NMAETC - National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center

Submitting a BESAFE Case Study

1. Case study, expert commentary, and related discussion questions should be in Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, regular font style, size 12.
2. In the header, please provide:
   • Name, address, email address, telephone and profession
     
   • BESAFE Web ROM ID
     
   • Date of submission

A BESAFE Case Study should include the following:

• Focus the case study on one or a combination of the six core elements of BESAFE. Barriers, Ethnics, Sensitivity, Assessment, Facts, Encounters
  
• Select patient background, discipline of the provider, and the BESAFE component to be addressed.
  
• Case Study should include the discipline and credentials of the author.
  
• Ensure that there is diversity among case studies.
  
• Maintaining balance between developing a case study and developing a curriculum.
  
• Identify your target audience.
• Recommended audience:
  
• Physicians
  
• Advanced practice nurses
  
• Nurses
  
• Physician assistants
  
• Pharmacists
  
• Oral health professionals
  
• Consider case studies relative to the patient’s first point of access.
• Discuss challenges to HIV care and treatment adherence in patients using the components of BESAFE.
  
• Take health literacy into account. Incorporate health literacy as it relates to the patient and the BESAFE model.
  
• Explore cultural dynamics, such as age, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, that impact HIV care and treatment.

Agreement to Transfer Text Case Study Material

Dear Contributing Author:

Please download and fill out this form to indicate your agreement to transfer to National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center, Howard University College of Medicine (the Publisher) the right to ownership of the material in the text and in future revisions and editions thereof, for distribution throughout the world in all languages, including the right to approve, without change, the publication in Braille, recording, taping, software download or large type edition for the visually handicapped the following contribution:

By checking the agreement box on the form, your acceptance of this form will further signify that you represent and warrant the you are the sole author(s) and sole proprietor(s) of all rights in and to the aforementioned work; that the work is original and not in the public domain; that it has not been previously published; that it does not violate or infringe on any copyright or any other personal or property rights of others, whether common law or statutory; that it contains nothing libelous, obscene, or otherwise contrary to law; that all statements asserted in the work as facts are true or based on reasonable research for accuracy; that you will include appropriate warnings of harmful instructions, dosages, formulas and procedures; that if you are using material owned by your employer, company, or organization, you have notified them; and that you have full power to enter into this agreement.

This material in the text and in future revisions and editions thereof, for distribution throughout the world in all languages, including the right to approve, without change, the publication in Braille, recording, taping, software download or large type edition for the visually handicapped. These rights in no way restrict publication of your material in any other form by you or others authorized by you.

Your acceptance of this form will also constitute your agreement that the work contains no material from other copyedited or unpublished works that has been used without the written consent of the copyright owner and/or of the owner of any other rights to or in such other works and that you will obtain any such written consent as may be required and deliver it to us.

Your acceptance of this form will further constitute your agreement to the use of your name, likeness and relevant biographical information in connection with the marketing of the work or any publication containing the work. You agree to deliver your manuscript by the due date indicated above, and you agree to adhere to all other deadlines established by the Publisher, including the due date for the prompt correction and return of the proofs to the Publisher

Please download the PDF form, fill out and sign indicating your acceptance of this form and agreement to the terms and conditions provided above.

Please mail the signed form to:

Mr. Ronald Lessard
National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center
Howard University College of Medicine
1840 7th Street NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20001

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