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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Beyond buzzwords: toward a community-based model of the integration of HIV treatment and prevention

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Pages 25-30 | Received 22 Aug 2007, Published online: 11 Dec 2008
 

Abstract

Propelled by increased global access to Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapies, the integration of HIV treatment and prevention has emerged as an important organizing concept of pandemic response. Despite its potential significance for community-based AIDS organizations (CBAOs) little research on integration has been done from a community-based perspective. This paper responds to that gap in the literature. With a view to moving what can be an abstract concept to the level of concrete practice, we offer a community-based model of the integration of HIV treatment and prevention. The model is based on research conducted in 2006–2007 with front-line staff from CBAOs across Canada carried out in partnership with the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange. The model is grounded in three central dimensions of a community-based perspective on integration deriving from our research: the phenomenological primacy of front-line service work, a comprehensive notion of treatment and prevention, and the importance of social context. The model is intended as a conceptual resource that can assist CBAOs in formulating practical responses to new demands for integrated service provision.

Acknowledgements

We thank all those who participated in our study. We also thank the funders of our research: the Public Health Agency of Canada (6962-15-2005/6510039), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (410-2005-2003 to EM) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (New Investigator Award to E.M.).

Notes

1. One site was lost due to staff changes.

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