INNOVATIONS

Legacy Community Health, one of the largest Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in the United States, provides both primary and specialty care services, including HIV care. mSociety is a niche program designed to uplift and empower young gay/bisexual African-American men through personal and professional development, while providing HIV/AIDS prevention, outreach, education, and awareness. mSociety makes HIV prevention fun and less intimidating. Due to its unique ability to reach the most impacted communities, the program identifies a high percentage of unknown positives.

SERVICES

Based on the University of California, San Francisco's Mpowerment Project, mSociety coordinates patient-navigation services to link people who have been newly diagnosed with HIV to care and treatment. Care navigators commonly walk clients to the co-located CDC-funded CLEAR program, providing easy access to personalized HIV care services and risk-reduction counseling sessions. mSociety care navigators provide intensive case management and linkage-to-care services, and maintain relationships with healthcare providers to ensure that patients are on track with their personalized treatment and care plans.

Since 2013, mSociety program successes include:

• Free HIV/STI testing for over 1,200 community members annually


• Partnership with Emory University to implement an HIV testing initiative for gay/bisexual men that has linked over 125 community members to care


• 40 annual CLEAR program participants