Metro DC Collaborative Knowledge Item 03 Knowledge Item Results from HRSA/HAB's SPNS Innovative Models of Care

Knowledge Item: CA-Metro DC Collaborative-03
Findings from the Evaluation of the 1999 Fighting for Our Lives Training

Fighting for Our Lives is a series of advocacy training workshops designed to empower women living with HIV/AIDS to advocate for care and services in the metropolitan area around Washington, D.C. A major goal of the Fighting for Our Lives program is to provide a safe opportunity for women with HIV/AIDS to get together to talk, gain support, and learn and strengthen their advocacy skills to help themselves and others. The program also is designed to encourage women to attend policy meetings and forums where critical decisions about AIDS-related programming and funding are made.

The 1999 Fighting for Our Lives Training Evaluation Report shows how the "Fighting for Our Lives" Training was a uniquely creative and effective method for nurturing the leadership skills of women with HIV/AIDS. The third annual Fighting for Our Lives Training took place in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, May 15, 1999 and Sunday May 16, 1999. Women living with HIV/AIDS were invited to the training sessions and were provided a stipend for their participation. Seventy-four women participated over the course of the two days. Forty-six women completing the self-administered survey and 60 women completed the open-ended interview.

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-Metro DC Collaborative-03 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

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.