Improving Access to HIV Care

Lessons from Five U.S. Sites

Kriti M. Jain, David R. Holtgrave, Cathy Maulsby, J. Janet Kim, Rose Zulliger (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

168 Seiten

2016
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4214-1886-5 (ISBN)

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The availability of combination antiretroviral therapy has changed the lives of millions of people living with HIV (PLWH), for whom a once fatal infection can now be a manageable chronic disease. Yet only 30 percent of PLWH in the United States are virally suppressed, and significant gaps in access to care persist. While programs to boost linkage to and retention in HIV care are critical to improving the health of PLWH, efforts to evaluate these programs are surprisingly scarce. Using cutting-edge implementation science, this book tackles the issue of how to better link and retain PLWH in ongoing primary medical care. A multipart case study examines successful strategies and provides detailed profiles of the organizations involved and their processes for reaching, linking, and retaining PLWH. Barriers to and facilitators of implementation are explored qualitatively, network analysis is used to assess changes in interagency collaboration among organizations serving PLWH, and evidence-based recommendations are offered for improving linkage to HIV care in the US.

Kriti M. Jain is an evaluation and research manager at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. David R. Holtgrave is a professor and the chair of the Department of Health, Behavior, and Society at the Bloomberg School. Cathy Maulsby is an assistant scientist at the Bloomberg School. J. Janet Kim is a doctoral student at Tufts University's Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. At the time of writing, Rose Zulliger and Meredith Massey were doctoral students in public health at the Bloomberg School. Vignetta Charles is the senior chief science officer at ETR.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Methods
Executive Summaries of Case Study Findings
Case Studies
Multiple Cities in the State of Louisiana
Chicago
New York City
San Francisco / Bay Area
Multiple Regions in the State of North Carolina
Conclusions
Appendixes
A. Semistructured Case Study Interview Guide
B. Network Collaboration Survey Questions
References
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.3.2016
Zusatzinfo	12 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
ISBN-10	1-4214-1886-X / 142141886X
ISBN-13	978-1-4214-1886-5 / 9781421418865
Zustand	Neuware