Document 2132
 DOCN  M94A2132
 TI    Developing and delivering health services to HIV+ women.
 DT    9412
 AU    Tanur M; Brown L; Carrol N; Franklin C; Freebody J; Hyuett J; Handler H;
       Mayer K; Fenway Community Health Center, Boston, Mass. 02115.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):374 (abstract no. PD0104). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370443
 AB    As unfortunately forecasted, AIDS has become one of the leading causes
       of mortality among American women aged 25-44 years; pertinent to our
       locale, greater Boston women continue to rank as the most inaccessible,
       underdiagnosed, undertreated, and consistently underserved population of
       our HIV epidemic. In contrast, our neighborhood health center provides
       comprehensive and interdisciplinary primary care to many HIV+ men. This
       team model includes nutritional, chiropractic, allopathic,
       accupunctural, gynecological, social, and other mental health approaches
       to longitudinal HIV management. From an extensive intake to drug trial
       participation to neuropathic accupuncture treatment to initial
       hospitalization, our HIV+ patients collaborate with a web of health
       providers; they pursue and frequently achieve patient-designed and
       centered HIV health care. Like other HIV providers in our Northeastern
       city, we work with a notable paucity of HIV+ women. Therefore, we aimed
       to analyze and subsequently to ameliorate the distaff gap in HIV health
       services. Firstly, a review of the literature provided many descriptions
       of societal barriers to American women receiving primary HIV care.
       Complementary, chart reviews and interviews with our HIV+ female
       patients revealed reasons and happenstances for starting and receiving
       care at our center. City wide and regionally, we qualitatively examined
       and took inventory of current invitations and bridges between women and
       HIV primary care. Further, we plan to enhance programatic links to find,
       reach and care for our neighborhoods' women. Ultimately, we will
       evaluate our outreach endeavors and quality assure our provision and
       receipt of health care of HIV+ women.
 DE    Adult  Community Health Services  Female  Human  *HIV Seropositivity
       *Women's Health Services  MEETING ABSTRACT

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