DELIVERING HEALTH INFORMATION-SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES TO URBAN-COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS - THE CHICAGO AIDS OUTREACH PROJECT

Health professionals cannot address public health issues effectively u nless they have immediate access to current biomedical information. Th is paper reports on one mode of access, the Chicago AIDS Outreach Proj ect, which was supported by tile National Library of Medicine through outreach awards in 1995 and 1996, The three-year project is an effort to link the programs and services of the University of Illinois at Chi cago Library of the Health Sciences and the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center with the clinic services of community-based organizat ions in Chicago. The project was designed to provide electronic access to AIDS-related information for AIDS patients, the affected community , and their caregivers. The project also provided Internet access and training acid continued access to library resources. The successful in itiative suggests a working model for outreach to health professionals in an urban setting.