TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrating mental health services into primary HIV care for women
T2 - The whole life project
AU - Dodds, Sally
AU - Nuehring, Elane M.
AU - Blaney, Nancy T.
AU - Blakley, Theresa
AU - Lizzotte, Jean Marie
AU - Lopez, Myriam
AU - Potter, JoNell E
AU - O'Sullivan, Mary J.
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - The high rate of mental health problems in HIV-infected women jeopardizes the health of this vulnerable population, and constitutes a mandate for integrating mental health services into HIV primary care. The Whole Life project-a collaboration of the departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics/Gynecology at the University of Miami School of Medicine-successfully integrated mental health services into primary HIV care for women. This article describes the conceptual framework of the integration, implementation strategies, effects of the service integration, and lessons learned. Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as a Special Program of National Significance (SPNS), Whole Life efforts have been sustained beyond the demonstration funding period as a result of the changes brought about in organizational structures, service delivery, and the providers' conceptualization of health for HIV-infected women.
AB - The high rate of mental health problems in HIV-infected women jeopardizes the health of this vulnerable population, and constitutes a mandate for integrating mental health services into HIV primary care. The Whole Life project-a collaboration of the departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics/Gynecology at the University of Miami School of Medicine-successfully integrated mental health services into primary HIV care for women. This article describes the conceptual framework of the integration, implementation strategies, effects of the service integration, and lessons learned. Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as a Special Program of National Significance (SPNS), Whole Life efforts have been sustained beyond the demonstration funding period as a result of the changes brought about in organizational structures, service delivery, and the providers' conceptualization of health for HIV-infected women.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 15147649
AN - SCOPUS:2442654023
VL - 119
SP - 48
EP - 59
JO - Public Health Reports
JF - Public Health Reports
SN - 0033-3549
IS - 1
ER -