SPNS/Fax: An Electronic Report from HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreements:
Volume 3, Issue 9 (May 1, 1998)

This document has been superceded by our Online Knowledge Base on Innovative Models of HIV/AIDS Care.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 the SPNS Cooperative Agreement Projects' 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 newer documents available on the web site are the following.

  • All of the 27 HRSA Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program Cooperative Agreement grantees have project specific web sites containing program related presentations, abstracts, and reports. See the index page for links to each of the project pages.
  • The University of Nevada at Reno School of Medicine made a multimedia presentation at the 1998 National AIDS Update Conference, demonstrating the importance of proper nutrition and weight maintenance for people with HIV.
  • The Visiting Nurse Association of Los Angeles prepared a report examining various costs, implementation, and evaluation issues in a Transprofessional Model, which was designed to provide capitated end-stage care for persons with HIV/AIDS utilizing multidisciplinary teams of healthcare professionals.
  • The Infrastructure-Advocacy Work Group of HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreement has developed a report on their qualitative evaluation findings in developing, improving, and refining HIV care service delivery systems for vulnerable and disenfranchised populations.
  • A poster was presented at the 1998 National AIDS Update Conference on the evaluation modules available for use by HIV/AIDS projects. These modules are currently being used by the 27 National HIV/AIDS Care Demonstration Projects of HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreement.
                                      
  • A Key Informant Interview instrument was developed for the Comprehensive Healthcare Work Group for data collection to elicit feedback from stakeholders in each of the three Work Group healthcare service delivery programs for persons living with HIV/AIDS.
  • Presentations and posters from the 1997 American Public Health Association (APHA) Meeting in Indianapolis are now available on The Measurement Group web site.
  • As part of its work for the Evaluation and Dissemination Center for the HRSA SPNS Cooperative Agreement Grantees, The Measurement Group and the grantees developed a large number of evaluation modules to be used in the studies of HIV/AIDS treatment, training and infrastructure development. These evaluation modules are now available on The Measurement Group web site.

The information listed above, and numerous other items about the Cooperative Agreement 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.

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