High-risk vulnerable populations and volunteers: a model of education and service collaboration

Extending our earlier work (Hutchison & Quartaro, 1993) describing a training program for volunteers caring for high-risk vulnerable populations, we identify and explicate factors contributing to the successful collaboration of education and service organizations. Addressing the management of li...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inJournal of community health nursing Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 111
Main Authors Hutchison, R R, Quartaro, E G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1995
Subjects
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - nursing
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations
Models, Organizational
Universities - organization & administration
Volunteers - education
Online AccessGet more information

Cover

More Information
Summary:Extending our earlier work (Hutchison & Quartaro, 1993) describing a training program for volunteers caring for high-risk vulnerable populations, we identify and explicate factors contributing to the successful collaboration of education and service organizations. Addressing the management of linkages essential to mutual goal setting and shared responsibility for planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient/client outcomes, each factor is discussed with specific reference to improving caregiving to persons with AIDS and their families through well-trained volunteer services. The model has been applied to training for service to homeless persons and to the frail elderly and may be more broadly applicable to other high-risk vulnerable populations.
ISSN:0737-0016
DOI:10.1207/s15327655jchn1202_5