... Accession Number : ADA412494. Title : A Patient Monitoring Tool For An HIV/AIDS Integral Care Model. Descriptive Note : Conference paper. ...

This book addresses several important aspects of HIV/AIDS care and treatment in a concise, accessible format; it is not meant to be a comprehensive reference book. Recommended references and citations are provided for the reader to be able to access in-de...

's AIDS program and it is supporting international networks aimed at facilitating treatment access patients and grassroots care services. To understand the radically different world of AIDS post-treatment of prevention work and audacity in solving the problem of access to ...

... The scope of this paper is limited to the following health issues: Access to Health Care, Infant Mortality, Homicides/Violence, and HIV/AIDS. ...

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This project extends the grant entitled; 'Consequences of Patterns of Provider Care for AIDS' by examining the influence of clinic service availability, accessibility, and HIV specialization on outcomes of care. Patients in the study were New York State (...

The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act is Federal legislation that addresses the unmet health needs of persons living with HIV disease (PLWH) by funding primary health care and support services that enhance access to and retention in care....

in conditions of poverty with unequal access to health care. HIV/AIDS has become a major threat to this fledg African experience � HIV/ AIDS, palliative care and community participation Community participation: facilitating community participation in palliative care in ...

The home care industry has survived one round of labor shortage and currently meets its needs. But when the economy improves and many of the workers stop working, no longer needing to earn this income, will the industry have access to enough home care aides and paraprofessionals? PMID:10121230

Digital Inclusion Healthcare Solution in Botswana: Mobile phones used to Access HIV/AIDS by the general public in Botswana to access HIV/AIDS information from health care portal. At the heart

free access to treatment for HIV/AIDS in this country. This evaluation was conducted in three steps: the Infectious Diseases Unit and the Ambulatory Treatment Centre of Fann Teaching Hospital, and two Internal effort in AIDS care. International donors only intervened occasionally (2004 and 2005) in this domain

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services has as its mission the improvement of access to health care and services for underserved and vulnerable populations. HRSA accomplishes thi...

The epidemic of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) emerged at a time of transition in American health care and health care policy. The waiver of traditional Medicaid limitations on home and community-based health care services for persons with AIDS has been utilized by several states ...

Health professionals cannot address public health issues effectively unless they have immediate access to current biomedical information. This paper reports on one mode of access, the Chicago AIDS Outreach Project, which was supported by the National Library of Medicine through outreach awards in 1995 and 1996. The three-year project ...

The topic of integrating sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and HIVIAIDS received substantial attention at AIDS 2010. Establishing linkages between the two plays a crucial role in efforts to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. In this article, based on a presentation at ...

As the treatment and management of HIV/AIDS continues to evolve with new scientific breakthroughs, treatment discoveries, and management challenges, it is difficult for people living with HIV/AIDS and those who care for them to keep up with the latest information on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and research. The ...

death due (certainly to likely) to HIV/AIDS; and 29% were taking care of orphans during 2006. A central to care for the increasing numbers of sick and of orphans, and to gain more equitable access to medical on the importance of the extended family in taking care of orphans raise questions ...

Co-occurrence of homelessness and HIV/AIDS poses a complex and multidimensional challenge to the health care provider's clinical and system integration skills. Existing data support the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among homeless persons and a high percentage of persons living with HIV/AIDS being either homeless or ...

... Title : DEFENSE HEALTH CARE: Access to Care for Beneficiaries Who Have Not Enrolled in TRICARE's Managed Care Option. ...

Choosing a PCP 12 Making an Appointment 12 Urgent Care 12 Mental Health 12 Online Access 13 Tips and psychological testing, most experimental treatment, hearing aids and hearing aid evaluations, eyeglasses copayments #12;u s i n g M I T M e d i c a l> Choosing a Primary Care Provider (PCP) ...

Study examines rural women with HIV and AIDS and the staff members who work with them. Results revealed (a) barriers to these women regarding the accessibility of services, including mental health counseling; (b) a need to empower these women to be proactive in their health care; and (c) a stronger social support system and sense of ...

The problems that face HIV/AIDS patients are now fairly well documented. These include experiences of guilt, anger, grief, fear of abandonment, and potential economic hardship and marginalization due to others' fear of infection and associated stigma. However, limited attention has been paid to the effects of AIDS-related stigma on ...

Despite the prevalence of disabilities among persons living in rural areas, scarce data exist on their health care needs. While rural residents generally experience barriers to access to primary health care, these problems are further exacerbated for people with disabilities. This article summarizes findings from the published ...

The private medical sector is an important and rapidly growing source of health care in India. Private medical providers (PMP) are a diverse group, known to be poorly regulated by government policies and variable in the quality of services provided. Studies of their practices have documented inappropriate prescribing as well as violation of ethical guidelines on patient ...

This article describes a pilot project, run over a two-year period in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It was aimed at assessing the impact of a model of introducing a palliative care component and professional supervision of community caregivers on the quality of care given to people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. ...

Dec 16, 2008 ... This system contains general medical records of medical care, first aid, ... Entities that have access to the data in the EHRS are listed in the SORN. 6. ... Partial patient demographic data will be obtained in data feeds from data ...

The impact of student aid policies on women is assessed. Differences in the conditions affecting men's and women's need for aid are identified, along with actions that could improve women's participation in student aid programs. Gender issues in student aid policy include: loan burden, default, and bankruptcy; the ...

As the New York City HIV=AIDS epidemic began generalizing beyond traditionally high-risk groups in the early 1990s, AIDS Service Organizations (ASO) sought to increase access to medical care and broaden service offerings to incorporate the needs of low-income women and their families. Strategies to achieve entry ...

... Predictors of Satisfaction with Access to Medical Care ... to) - Title and Subtitle Predictors of Satisfaction with Access to Medical Care Contract Number ...

... Accession Number : ADA372384. Title : Measuring Access to Care Through Changes in the Composite Health Care System (CHCS). ...

We used data from HIV/AIDS surveillance case registry to assess the timing of entry into medical care, level of care received after HIV diagnosis, and to identify characteristics associated with delayed and insufficient care among persons diagnosed with HIV/AIDS between 2006 and 2007 in San ...

Objective: The paper provides an overview of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM's) AIDS Community Information Outreach Program during the years 1994 to 2005, discusses the impact of previously funded projects, and explores future implications for HIV/AIDS information outreach to communities in need.Methods: A qualitative assessment was conducted to ...

... Title : AIDS: Secretions and Implications for Nursing Care-Givers. ... reaction to an AIDS 'victim.' As a caring profession, nurses must deal ...

The increasing rates of HIV infection that are currently being reported in high-income countries can be partly explained by migration from countries with generalized epidemics. Yet, early diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in immigrants remains a challenge. This study investigated factors that might be limiting immigrants' access to HIV/AIDS ...

Optimizing the quality of medical care at the end of life has achieved national status as an important health care goal. Palliative care, a comprehensive approach to treating the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients and their families facing life-limiting illnesses, requires the coordinated efforts of a ...

Objective To investigate whether PALSA PLUS, an on-site educational outreach programme of non-didactic, case based, iterative clinical education of staff, led by a trainer, can increase access to and comprehensiveness of care for patients with HIV/AIDS.Design Cluster randomised trial.Setting Public primary care ...

In 2005, Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MoH) launched a palliative care initiative that uses the World Health Organization (WHO) public health strategy for national palliative care program development. With international financial and technical support, the initiative has made significant early progress. A rapid situation analysis in 2005 led to national ...

This report presents information regarding the incidence, effects, programs, policies, and services pertaining to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Michigan. A list of 55 recommendations concerning prevention and control, provider and institutional care, state government policy, and financing precedes sections detailing the current status and ...

Since the start of the new century, development aid targeted on health care has seen an unprecedented rise, driven by the fight against AIDS. This article shows how this struggle has been accompanied with a renewal of the economic paradigms governing international action in favour of health care in developing ...

Abstract The main research question in this article is how access to information about HIV/AIDS and level of HIV/AIDS prevention related knowledge are distributed among disabled people, and whether level of knowledge predicts access to HIV/AIDS related services. A survey was carried out among a ...

Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are a readily accessible source of information to aid in the delivery of patient care. A pilot group of five Family Nurse Practitioner students used PDAs to organize data and access information relevant to patient care. Utilization of the PDAs in the clinical ...

The Rapid Assessment, Response, and Evaluation (RARE) portion of the CSAD Project in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota) was designed to identify barriers to care faced by African refugees and immigrants. Data were collected from cultural experts and African people living with HIV (PLWH) who were out of care, who had newly entered ...

ABSTRACT: The past decade has seen remarkable progress in increasing access to antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings. Early concerns about the cost and complexity of treatment were overcome thanks to the efforts of a global coalition of health providers, activists, academics, and people living with HIV/AIDS, who argued that every effort must ...

The Unified Training Program developed and tested an inclusive curriculum for training individuals to qualify as Medicaid-certified Personal Care Aides, Certified Home Care Aides and Certified Nurse Aides. The demonstration produced a recruitment/training...