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S Loue

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PubMed1996

Organizing Asian Pacific Islanders in an urban community to reduce HIV risk: a case study.

We present a case study of community organization efforts within the Asian Pacific Islander communities of San Diego County to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. We utilized a five-phase process to implement the strategies of locality development, social planning, and social action: community analysis, program design and initiation, program implementation, program maintenance and consolidation, and program reassessment. An evaluation of the process indicates that there were increases over time in the project's activities as well as in the levels of interagency connectedness. This is one of the few reported efforts to organize Asian Pacific Islander groups to address HIV transmission. Key elements that led to the successful organization of the original project into a tax-exempt nonprofit entity (the Asian Pacific Islander Community AIDS Project) were emphasis on community ownership, reliance on group consensus, use of "gatekeepers" to access communities, simultaneous multilevel programming, and service to the community as a "coordinating" entity.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1995

Health insurance and utilization in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

To examine the relationship between health insurance status and health services utilization among HIV-infected patients with active Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), the discharge and outpatient databases of a large California medical facility were reviewed. Four hundred fifty records met the inclusion criteria. Logistic regression indicated that those who had publicly funded insurance were about half as likely (95% CI 0.28, 0.99) as were those who had private insurance to undergo bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage at the time of their first PCP episodes. Further research is required to identify the reasons for this difference.

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections↗
PubMed1994

Immigration and HIV infection: a pilot study.

This pilot study was conducted to determine areas in which additional education regarding the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is needed by the undocumented and recently immigrated HIV-infected population, and to obtain preliminary information on the ability of this community to access medical treatment for HIV. Information regarding health status, immigration status, and the use of medical services was obtained from all HIV-infected undocumented and recently immigrated individuals who sought services from a Southern California nonprofit agency between July 1, 1990 and December 31, 1990. A total of 54 such individuals presented for services. Thirteen individuals reported participating in shared needle usage for the administration of medication or vitamins, in addition to other known risk factors for HIV. Only one of these 13 individuals had access to nonemergency medical care. Additional research is necessary to determine the reasons for these needle sharing behaviors. Educational outreach is needed to address these behaviors as a possible risk factor for HIV transmission.

California↗