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Brief Project Abstract, HRSA/HAB
Special Project of National Significance, 1994 - 1999
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - Victor F. German, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Project Director, Department or Pediatrics/Division of Community Pediatrics, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78284-7818; 210.567.7400 (phone), 210.567.7443 (fax), or email at german@uthscsa.edu.
Grant Title: SPNS Family Unit Project for South Texas (Project SALUD).
Project Period: 10/94-09/97.
Description: The "Salud y Unidad en la Familia/Health and Unity in the Family" ("SALUD") Project targets the health and human services delivery system for women, children, and their families with HIV in South Texas. Project "SALUD" is a collaborative effort involving the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (TDPRS) and four Ryan White service providers who have been seminal organizations in the development and delivery of HIV/AIDS services in San Antonio, Corpus Christi and the Lower Rio Grande Valley. This project is designed to provide a mechanism for urban and rural communities to build upon existing strengths and capacities for continued development of a comprehensive, family-centered continuum of care for HIV/AIDS women, children and their families. Project "SALUD'S" goal is to bring about system assessment and system change. System assessment objectives include: child and family-focused needs assessment and organizational and systems resource assessment. System change objectives include: dissemination activities at the local and state levels, cross-training of staff, caregiver training and curricula development.
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