Client-Patient Characteristics Knowledge Item 07: Results from HRSA/HAB's SPNS Innovative Models of Care

Knowledge Item: CA-Client-Patient Characteristics-07
Contrast of Demographics and Behaviors of Pregnant Women to Other Female Clients

Compared to women not identified as pregnant at enrollment, the 131 women identified as pregnant at enrollment were younger, and were more likely to be unemployed. There were some differences in funding sources for services, but these are mostly attributable to project location (site) differences and the fact that some projects target pregnant women and disproportionately enroll them in services. Pregnant women were less likely to be cigarette smokers and more likely to have current unprotected sex with men. On other behavioral characteristics related to illicit or problem substance abuse and current levels of sexual activity, the pregnant women were at about the same levels as the women not identified as pregnant.

Aside from needs specifically associated with their pregnancies, pregnant clients have needs typical of those of other high-need women with HIV/AIDS in the same programs.

Note: The 131 women were pregnant at the time of enrollment into the program. Twenty additional women (for a total of 151 pregnant women served) became pregnant during the course of their service episode or had their pregnancy detected within the program.

The percentages shown are for a sample of 2225 women enrolled to services in the Cooperative Agreement Projects.

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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-07 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: March 25, 2005; data through June 15, 1999; analyses conducted October 1999 and February - 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.

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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.