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 DOCN  M94A1955
 TI    British Columbia's Women and Family HIV Centre: an example of community
       involvement in program development.
 DT    9412
 AU    Burdge D; Forbes J; Department of Medicine, University of British
       Columbia, Canada.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):413 (abstract no. PD0258). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370620
 AB    The Women and Family HIV Centre is a multi-disciplinary facility
       designed to address the unique medical and psychosocial needs of
       infected women, children, youth and families living in B.C. The centre
       is jointly sponsored by the Women's Health Centre (WHC) and B.C.'s
       Children's Hospital (BCCH) and funded by the B.C. Ministry of Health. A
       Steering Committee consisting of five members of the Positive Women's
       Network (PWN), representatives from the founding institutions, and
       several community agencies was established. The committee actively
       lobbied several key government ministries, and letters of support were
       obtained from the B.C. Centres for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's
       Hospital HIV Care Team, appointed designates of the University of
       British Columbia, Hospital administrations, the Vancouver Health
       Department, government STD Prevention Programs, the Canadian Clinical
       Trials Network, and from prominent municipal politicians. The Steering
       Committee has ensured 1) credibility of the centre within the community,
       2) responsiveness to community needs and 3) funding support in the face
       of significant cuts in hospital and health care budgets. The Steering
       Committee is being transformed into a Community Advisory Board designed
       to ensure that the initial successful results continue to be realized.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*THERAPY
       Adolescence  Adult  British Columbia  Child  Clinical Trials  Community
       Health Services/*ORGANIZATION & ADMIN  *Family  Female  Health
       Services/ORGANIZATION & ADMIN  Hospitals, Pediatric  Human  HIV
       Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*THERAPY  Interinstitutional Relations
       Patient Care Team  Sexually Transmitted Diseases/PREVENTION & CONTROL
       Women's Health Services/*ORGANIZATION & ADMIN  MEETING ABSTRACT

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