Affordable Housing & Community Advocacy for People Living with HIV: Assessing Best Practices & Health Impact
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
PROJECT SUMMARY: Our team will use a mixed methods approach to assess the best strategies for and the health impact of affordable housing programs and case management for people living with HIV/AIDS in West Alabama. To investigate the health impact, we will partner with Maude Whatley Health Services and West Alabama AIDS Outreach and conduct a comparative effectiveness research study. We will conduct a program evaluation of a statewide community and policy advocacy program for people living with HIV/AIDS in Alabama and examine relevant state policies and interview elected officials and people living with HIV/AIDS in Alabama.
TEAM MEMBERS
[Pictured Left to Right]
- Billy Kirkpatrick, PhD, Executive Director, West Alabama AIDS Outreach, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Safiya George, PhD, Associate Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, and Director of Scholarly Affairs, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- George Mugoya, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology and Counseling, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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