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1 HRSA Latino SPNS Initiative Meeting
Proyecto Vida December 11th - 12th, 2014 HRSA Latino SPNS Initiative Meeting

2 Overview An individual-level based intervention Core Components:
Peer Navigation Client sessions related to 7 topics regarding linkage and retention to care. Topic 1: Linkage to Medical Care Topic 2: Review of First Medical Appointment Topic 3: HIV Medical Adherence Topic 4: Engagement with and Retention to Medical Care Topic 5: Impact of HIV-related and Other Stigmas on Treatment Adherence Topic 6: Sexual Behaviors and the Risk of HIV Transmission Topic 7: Transition to Self Managed Medical Care Navigation Client advocacy with medical providers (e.g., case conferencing, consultations with medical staff) Medical accompaniments Referrals to other services

3 Locations BIENESTAR Hollywood

4 Program Staff PI: Robert Contreras, MBA
Project Director: Brendan O’Connell, MSW Peer Navigator/ Linkage Coordinators: Luis Peñate Román Soberanis

5 Evaluation Staff Evaluator: Frank Galvan, PhD
Statistical Evaluation Manager: Ying- Tung (Terryl) Chen, MS Data management Specialist/Program interviewer: Lizbeth Rivas

6 Monitoring Fidelity Individual sessions between LC/PN and participant will be monitored by other LC/PN Sessions will be reviewed with program manager Monitor six of the first 10 sessions and then continue to monitor on a quarterly bases integrate with the community, Addrsss Language barriers, MI is a “client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients explore and resolve ambivalence”

7 Transnational Approach
Strategies Incorporation of Mexican cultural components based off their effects on medical care Personalismo, machismo, Religiosity, Familismo, Fatalism In one-on-one sessions address: social supports, relationship with family, cultural beliefs and how these can effect medical adherence Discuss participants past medical experience in regard to their acculturated & assimilated identities Stay up to date on Mexican cultural issues that may have effects on participant’s medical adherence

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