title: Needs assessment for the design of an informatics tool for HIV counselors.
abstract: HIV counselors play a vital role in treatment adherence and disease management for HIV positive individuals. Tasks include encouraging treatment adherence, offering counseling for complex issues, and providing information resources. An initial needs assessment suggests that a gap exists in the training needs of HIV counselors to promote the effective implementation of evidence-based practices. The HIV TIPS, a web-based decision support system, is being further developed to meet these needs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kukafka
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Millery
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D020380:Needs Assessment; D040442:Public Health Informatics