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Brief Project Abstract, HRSA/HAB
Special Project of National Significance, 1994 - 1999
PROTOTYPES - Vivian B. Brown, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, 5601 West Slauson Avenue #200, Culver City, CA 90230; 310.641.7795 (phone), 310.649.4347 (fax), or email at protoceo@aol.com. The PROTOTYPES web site is located at: http://www.prototypes.org.
Grant Title: PROTOTYPES WomensLink: Reduction of Barriers to HIV/AIDS Care.
Project Period: 10/94-09/99.
Description: PROTOTYPES will head a consortium of Los Angeles County agencies designed to be a community-based, outpatient model for delivering a comprehensive continuum of services for women with HIV/AIDS. Women will be recruited throughout Los Angeles County in order to: 1) provide a range of quality services to substance abusing women with HIV designed to increase their use of health care services and treatment compliance; 2) change risk behaviors with an array of services; 3) increase compliance with medical treatment and enhance access to existing services outreach to high need women; 4) improve the quality of life for women living with HIV through comprehensive case management; 5) increase provider's knowledge, receptiveness and skill in treatment of women substance abusers living with HIV; 6) to develop and evaluate models for replication and integration into HIV/AIDS delivery systems for women; and 8) disseminate information about successful service models.
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