The role of community-based organizations in responding to the AIDS epidemic: examples from the HRSA service demonstrations.
This paper considers the role of community-based organizations in providing out-of-hospital services to persons with AIDS, using information collected as part of a case-study evaluation of AIDS service demonstration grants in four cities. Community-based organizations which existed prior to the AIDS epidemic have been reluctant to expand services to persons with AIDS. The widest array of services is provided by new broad-based organizations. Also, exclusive reliance on community-based organizations for service delivery leads to inequities in the delivery system, due to difficulties in developing such organizations in low-income communities.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014488:United States Health Resources and Services Administration