title: Home-delivered meal programs for homebound people with HIV/AIDS.
abstract: In major cities within the past decade, 17 community-based, home-delivered meal programs have emerged to meet the specialized nutrition needs of homebound people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). This review includes specifics about these meal programs: funding, eligibility criteria, establishing and following nutrition and food safety standards, creating a network of volunteers for delivery of meals, providing nutrition counseling, and conducting periodic program evaluation. People living with HIV/AIDS may need the services of home-delivered meal programs throughout the course of HIV disease. Clinical dietitians and public health nutritionists should become familiar with existing programs and refer clients to services as needed.
authors.affiliation: God's Love We Deliver, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Kraak
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000178:diet therapy*; D005522:Food Services; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000178:diet therapy*; D018577:Homebound Persons; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014481:United States; D014838:Volunteers