SPNS/Fax: An Electronic Report from HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreements:
Volume 2, Issue 16 (August 8, 1997)

This document has been superceded by our Online Knowledge Base on Innovative Models of HIV/AIDS Care. Click here to access the Knowledge Base. Click here to access descriptions of 27 Innovative Models of HIV/AIDS Care and the lessons learned from these projects. SPNS/Fax was written, published, and distributed by fax by The Measurement Group between 1995 and 1998.

Information dissemination from 27 Innovative Models of HIV Care projects funded as Special Projects of National Significance by the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Introduction

Welcome to SPNS/Fax: An Electronic Report from HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreements. In each issue of SPNS/Fax, we will highlight findings from the HRSA Special Projects of National Significance Program Cooperative Agreements. The projects have been funded to develop innovative models of HIV/AIDS care. SPNS/Fax reports are distributed every two weeks by fax machine to all subscribers. All issues of SPNS/Fax are also available at this Web site. Due to slight differences in the media, issues distributed by fax machine may appear slightly different from those posted on this Web site, but the content is identical.

New Information on the World Wide Web about HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreements’ Models of HIV/AIDS Care

A number of new documents about the activities of the Cooperative Agreement Projects have been placed on the web site of The Measurement Group at www.TheMeasurementGroup.com. Among some of the new documents available on the web site are the following.

  • A report, an executive summary, and a multimedia presentation summarize the full Comprehensive Healthcare Work Group Qualitative Evaluation Report, which details the efforts of the Comprehensive Healthcare projects, their experiences, and the lessons they learned in providing a continuum of services to HIV/AIDS populations. Click here to view the report. Click here to view the executive summary. Click here to view the presentation.

  • A multimedia presentation summarizes achievements of the Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee during its second year, highlights joint accomplishments of the Steering Committee, and describes third year project goals. Click here to view the presentation.

  • A structured telephone interview — which was utilized to assess a collaborating agency’s involvement with and perceptions of the University of Texas Health Science Center’s Project SALUD — is presented. Click here to view the telephone interview template.

  • A client telephone interview — which was utilized by the University of Nevada School of Medicine to gather information about the experiences of and services received by clients of their HIV nutrition clinic — is presented. Click here to view the telephone interview template.

  • A multimedia presentation provides an overview of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s Project SHINE, a model of capitated HIV care, which seeks to provide cost-effective comprehensive care without sacrificing quality. Click here to view the presentation.

  • A multimedia presentation describes the SUNY at Brooklyn Maternal and Pediatric Services Service Model, which seeks to reduce the rate of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Click here to view the presentation.

  • An article describes the perspective of one individual on living with HIV and how the advent of protease inhibitors and combination therapies has changed the course of HIV/AIDS treatment. Click here to view the article.

  • A multimedia presentation provides an overview to the history, mission, and culturally sensitive services of the Center for Community Health, Education & Research, Inc., a project located in Boston that specializes in working with the Haitian community. Click here to view the presentation.

New Information on the World Wide Web about HRSA/HAB's SPNS Adolescent Care Projects

  • A multimedia presentation describes a poster that was developed by the 10 adolescent care projects and presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. Click here to view the presentation.

  • An issue of Reality, a magazine produced and published by Health Initiatives for Youth, contains articles, interviews, and artistic contributions by HIV-positive youth. Click here to view Reality.

 

The information listed above, and numerous other items about the Cooperative Agreement and Adolescent Initiative grantees of HRSA/HAB's SPNS, can be accessed on the web site of The Measurement Group (TMG) at www.TheMeasurementGroup.com. For help in accessing this information, contact TMG at 310.216.1051.

SPNS/Fax is produced by The Measurement Group–PROTOTYPES Evaluation and Dissemination Center (EDC). Editorial comments should be made to The Measurement Group at 5811A Uplander Way, Culver City, California 90230, 310.216.1051, 310.670.7735 (fax).
 

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