Women With Aids

Will It Change aids Service Organizations

Bibliographic Data

ID6330650
AuthorsTheresa Cameron (Arizona State University), Yuk Lee (0000-0002-7884-7223, University of Colorado Denver)
Year1999
Volume27
Issue4
Pages872-889
Publication date1999-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy Studies Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-0072.1999.tb02009.x
OpenAlexW2157397377
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

In the early 1980s, gay men formed AIDS service organizations (ASOs) in areas hardest hit by the disease, such as San Francisco and New York City, to provide assistance to infected members of their own communities. The Ryan White CARE Act of 1990 made funds available for community‐based groups, such as ASOs, to provide support services to all people with HIV/AIDS. The epidemiology of AIDS has changed greatly in recent years, and increasing numbers of poor, minority women with children now contract HIV/AIDS. To determine if ASOs are in compliance with the CARE Act, this study surveyed 20 ASOs across the country and a number of their female clients to see if ASOs, some of which were started by gay men, have tailored their services for a growing minority, heterosexual population. The results indicate that a number of ASOs have been slow in responding to the diverse needs of women. Recommendations are offered to make the organizations more responsive

Business · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Political science · Population · Service (business · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Epidemiology · Gerontology

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