title: Ryan White CARE Act and eligible metropolitan areas.
abstract: Title I of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act provides emergency assistance to eligible metropolitan areas (EMAs) to provide a continuum of care and services to people living with HIV disease. This article presents the results of a 2000-2001 survey of the 51 Title I Planning Councils. EMAs are serving significant numbers of females, with black and Hispanic persons constituting a majority of people served in 33 EMAs. Among the difficult to serve are substance abusers, people with chronic mental illness, multi-diagnosed people, the homeless, black males who have sex with males, and Hispanic persons.
authors.affiliation: Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX 77843-1266, USA. buchanan@srph.tamu.edu
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Buchanan
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000191:economics* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008483:Medical Assistance / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D014850:Waiting Lists