Integrating community health workers into HIV care clinics: a qualitative study with health system leaders and clinicians in the Southern United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community health workers (CHWs) can support patient engagement in care for a variety of health conditions, including HIV. This paper reports on the experiences of HIV clinics and health departments that integrated CHWs into their health systems as part of a capacity-building initiative to address HIV-related disparities in the United States.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants (n = 14) in two Ryan White HIV/AIDS program jurisdictions: Mississippi (jurisdiction covers the entire state) and the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. This work was part of a larger evaluation of an initiative that used a Learning Collaborative model to facilitate the implementation of evidence-informed interventions to address HIV care continuum gaps in four

SUBMITTER: Fuller SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11531124 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature