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Tobacco Use Reduction in People Living with HIV (PLWH) Project: Resources

Resources to help people living with HIV (PLWH) quit using tobacco (useful for both PLWH and providers)PDF icon

This document includes an extensive list of resources for assisting PLWH to quit tobacco, including videos that teach motivational interviewing techniques, Michigan Tobacco Quitline information, and PLWH testimonials.

Web Links for Suggested Resources

What We Learned from Our 2022 Client Focus GroupsPDF icon

The Michigan Tobacco Use Reduction in People Living with HIV Project held three virtual focus groups during July and August 2022 with people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who use tobacco products, generating 17 responses from seven aids service organizations across the state. The qualitative data on tobacco use behavior gathered during the focus groups is being used to help inform best practices to increase quit attempts among PLWHA.

Findings from 2022 Client Focus Groups

Lessons Learned from Progressive Surveys of Project Staff and Clients and from Client Focus GroupsPDF icon

This slide show presentation prepared by the Tobacco Use Reduction in People Living with HIV Project data staff includes results and lessons learned from three surveys of project staff (conducted in 2015, 2017 and 2019), two surveys of clients (conducted in 2015 and 2017), and six client focus groups (all conducted in 2019).

2015-2019 TURP Surveys and Focus Groups Report

Talking About Thinking About Quitting? Facilitating a Guided Discussion with Tobacco Users Video

Talking About Thinking About Quitting? Facilitating a Guided Discussion with Tobacco Users

This November 2019 Precontemplation Workshop with Michigan-based tobacco use reduction in PLWH professionals was presented by the MDHHS Tobacco Section and facilitated by Lilianna Angel Reyes, MPA, TTS. Reyes is director of the Ruth Ellis Center in Detroit and founder and executive director of the Trans Sisters of Color Project, a Detroit nonprofit that serves trans women of color in, or from, the city of Detroit.

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Trans Men Health Webinar Video

Trans Men Health Webinar

This April 2023 MDHHS Tobacco Use Reduction in People Living with HIV Project training webinar with presenter Giovanni B. Ireland focuses on addressing barriers to accessing health care and establishing equitable spaces for Trans men/masculine people.

     ▶ Watch this video on YouTube