Dr. Facente was a co-investigator on this two-year research study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), with the goal of better understanding the epidemiology of hepatitis C in three high-burden subpopulations in San Francisco.
Project Descriptions
NIH R21 Study Coordination and Data Analysis
Strategic Planning to Expand Scope and Refocus on Health Justice
The San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Facente Consulting was selected by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation to lead a year-long strategic planning process that would incorporate the input of more than 200 staff and over 800 donors, volunteers, clients, and external stakeholders, ushering the Foundation into a new era of expanded work and a focus on health justice.
Community Health Leadership Institute (CHLI) Implementation Support
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Facente Consulting was hired to conduct formative research to determine the best methods for implementing a strategy to build a highly skilled HIV, hepatitis C, and STI workforce in San Francisco that is cross-trained, reflects the populations served, has low turnover rates, and is valued and supported.
HCV Elimination Strategic Planning
Hep C Free Allegheny
Strategic Planning for Elimination of the HIV/HCV/STI Syndemic
California Department of Public Health
Collective Impact Backbone Support and Data Analysis to Eliminate Hepatitis C
End Hep C SF
Assisting to Integrate Hepatitic C Services into Opioid Treatment Programs in the Midwest
University of Missouri–Kansas City
Facente Consulting worked with the Addiction Technology Training Center to write up case studies of three methadone programs that had successfully incorporated hepatitis C services into their model, and completed white papers on several related topics, including COVID vulnerability for people who use drugs.
DeLIVER Care Van Strategic Planning
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) -Gastroenterology
Needs Assessment and Recommendations to Prevent Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Community Materials Development and Town Hall Meeting Facilitation for Dissemination of San Francisco’s Ending the Epidemics Plan
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Faente Consulting worked with community-based organizations representing five priority populations (Blacks/African Americans, Latines, trans women, people who inject drugs, and people experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity) to develop town hall events and community-focused materials to disseminate information and gather community feedback about San Francisco’s plan to End the HIV, Hepatitis C, and STI epidemics.
Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Consultation and Data Support
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Facente Consulting assisted the Applied Research, Community Health, Epidemiology & Surveillance (ARCHES) Branch of the San Francisco Department of Public Health to assess their planning for surveillance of viral hepatitis, and produce the first comprehensive report on viral hepatitis to be released by the health department in 11 years.
Needs Assessment and Qualitative Analysis for San Francisco’s OPT-IN Project
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Process and Impact Evaluation for a Collective Impact Initiative
End Hep C SF
Facente Consulting manages the ongoing evaluation of End Hep C SF, writing an annual report on the strengths and weaknesses of the group’s function as a collective impact initiative, and designing and maintaining a public dashboard of progress toward elimination using the Results-Based AccountabilityTM framework.
Needs Assessment of Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in the Jail System
End Hep C SF
Facente Consulting was selected by End Hep C SF to design and lead a mixed methods needs assessment to identify gaps in hepatitis C (HCV) testing and treatment in the San Francisco jails, identify best practices for treatment and linkage, and develop a HCV care cascade for people currently or recently incarcerated.
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Technical Assistance
NASTAD
Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Program Evaluation
San Francisco Community Health Center
Assistance to Develop a System of Panel Management within a Jail Medical System
San Francisco Jail Health Services
Strategic Planning for SAMHSA Harm Reduction Grantees
NASTAD
Hep elimiNATION Toolkit Planning and Deveopment
O'Neill Institute
In partnership with the O’Neill Institute, Facente Consulting conducted a needs assessment for the hep elimiNATION toolkit, collecting qualitative data from over a dozen health department staff working in viral hepatitis about what they would want to see in a hepatitis elimination planning toolkit. Facente Consulting then provided an outline for the toolkit, and developed content for three of its modules.