Knowledge Item: CA-Client-Patient Characteristics-99J
Major Needs and Vulnerabilities of Clients

PROTOTYPES (Los Angeles, California)

As of June 15, 1999, 17 Cooperative Agreement Projects had, in aggregate, provided services to 2579 men with HIV and 2225 women with HIV/AIDS. Detailed information about various risk behaviors was available for a subsample of 1176 men and 1606 women.

The following tables show the characteristics of the clients at PROTOTYPES in Los Angeles that were part of the larger collective treatment population of the 17 projects.

The data given here are from those participants who were part of the cross-cutting program evaluation. This group may be smaller than the total group of individuals served by the project.


Frequencies for Females: PROTOTYPES





















Crosstabulations: PROTOTYPES

Race-Ethnicity by Gender


Sexual Orientation by Gender


Age by Gender


Primary Language by Gender


Childcare Needs by Gender


Highest Grade Completed by Gender


Employment Status by Gender


Insurance Coverage by Gender


Alcohol Problem by Gender


Heroin Use by Gender


Crack Use by Gender


Other Drug Use by Gender


Criminal Justice System Involvement by Gender


Sex Work by Gender


Sex with Injection Drug User by Gender


Housing Status by Gender


Dependent Upon Public Supported Medical Services by Gender


Drug Abuse by Gender

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-99J 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: July 08, 2004; data through June 15, 1999; analyses conducted December 1999 - May 2000.


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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.

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.



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