Key Quality Dimensions
Running Head: A PROJECT ON HIV/AIDS PATIENTS CARE 1
A PROJECT ON HIV/AIDS PATIENTS CARE 4
Charles Williams
MPM357 Unit 2 DB
Professor Kay Crook
2/21/2019
HIV/AIDS patients are entitled to care from health professionals. Like in any other place in the USA, HIV/AIDS testing and Linkage to care in Bureau of HIV/AIDS, Division of Disease Control North Carolina Department of Health is the first stage along the care field. In this project, I will use qualitative research besides interviews to find out the factors that contribute to the success or failure of HIV/AIDS patients care program in North Carolina (Bachmann, 2017).
Performance – When considering the major items to be looked at when evaluating project performance, I can state that the performance was successful since I worked within the scheduled period and budget. The quality of qualitative techniques that I applied in data collection and analysis presented satisfactory outcomes out of the project as recommended in my conclusion.
Features – According to the output of the project, its scope was well covered. The resources including interviews and research methods were well utilized besides the project time limits which led to project quality achievement.
Reliability – My project output reliability intensively depended on the quality of my project design, quality of materials and sources of information that I used in data collection besides my challenging work and support from other individuals (Sodeyfi, 2016).
Conformity – According to my project output, I can state that its end results reflected the image society towards HIV/AIDS patients and their care. For instance, it’s clear that there are societies where stigmatization against HIV/AIDS patients is rampant.
Durability – The project outcomes will be durable if their recommendations are implemented. These recommendations will be assisting the coming generation besides the present generation who are directly or indirectly infected and affected with HID/AIDS. An issue like stigma if eradicated will bring a positive impact not only to the victims but the society in general.
Serviceability – The project outcome serviceability can be well defined by its durability and reliability as discussed above since it is both durability and reliability that defines the serviceability of a project (Franceschini, 2016).
Aesthetics – The outcome of the project can be defined in terms of aesthetics when the required care will be provided to all the HIV/AIDS patients from both society and hospital and this will be accomplished upon implementing the project recommendations.
Perception – The project outcomes are not actually new events. They are the things that people are aware of. For instance, the relevant authorities are aware that community hospitals conditions are not good for patients to care. Secondly, stigmatization is something that people are aware of in this case.
In conclusion, it can be clearly stated from my findings that, the challenges for community hospitals, stigmatization from the community, HIV/AIDS patients access barriers and the general role of the North Carolina Department of Health in assisting and caring for the HIV/AIDS patients emerged to be the key issues impacting negatively to the testing and linkage care. As a result, community sensitization against stigma besides solving the issues of limited skilled health workers and hospital equipment can assist in improving the HIV/AIDS patients care (Clark, et .al 2017).
References
Bachmann, L. H. (Ed.). (2017). Sexually Transmitted Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Special Populations: A Clinical Guide. Springer.
Clark, H., Babu, A. S., Wiewel, E. W., Opoku, J., & Crepaz, N. (2017). Diagnosed HIV infection in transgender adults and adolescents: results from the National HIV Surveillance System, 2009–2014. AIDS and Behavior, 21(9), 2774-2783.
Franceschini, F. (2016). Advanced quality function deployment. CRC Press.
Sodeyfi, S. (2016). Review of literature on the nexus of financial leverage, product quality, & business conditions. Journal of Economic & Management Perspectives, 10(2), 146-150.