Full Description
This wide-ranging volume reviews the experience and treatment of HIV/AIDS in rural America at the clinical, care system, community, and individual levels. Rural HIV-related phenomena are explored within healthcare contexts (physician shortages, treatment disparities) and the social environment (stigma, the opioid epidemic), and contrasted with urban frames of reference. Contributors present latest findings on HIV medications, best practices, and innovative opportunities for improving care and care settings, plus invaluable first-person perspective on the intersectionality of patient subpopulations. These chapters offer both seasoned and training practitioners a thorough grounding in the unique challenges of providing appropriate and effective services in the region.
Featured topics include:
Case study: Georgia's rural vs. non-rural populations
HIV medications: how they work and why they fail
Pediatric/adolescent HIV: legal and ethical issues
Our experience: HIV-positive African-American women in the Deep South
Learning to age successfully with HIV
Bringing important detail to an often-marginalized population, HIV/AIDS in Rural Communities will interest and inspire healthcare practitioners including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, case managers, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and family therapists, as well as educators, students, persons living with HIV, advocates, community leaders, and policymakers.
Contents
The Rural HIV Epidemic: Using AIDsVu to Understand Where You Live.-Case Study: Georgia's Rural vs. Non-Rural Populations.- More Than Our Share: The Unchecked HIV/AIDS Crisis in Mississippi.- Sudden Plague: A Rural Indiana Community's HIV Outbreak.- HIV/AIDS: The Last 30-Plus Years.- HIV Prevention: TasP, PrEP, PEP, and nPEP.- Pediatric/Adolescent HIV: Legal and Ethical issues.- R.E.S.T.A.R.T.: An Approach to Re-Engage and Treat HIV in Rural Tennessee.- Bridging the Mental Health Gap Across the HIV Continuum of Care.- Managing Depression and Suicidality in Clients Living With HIV.- Acceptance and Commitment Principles in the Engagement and Treatment of PLWHA.- A Shelter-Based Model of Mental Health Care for the Homeless.-A Rural Health Clinic's Approach to Building a Patient-Centered Medical Home.- Women on Maintaining Health and Nutrition (W.O.M.E.N.).- HIV Prevention Working With Rural African American Youth.- Intersecting HIV Prevention Practice and Truth Among MSM.- Learning to Age Successfully With HIV.- Powers of the Quilt: Fostering HIV/AIDS Literacy in and Through the Arts.
