Abstract
Social and political pressure, as well as public health theory, mandate inclusion of PLWHIV in community planning and policy development processes. Barriers to PLWHIV participation may be cognitive, instrumental, and/or affective. The authors report on development, implementation, and initial evaluation of a pilot project testing a psychoeducational intervention to increase organizational participation by people with HIV. Organizational participation by individual increased from a mean of 0.5 organizations at entry to 2.3 at follow-up. Evaluation data indicate that increases in self-esteem, self-confidence, and specific knowledge, along with demystification of organizational operations, networking, and modeling by project staff contributed to the outcome.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 39-47 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1996 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgement. This project was supported by Harris County Health Department HIV Services through the Ryan White Planning Council. Project LEAP was originally conceptualized by James Halloran and Steven Bradley and is dedicated to the memory, courage, and vision of the late Steven Bradley and Holly Patterson.
