Client-Patient Characteristics Knowledge Item 23: Results from HRSA/HAB's SPNS Innovative Models of Care

Knowledge Item: CA-Client-Patient Characteristics-23
Profile of African American Patients of Haitian Origin

This Knowledge Item characterizes the sample in terms of indicators of service need and vulnerability. Levels of these characteristics are shown for African American/Black males and females with HIV/AIDS of Haitian origin. The needs and behaviors for this group of 155 patients are separately profiled because individuals of Haitian origin were specifically identified as being a high risk population for HIV/AIDS and have been historically stigmatized as the only ethnic-racial group specifically named as being at high risk for HIV transmission. Several projects, including those at CCHER in Boston (Dorchester, MA) and the SUNY Medical Center in Brooklyn have specifically developed programs to help individuals of Haitian origin and culture. In particular, the CCHER program was designed specifically for the cultural and treatment needs of the Haitian immigrant community.

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A special acknowledgement is due to Eustache Jean-Louis, M.D., of CCHER for suggesting the development of this Knowledge Item and for assisting in the interpretation of the results.

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Knowledge Item Citation: Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., Panter, A. T., and the HRSA/HAB SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee (1998-2001). Knowledge Item: CA-Client-Patient Characteristics-23 from HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreements on Innovative Models of Care, The Measurement Group Knowledge Base on HIV/AIDS Care, Online at www.TheMeasurementGroup.com.

Last Updated: January 02, 2008; data through June 15, 1999; analyses conducted March - May 2000.

Knowledge Base Citation: The Knowledge Base and this Knowledge Item were designed and authored by G. J. Huba, Ph.D.; in collaboration with Lisa A. Melchior, Ph.D.; A. T. Panter, Ph.D.; and the staff of The Measurement Group. Cite this work as "Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., and Panter, A. T. (1998 - 2001). The Measurement Group Knowledge Base on HIV/AIDS Care. On the World Wide Web: http://www.TheMeasurementGroup.com."

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Collaborators from Participating Projects: Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee 1999.

Participating Projects: This Knowledge Base is based on the service delivery experiences of 27 Cooperative Agreement Projects on Innovative Models of HIV/AIDS Care. These projects and the Evaluation and Dissemination Center which produced this Knowledge Base were funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) as Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) between 1994 and 1999. Click the Model Programs button above for descriptions of the projects that contributed to this specific Knowledge Item, a list of key staff, and project grant numbers.

Why This Evaluation was Conducted: Editorial.

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Work on the Knowledge Base and the cross-cutting evaluation was supported in part by Grant Number 5 U90 HA 00030-05 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau's (HAB) Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS). The contents of this Knowledge Base are solely the responsibility of The Measurement Group and do not necessarily represent the official views of HRSA or HRSA/HAB's Special Projects of National Significance nor may they represent the positions of the individual grantees whose projects are included in the cross-cutting evaluation.