Transitions to Care in the Community for Prison Releasees with HIV: a Qualitative Study of Facilitators and Challenges in Two States

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 650-666

  Hammett, Theodore M ^a   Donahue, Sara ^a   LeRoy, Lisa ^a   Montague, Brian T ^b   Rosen, David L ^c   Solomon, Liza ^a   Costa, Michael ^a   Wohl, David ^c   Rich, Josiah D ^b  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge planning; HIV; Linkage to community care; Prisoners; Transitional services

Indexed keywords

HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRISON; PRISONER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHODE ISLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 84938742994     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-015-9968-x     Document Type: Article

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