HIV Life Cycle and Medications at Work
OBJECTIVES By the end of this unit, participants will be able to: Describe the stages of HIV replication using the mnemonic AFRITAB Communicate how the HIV life cycle works, how HIV enters the CD4 cell, replicates, and damages the immune system Identify the different classes of antiretroviral medica [...]
NIDRR Access to Care
This three-year research project, funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), aimed to examine access barriers to the continuum of mainstream health care services for persons with disabilities across the lifespan in Massachusetts. This project was designed to [...]
Medicaid Managed Care: The Importance of Risk Adjustment
This report has its origins in a one-day meeting held with an expert panel in September 2011 on risk adjustment for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). This meeting was sponsored by the Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs, Maternal and Child Health Bur [...]
The HIV, Housing & Employment Project
Research
We use a wide array of methods to conduct and apply innovative, evidence-based research in the health care and social service arenas. This work informs funding and policy decision making on the local, state, and federal levels, to promote health and social service systems that improve health, well-b [...]
Community Health Workers Evidence-Based Models Toolbox
A report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Human Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy. A guide for rural communities of CHW models and strategies that have been proven to work. Topics include: overview of the role of CHW; description of various CHW [...]
Bethlyn Vergo Houlihan
Bethlyn Vergo Houlihan acts as project director for the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Advance Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CoIIN to Advance Care for CMC) project. She has returned to CISWH after a long hiatus, having worked under a former iteration of the group fr [...]
Dancing with Data: Using data to support your message
Combining sound statistical data with compelling narratives from the personal perspective of those experiencing a problem or who are impacted by a policy decision can also help inspire new champions in the work to improve coverage and financing of care for CYSHCN. This page will discuss the benefits [...]
Community Health Workers: Integral Members of the Health Care Work Force
An article from the American Journal of Public Health. Provides a general overview of the integral role of CHW in the health care work force. Topics include: contributions of CHW in the U.S., characteristics of successful CHW programs, barriers to expanded use of CHW, and recommendations for strengt [...]
Digital Story: The Power of Peers to Change Lives
Kathleen Clanon, MD, Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, CA and Sally Neville, RN, MSN, Director of HIV Primary Care at Kansas City Free Health Clinic in Kansas City, MO talk about how peers help their patients adhere to treatment.
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