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From March through December of 2005, the HIV/AIDS Planning Council for the Seattle Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA) conducted a comprehensive needs assessment of Ryan White Care Act (RWCA) funded HIV/AIDS care services in King County.  The comprehensive needs assessment provides a “snapshot” of community services, priorities, and gaps as identified by consumers and providers in 2005.  By nature, needs assessment processes must be ongoing to reflect the changing nature of the service delivery system, treatment advances, funding availability, and epidemic trends.  A similar assessment has been conducted in King County every two years since 1995, allowing for trend analysis of comparable data within this report.  Quantitative epidemiological data, including current infection and case trends, had already been collected and analyzed by Public Health's HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Program and were used in this comprehensive process.

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Needs Assessment by section:
Title Page, Credits and Table of Contents
I.	Summary
		A.	Background
		B.	Methods
		C.	General Findings from the 2005 Needs Assessment
		D.	Service Priorities
		E.	Service Gaps
		F.	Qualitative findings related to unmet need for RWCA services
II.	Epidemiology Profile of HIV/AIDS in King County
		A.	King County AIDS Rates Compared with State and National Data
		B.	Number of Persons Infected with HIV in King County
		C.	Characteristics of Persons Living with HIV or AIDS
		D.	Trends in Diagnosis of HIV Infection
		E.	Conclusions
III.	Methods
		A.	Consumer Surveys
		B.	Provider Surveys
		C.	Consumer Focus Groups
		D.	Provider Interviews
IV.	General Findings from the Consumer and Provider Surveys
		A.	Distribution and Response
		B.	Consumer Survey: General Demographics
		C.	Consumer Survey: Medical and Health Indicators
		D.	Provider Survey: Client Demographics
		E.	Service Priorities
		F.	Service Gaps
		G.	Consumer-identified service priorities as compared to service gaps
V.	Ryan White Care Act Service Categories in Focus