatry, audiology, ophthalmology, and social work, with added social engagement and physical activities components.