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Lehigh Valley Hospital AIDS Activities Office (LVH AAO)

Lehigh Valley Hospital AIDS Activities Office (LVH AAO). Michele M. Vella, M.S., M.A., M.Ed. Behavioral Health Specialist. Quilting : Women Centered HIV Wrap Around Care.

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Lehigh Valley Hospital AIDS Activities Office (LVH AAO)

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  1. Lehigh Valley Hospital AIDS Activities Office (LVH AAO) Michele M. Vella, M.S., M.A., M.Ed. Behavioral Health Specialist

  2. Quilting: Women Centered HIV Wrap Around Care Quilt as both powerful metaphor for collective identity; a narrative device whereby women artistically weave their own her-stories exchanging intergenerational dialogue in the construction of self & communal identity AIDS Quilt: Relabeling/renegotiating a symbol of the intergenerational HIV community Created as a behavioral health initiative for HIV positive women by Michele M. Vella

  3. Implementation • Fall 2011 • Uses feminist centered behavioral healthcare in all phases of clinical collaboration, weaving a “quilt” for the HIV positive female consumer • Connects female staff members and female client peer support for: • Case management • Adherence • Medical clinical care • Counseling/therapy • HIV prevention/intervention

  4. Population of Service • HIV positive women in all phases of care from new diagnoses to women living with HIV for over 20 years • Female clinicians and staff working with HIV positive women • In all phases of quilting, female staff and clinicians are encouraged to utilize/collaborate with each other according to their individual strengths and the unique needs of the client/woman

  5. About Quilting • Analyze Power (de-labeling): Considers social determinants of health impact feelings of powerlessness. This shows the woman how to look at HIV in a multi-dimensional context • Advocacy & Collaboration (de-silence): encourages women to renegotiate their power, refuse social stigma, and break silence through social justice and being responsible to one another • Storytelling (gathering the material): Asks the client to share her story; interpret her story; and reinterpret her story as she moves through lifespan phases • Distress as healthy communication (acknowledges unique design): Encourages the woman to listen to her body and voice to navigate self-care

  6. Future Directions: Breakout sessions LVH AAO Women’s Conference that is organized by quilting themes with HIV positive women and community partners (March 2012). Product: Summary report with client + community suggestions for implementation into practice Establishing more women-centered peer support opportunities post-NNED Learn 2012 Expanding community partners through peer support team demonstration of how quiliting could be adapted to meet their population service needs International HIV positive women advocacy group: (May, 2012) connecting international and domestic HIV positive female voices in our community

  7. Contact Michele Vella (Behavioral Health Specialist, LVH AAO) michelemvella@gmail.com or michele.vella@lvh.com (610)969-2922

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