HIV/AIDS terms starting with C

15 terms

  1. Capacity Your ability to make your mortgage payments on time. This depends on your income and income stability (job history and security), your assets and savings…
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) A division of Department of Health and Human Services.
  3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Federal agency within HHS that administers the Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
  4. Chief Elected Official (CEO) The official recipient of Part A or Part B Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds. For Part A, this is usually a city mayor, county executive, or chair of the…
  5. Co-morbidity The presence of one or more diseases or disorders in addition to a primary disease or disorder.
  6. Community Based Dental Partnership Program (CBDPP) The program within the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau's Division of Community Based Programs that delivers HIV/AIDS dental care while simultaneously training dental…
  7. Community Forum or Public Meeting A small-group method of collecting information from community members in which a community meeting is used to provide a directed but highly interactive…
  8. Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA) Community-based clinical trials network that obtains evidence to guide clinicians and PLWHA on the most appropriate use of available HIV therapies.
  9. Community-based Organization (CBO) An organization that provides services to locally defined populations, which may or may not include populations infected with or affected by HIV disease.
  10. Comprehensive Planning The process of determining the organization and delivery of HIV services. This strategy is used by planning bodies to improve decision-making about…
  11. Consortium/HIV Care Consortium A regional or statewide planning entity established by many State grantees under Part B of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to plan and sometimes…
  12. Continuous Quality Improvement An ongoing process that involves organization members in monitoring and evaluating programs to continuously improve service delivery.
  13. Continuum of Care (kon-TIN-yoo-um …) In medicine, describes the delivery of health care over a period of time.
  14. Core Services Grantee expenditures are limited to core medical services, support services, and administrative expenses.
  15. Cultural Competence The knowledge, understanding, and skills to work effectively with individuals from differing cultural backgrounds.