title: Brief strengths-based case management promotes entry into HIV medical care: results of the antiretroviral treatment access study-II.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Antiretroviral Treatment Access Study-II (ARTAS-II) evaluated a brief case management intervention delivered in health departments and community-based organizations (CBOs) to link recently diagnosed HIV-infected persons to medical care rapidly.
  
  
  METHODS
  Recently diagnosed HIV-infected persons were recruited from 10 study sites across the United States during 2005 to 2006. The intervention consisted of up to 5 sessions with an ARTAS linkage case manager over a 90-day period. The outcome measure was whether or not the participant had seen an HIV medical care provider at least once within 6 months of enrollment. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify significant predictors of receiving HIV medical care.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-nine percent (497 of 626) of participants visited an HIV clinician at least once within the first 6 months. Participants who were older than 25 years of age, Hispanic, and stably housed; had not recently used noninjection drugs; had attended 2 or more sessions with the case manager; and were recruited at a study site that had HIV medical care colocated on its premises were all significantly more likely to have received HIV care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ARTAS linkage case management intervention provides a model that health departments and CBOs can use to ensure that recently diagnosed HIV-infected persons attend an initial HIV care encounter.
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. emf4@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Craw
authors.forename: Lytt I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rapp
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bosshart
authors.forename: Wayne A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Duffus
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossman
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Coughlin
authors.forename: DeAnn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.forename: Lauretta A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Safford
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Overton
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmitt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019090:Case Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents