Mobilizing a Medical Home to Improve HIV Care for the Homeless in Washington, DC
| Autor: | Maurice Alexander Wright, Amelia S. Knopf |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Medical home
Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty education Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Ethnic group Field Action Report HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause Ambulatory Care Facilities Health Services Accessibility Patient care Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Antiretroviral Therapy Highly Active medicine Humans Community Health Services Healthcare Disparities Socioeconomic status business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease Community-Institutional Relations Black or African American Social Class District of Columbia Ill-Housed Persons business Nursing homes |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Public Health. 99:973-975 |
| ISSN: | 1541-0048 0090-0036 |
| Popis: | African Americans face a higher burden of HIV infection, morbidity, and mortality than other ethnic groups in the United States. As an organization that exists to serve the homeless and impoverished of Washington, DC, So Others Might Eat (SOME) works diligently to address this disparity. SOME's clients are primarily African Americans who often face obstacles to HIV care because of low socioeconomic status, mistrust of the medical establishment, and fear of being identified as HIV positive. We relate the lessons we learned at SOME's medical clinic while trying to better address the needs of our clients living with HIV/AIDS. Chief among those lessons was the need to shift from considering our patients “noncompliant” with their HIV-related care to recognizing they had needs we were not addressing. |
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