title: Bridging the gap: a community health program saved lives, then closed its doors.
authors.affiliation: Heidi L. Behforouz (hbehforouz@pchi.partners.org) is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and an associate physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the founder and past executive director of Partners In Health's and Brigham and Women's Hospital's Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment (PACT) community health worker project in Boston. Names in this essay have been changed to protect individuals' privacy.
authors.forename: Heidi L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Behforouz
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy; D001900:Boston; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D023801:Directly Observed Therapy; D006205:Haiti / Q000208:ethnology; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: AIDS/HIV; Health Reform; Managed Care—Medicaid<Managed Care; Managed Care—Medicare<Managed Care; Public Health