HRSA Latino SPNS Initiative Meeting Proyecto Vida December 11th - 12th, 2014 HRSA Latino SPNS Initiative Meeting
Overview An individual-level based intervention Core Components: Peer Navigation Client sessions related to 7 topics regarding linkage and retention to care. Topic 1: Linkage to Medical Care Topic 2: Review of First Medical Appointment Topic 3: HIV Medical Adherence Topic 4: Engagement with and Retention to Medical Care Topic 5: Impact of HIV-related and Other Stigmas on Treatment Adherence Topic 6: Sexual Behaviors and the Risk of HIV Transmission Topic 7: Transition to Self Managed Medical Care Navigation Client advocacy with medical providers (e.g., case conferencing, consultations with medical staff) Medical accompaniments Referrals to other services
Locations BIENESTAR Hollywood
Program Staff PI: Robert Contreras, MBA Project Director: Brendan O’Connell, MSW Peer Navigator/ Linkage Coordinators: Luis Peñate Román Soberanis
Evaluation Staff Evaluator: Frank Galvan, PhD Statistical Evaluation Manager: Ying- Tung (Terryl) Chen, MS Data management Specialist/Program interviewer: Lizbeth Rivas
Monitoring Fidelity Individual sessions between LC/PN and participant will be monitored by other LC/PN Sessions will be reviewed with program manager Monitor six of the first 10 sessions and then continue to monitor on a quarterly bases integrate with the community, Addrsss Language barriers, MI is a “client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients explore and resolve ambivalence”
Transnational Approach Strategies Incorporation of Mexican cultural components based off their effects on medical care Personalismo, machismo, Religiosity, Familismo, Fatalism In one-on-one sessions address: social supports, relationship with family, cultural beliefs and how these can effect medical adherence Discuss participants past medical experience in regard to their acculturated & assimilated identities Stay up to date on Mexican cultural issues that may have effects on participant’s medical adherence
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