AEGiS-15IAC: Toward a comprehensive and effective care: a collaborative approach to care families and persons living with HIV/AIDS.

15th International AIDS Conference


Bangkok, Thailand - July 11-16, 2004

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Toward a comprehensive and effective care: a collaborative approach to care families and persons living with HIV/AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS 2004 Jul 11-16; 15:(abstract no. B10367)

Diaz Oropeza IF
Fundacion Mexicana para la luch contra el SIDA, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico

ISSUES: WHO considers that care involves biopsychosocial aspects and some authors describe this like a comprehensive approach to care of PWA. The complex nature of HIV/AIDS care is the best argument for enhancing collaboration between health providers, mental health professionals and families living with HIV/AIDS.

DESCRIPTION: Care activities of Fundasida are based in a collaborative approach. This model of collaborative networking in the HIV/AIDS care includes a team work of health professionals, persons and families living with HIV/AIDS. This represents an integrative paradigm regarding health and social disciplines, an ecological approach in the interaction of team work, and a biopsychosocial treatment of persons and families as partners of care.

LESSONS LEARNED: A collaborative model of HIV/AIDS care has several advantages for health providers as well as for PWA and their families. For health professionals, collaboration is a way to prevent burnout, share information, facilitate making decisions and provide integral care. For PWA and their families represents financial savings, improved quality of care, and increasing therapeutic adherence.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Implementing a collaborative model in primary care and hospital settings is needed in order to proportionate more comprehensive and effective care. It is also necessary to offer collaborative training with health professionals and involving PWA and families in care decisions to develope a culture of collaboration in HIV/AIDS care.

Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV, HIV Seropositivity, HIV Infections, Family, HIV-1, Social Support, Primary Health Care, Research, Health Services Needs and Demand, Community Health Services, Health, Delivery of Health Care, economics, education

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