Environmental change and organizational evolution: Reconsidering the niche of community-based AIDS organizations

This paper examines the changing role of AIDS service organizations (ASOs) in the provision of community-based HIV services. The paper draws on a study of the development of ASOs that is based on in-depth interviews with about 250 individuals involved in the provision of HIV-related community-based services in 12 cities in Canada. Findings indicate how the broadening and increasingly complex needs confronting ASO workers are leading them to …