VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION*

A Cooperative Agreement Program funded by the HIV/AIDS Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration as a Special Project of National Significance

*This SPNS Program-funded project was formerly within the Visiting Nurse Association of Los Angeles. The privatization of the Visiting Nurse Association has resulted in the transfer of this grant to a successor not-for-profit organization, the Visiting Nurse Association Foundation.

VNAF’s Transprofessional Model used an interdisciplinary, care management approach – a blend of curative and palliative services – to improve services for end-stage AIDS patients. Grant Number: BRU 900120-01-0 (October 1994-September 1997). BRU 900127-04-0 (October 1997-September 1999).

David A. Cherin, Ph.D., Project Administrator, Visiting Nurse Association Foundation (now Partners in Care Foundation), 101 S. First Street, Suite 1000, Burbank, CA 91502; 818.526.1780 (phone), 818.526.1788 (fax), or email at cherind@u.washington.edu.

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Project Abstract

• AIDS Special Care Program: A Capitation Baseline Demonstration Project

Cross-Cutting Evaluation Knowledge Base

• Knowledge Base derived from the cross-cutting evaluation of this project and 26 other projects on Innovative HIV/AIDS Service Models

Evaluation Data from this Project

• Service Population Demographics

Project Completion Conference, Grantee Panels, and Poster Session at HRSA

• Poster and Grantee Panel Session

Project Presentation

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• The Transprofessional Model of Care for HIV/AIDS: An Evaluation of the Model
   

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Project Report

• Issues in Implementing a Managed Care Home Health Services Delivery System for Patients with HIV/AIDS: A Case Study by the Visiting Nurse Association Foundation of Los Angeles
• Visiting Nurse Association (VNAF) Conference Evaluation Report

Project SPNS/Fax

• Los Angeles Develops Innovative Capitated System of Hospice Care
• Service Usage Patterns in End-Stage AIDS Care: Findings from the Visiting Nurse Association Foundation of Los Angeles

Project Resource Material

• Table of Contents from June 1998 Special Issue of Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Project Conference Material

• Lessons & Innovations: from HIV/AIDS to Chronic Care: May 18, 1999

Project Web Flyer

• Visiting Nurse Association Foundation (To see the flyer in Adobe PDF format in greater resolution, click here)

Project Achievements and Lessons Learned

Cross-Cutting Papers

• Papers from the Cross-Cutting Evaluation of the Cooperative Agreement

Cross-Cutting Reports

Cross-Cutting Presentations and Posters

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• First Year Report for 1994-1995, SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee
   

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• 27 Models of HIV Care: Progress During the Second Year 1995-1996, A Presentation of Major Results from the Report
   

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• Selected Multi-Site Evaluation Results Relating to HIV Services for Underserved and Vulnerable Groups: The HRSA/HAB SPNS Cooperative Agreements 1994 - 1999 
   

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• The SPNS Cooperative Agreement: First Year Report for 1994-1995

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• Poster Presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, August 1998: A Typology of Service Utilization for Late-Stage AIDS Patients
• Poster Presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, August 1998: Components of Service Utilization for Late-Stage AIDS Patients
• Poster for the 27 Cooperative Agreement Projects on Innovative Models of HIV Care: Innovative Models for Improving HIV Case Management Services
• 27 Models of HIV Care: Progress During the Second Year

Cross-Cutting Evaluation Modules [Developed by The Measurement Group]

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Required Modules

• Module 1: Demographics-Contact Form
• Module 2A: Intervention Form
• Module 2C: Intervention Form
• Module 11: Client Satisfaction Survey
• Module 18: Abbreviated HIV/AIDS Health Form
• Module 68: Program Discharge Form
• Module 71: Medical Health Form

Optional Modules

• Module 2B: Intervention Form
• Module 73: Karnofsky

Structured Interviews

• VNA-LA Telephone Interview

Final awards ceremony, September 17, 1999. Katherine Marconi, Ph.D., Director, HRSA/HAB Office of Science and Epidemiology; David Cherin, Ph.D., Project Director, Visiting Nurse Association Foundation; and Richard Moore, Deputy Director, HRSA/HAB's SPNS Branch.