COVID-19 health information trust and prejudicial attitudes predict healthcare disruptions in the first year of COVID-19 among people living with HIV

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Cross-sectional studies have reported that people living with HIV experienced disruptions to social relationships and healthcare during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, individuals with less trust in public health sources of COVID-19 information as well as those who held greater COVID-19 prejudicial attitudes experienced greater healthcare disruptions in the early months of COVID-19. To examine changes in trust and prejudicial attitudes in relation to healthcare disruptions during the first year of COVID-19, we followed a closed cohort of 115 men and 26 women ages 18 to 36 living with HIV over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings confirmed that a majority of individuals continued to experience disruptions to their social relationships and healthcare over the course of the first year of COVID-19. In addition, trust in COVID-19 information from the CDC and state health department diminished over the year as did COVID-19 prejudicial attitudes. Regression models showed that lower trust in the CDC and health department and greater prejudicial attitudes toward COVID-19 early in the pandemic predicted greater healthcare disruptions over the year. In addition, greater trust in the CDC and health department early in COVID-19 predicted better antiretroviral therapy adherence later in the year. Results support an urgent need to regain and sustain trust in public health authorities among vulnerable populations.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

Enthalten in:

Journal of behavioral medicine - 46(2023), 5 vom: 07. Okt., Seite 812-820

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kalichman, Seth C [VerfasserIn]
Kalichman, Moira O [VerfasserIn]
Shkembi, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Eaton, Lisa A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
HIV
Health Disruptions
Journal Article
Prejudice
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Trust in health information

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Date Completed 25.10.2023

Date Revised 25.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10865-023-00399-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353870412