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New and Extended Research Project
CHPS has
received a third, and final, year of funding from the CDC for the
Evaluation of national HIV/STD-prevention capacity-building efforts,
in the amount of $88,800. This brings the total amount of the
cooperative agreement to $638,761. The third year activities are
primarily directed toward dissemination, in the form of several
monographs, a training document for practice, and peer-reviewed
publications. The principal investigator is Dan Genty,
PhD, MHA.
Media and Activities
Dan Gentry was
an invited speaker at the annual conference of the Gateway Catholic
Ethics Network on October 2, 1998. The theme of the conference was
"Where Our Treasure Is: Stewardship of Resources in Catholic Health
Care," and Dan Gentry's talk was titled, "Access: Historical
Perspective, Policy Analysis, and Implications for a 'Right' to
Health Care in the United States."
Dan Gentry
will deliver a paper on November 5, 1998 at the Washington
University-sponsored "Case Management Institute" at Lake of the
Ozarks. The focus of the conference is HIV/AIDS case management, and
Dan Gentry was titled, "HIV/AIDS Case Management: Achieving A
Seamless Continuum of Care."
Other Announcements
CHPS' 1998 MPH
Interns, Tricia Kitzmann (BSHE student) and Michelle Surmeier (EPI
student), will have poster presentations at the Missouri Public
Health Association Meeting, November 3-5, 1998. The posters provide
"snapshots" of the two CHPS projects they have worked on during the
past 6 months. Tricia's poster is titled "HIV Testing Survey II: Why
do High Risk Populations Seek, Defer, or Avoid Getting Tested for HIV
in Missouri?" and Michelle's poster is titled "Reducing Incidence of
STDs in St. Louis: A Condom Social Marketing Campaign." Dan Gentry
served as preceptor for both internships. Michael Green, CHPS'
Research Coordinator, served as manager of both projects.
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New and Extended Research Project
CHPS
has received a new $63,000 research grant entitled "HIV Testing
Survey II (HITS)." The purpose of HITS II is to replicate the HITS I
study from 1995 in Missouri and seven other states. The study will
assess health-seeking behaviors among high-risk populations for HIV
infection and will survey their knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV
names reporting laws. The study will also conduct additional
behavioral surveillance for HIV risk as an extension of the original
survey. The study venues include STD clinics, gay bars/bath houses,
and street outreach for drug users. Oversampling will be attempted
for young MSMs, woman at high risk for HIV, and injection drug users.
The seven-state study is being coordinated by the CDC, and SLU is one of three academic affiliates; the other
universities involved are UAB and UCSF. The Principal Investigator is Dan Gentry,
PhD, MHA.
CHPS
has received a new $121,600 research grant from the Missouri
Department of Health entitled "STD Prevention Marketing Campaign."
This project will track changes in STD rates in communities located
in seven high incidence areas in St. Louis, as a prevention marketing
campaign is launched to promote abstinence and safer sexual practices
to reduce the transmission of STDs. A similar project conducted in
Louisiana was associated with significant reductions in STDs. The
Principal Investigator is Dan Gentry,
PhD, MHA.
The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have extended a
grant entitled "National and Regional Minority Organization
Evaluation: Assessing HIV/STD Prevention Capacity-Building in
Minority Communities" for another, bringing the grant total to
$550,000. This project's goals are to evaluate national efforts to
increase organizational and prevention program capacity in African
American, Latino/a, Native American, and Asian and Pacific Islander
American communities throughout the U.S., and to strengthen this
program through improved program planning and management,
self-assessment, and evaluation. The Principal Investigator is
Dan Gentry,
PhD, MHA; the Co-Investigator is
Karla Scott,
PhD, from the Department of
Communication at Saint Louis University; along with colleagues from
Stanford University and MOSAICA: The Center for Nonprofit Development
and Pluralism, in Washington, D.C.
Media and Activities
Dan
Gentry, PhD, MHA, Assistant Professor
of Health Administration and Policy was interviewed by KMOX radio about HIV and STD testing policies, contact
tracing, and partner notification. This interview was in response to
the Missouri Department press release final closure on the "Bossman"
McGee HIV case from early 1997.
Dan
Gentry was also interviewed by the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch about HIV/STD testing and
names reporting policies for Missouri and other states across the
U.S.
Newly Published Article
"Predictors of
California Nursing Facilities' Acceptance of People with HIV/AIDS"
was published in the February 1998 issue of Health Services Research. Sue
Lehrman, Dan
Gentry, and Toni
Fogarty are the authors.
Other Announcements
"The
Partnership for Empowerment: A Case Management Program for People
Living with HIV in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area" was nominated for
the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Innovations Award for 1997-1998. The
"Partnership for Empowerment" is the result of CHPS' efforts to
reengineer the HIV/AIDS case management system for the Metropolitan
St. Louis AIDS Program, St. Louis City Department of Health and
Hospitals.
Congratulations also go out to several SPH graduate
students that work at CHPS: Jenna Kappel, Michele Paek, and Erin
Asprec. Jenna
Kappel is an MPH and
Department of Communication student who has been selected to intern
at HRSA in Washington D.C. this summer. Jenna will be working on the
project: "Educating Physicians about Organ Transplantation."
Michele
Paek is an MHA student
who was recently selected for a one-year administrative fellowship at
The Good Samaritan
Hospital in Lebanon,
Pennsylvania. Michele also recently won 3rd place in the Hill-Rom
Essay Competition for the American College of
Health Care Executives.
Erin
Asprec, an MHA student
as well, was recently selected for a 13-month Executive Development
Program at The
Methodist Health Care System in Houston, Texas.
