Delivering care out of the box: The evolution of an HIV harm reduction medical program

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 944-951

  Mund, Pamela A ^a,d   Heller, Daliah ^b   Meissner, Paul ^c   Matthews, David W ^b   Hill, Michael ^c   Cunningham, Chinazo O ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CitiWide Harm Reduction ^*

^c MMC/AECOM

^d Montefiore Medical Group Bronx East   (United States)

Author keywords

Harm reduction; HIV; Marginalized; Program development; Substance users; Underserved

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW YORK CITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 49849086667     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0051     Document Type: Article

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