Training peers to ease hospital discharge: A community-clinical partnership in complex HIV care
Date
2020-08-26
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Abstract
As many people now live with HIV as a complex, chronic health condition that may require frequent medical and psychosocial services, a potential new role for HIV-positive peers involves support during an inpatient admission that extends past discharge to improve the transition home from hospital.
Description
Copyright © 2020 Johns Hopkins University Press This article first appeared in Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, Volume 15, Issue 2, Summer 2021, pp. 225-60. Reprinted with permission by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Keywords
Peer support, Training, Volunteers, Qualitative research, Community participation, Delivery of health care, HIV/AIDS