Overview

Practice Issues in HIV/AIDS Services provides a sound framework of intervention practices for case managers and care coordinators to help HIV/AIDS patients live longer and healthier lives. This book focuses on client-based care that addresses the social and psychological needs of the patient as well as his or her physical and medical requirements. Filled with concrete information and recommendations from practitioners and researchers, this instructive text will help increase the effectiveness of the client's treatment. Practice Issues in HIV/AIDS Services leads the reader from a conceptual framework of approaches related to the ongoing HIV/AIDS crises to specific case studies focused mainly on interventions. Practice models of case management are discussed and applied to clients with special needs, including injection drug users, Mexican migrant farm workers, and African-American underserved populations. Well referenced, with dependable methodologies and sound conclusions, Practice Issues in HIV/AIDS Services is an essential text for case managers, health professionals, and Social Work students. Its emphasis on special populations, with new approaches to case management and techniques to strengthen present ones, makes this book an important addition to anyone's reference collection

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Author:   R Dennis Shelby ,  James D Smith ,  Ronald J Mancoske
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780789023025

ISBN 10:   0789023024
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   23 August 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

About the Editors Contributors Foreword (Gwendolyn Spencer Prater) Chapter 1. A Generalist Practice Model in HIV/AIDS Services: An Empowerment Perspective (Ronald J. Mancoske and James Donald Smith) The Ongoing Challenges of HIV/AIDS Generalist Practice Model The Relationship Process: Engaging Client Systems in Services The Data-Gathering Process Assessment Interventions Evaluation of Services The Termination Process Conclusion Chapter 2. Case Management (DeAnn Gruber) Introduction Case Management Models Research of Case Management Emerging Issues in the Field Service Implications Conclusion Chapter 3. The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior and Injection Drug Use (San Patten) Introduction Risk Reduction Among IDUs The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change Practitioners’ Application of the TTM Current and Future Research of the TTM with IDUs Conclusion Chapter 4. Utilization of Needle Exchange Programs and Substance Abuse Treatment Services by Injection Drug Users: Social Work Practice Implications of a Harm Reduction Model (Therese Fitzgerald, Timothy Purington, Karen Davis, Faith Ferguson, and Lena Lundgren) Introduction The Harm Reduction Philosophy Needle Exchange Programs Massachusetts State Treatment Needs Assessment Program Practice Implications Conclusion Chapter 5. HIV Prevention Models with Mexican Migrant Farmworkers (Kurt C. Organista) Introduction HIV/AIDS, Mexican Farmworkers, and Agricultural Labor in the United States Research-Informed Understanding of HIV Risk HIV Risk Factors in Mexican Migrant Laborers HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Contextualizing HIV Risk Conceptual Model of Risk Implications for HIV Prevention and Treatment Services: State of the Art and Beyond Long-Term Recommendations: Expanding Resources, Infrastructure, and Labor Reform Chapter 6. A Family Intervention Model for Engaging Hidden At-Risk African Americans in HIV Prevention Programs (Larry D. Icard and Nushina Siddiqui) Introduction African Americans and HIV African Americans As Hidden Populations Family-Focused Interventions and Hidden Populations Factors to Consider Conclusion Chapter 7. HIV/AIDS Among African Americans in the Mississippi/Louisiana Delta Region: A Macro-Practice Empowerment Model (Peggy Pittman-Munke and Vincent J. Venturini) Statement of the Problem African Americans and the Risk of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS in Rural America Proposed Practice Model for Culturally Sensitive Practice with African Americans Chapter 8. Cultural Influences on HIV/AIDS Prevention: Louisiana African- American Women (Sybil G. Schroeder) Introduction HIV/AIDS Statistical Overview Louisiana African-American Women Ethnic Epistemology Culture in Prevention Efforts Index Reference Notes Included

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