Using a multisectoral approach to assess HIV/AIDS services in the western region of Puerto Rico

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 995-1000

  Toro, Gloria Asencio ^a   Burns, Patricia ^b   Pimentel, Daniel ^c   Sánchez Peraza, Luis Raúl ^d   Lugo, Carmen Rivera ^d  

^a INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Harvard AIDS Institute   (United States)

^c Enhancing Care Initiative of Puerto Rico ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PUERTO RICO; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOLUNTEER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUP STRUCTURE; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUERTO RICO; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITIES; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 33744740202     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.071696     Document Type: Review

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