| Literature DB >> 18598904 |
Maithe Enriquez1, Rose Farnan, An-Lin Cheng, Amalia Almeida, Daniel Del Valle, Maria Pulido-Parra, Gabriela Flores.
Abstract
The purpose of this retrospective study was to examine the impact of a bilingual/bicultural care team on HIV-related health outcomes among Hispanic/Latino adults (N = 43) who received care in an academic HIV specialty clinic. Demographic and health data extracted from medical records from March 2005 to March 2007 were compared over two time periods: 1 year before and 1 year after implementation of the care team. Results indicated that there were more clinic visits per patient and that a higher percentage of individuals had suppressed HIV viral loads to < 50 copies/ml during the year after the team was implemented compared with the previous year. Results from this study suggest that provision of care by health care workers who are bilingual/bicultural, together with the use of culturally and linguistically appropriate patient education materials, may enhance health outcomes among Hispanic adults living with HIV infection.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18598904 DOI： 10.1016/j.jana.2008.04.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care ISSN： 1055-3290 Impact factor: 1.354