Wednesday, November 17 2010 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ETPeers living with HIV/AIDS play an essential role in engaging HIV-positive individuals in care and treatment. The unique nature of that role brings with it special considerations when integrating peers as part of the health care team. This Webcast helps participants learn to identify peer roles and responsibilities, develop training and supervision systems, and monitor and evaluate peer contributions to HIV services.
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Factors Associated with Engaging Socially Marginalized HIV Positive Persons in Primary Care
This article was published in AIDS Patient Care and STDs in 2007. This paper examines factors associated with engaging socially marginalized HIV-positive persons in primary care using interview and chart review data from 984 clients presenting for services at 10 agencies participating in a multisite demonstration project.
The Provider Role in Client Engagement in HIV Care
This article appeared in AIDS Patient Care and STDs in 2007. This qualitative study examined the process by which persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) engage in primary HIV medical care for treatment.
Program Design and Evaluation Strategies for the SPNS Outreach Initiative
Through its Targeted HIV Outreach and Intervention Model Development (Outreach Initiative), the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) program funded ten demonstration sites to implement and evaluate strategies to engage and retain underserved populations living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in HIV primary medical care. This paper describes the study design and methods used to implement and evaluate this large multisite initiative.
The Impact of Acculturation on Latinos’ Perceived Barriers to HIV Primary Care
This article was published in Ethnicity & Disease in 2008. This article examines factors that may be associated with engaging HIV-infected persons in primary care.
Sexual Risk Behavior and Behavior Change Among Persons Newly Diagnosed with HIV: The Impact of Targeted Outreach Interventions Among Hard to Reach Populations
This article appeared in AIDS Patient Care and STDs in 2009. It examines the secondary effect of a national, targeted, outreach initiative in reducing sexual risk behavior among newly diagnosed persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
Peer knowledge and roles in supporting access to care and treatment
A typology of models for expanding access to oral health care services for people living with HIV
This article appeared in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry, May 11, 2011. It describes a typology of program models for expanding access to dental services for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). These programs serve communities with limited access and high unmet need for oral healthcare, such as rural areas, low-income and racial/ethnic minorities.
“Positive Examples”: A bottom-up approach to identifying best practices in HIV care and treatment based on the experiences of peer educators
Keeping At-Risk Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in Care: A Qualitative Study of Staff Perspectives
This article appeared in the Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services in 2011. The article summarizes the results of a qualitative study of 21 staff members from seven programs aimed to engage and retain at-risk PLWHA in HIV medical care.