Impact of Decarceration Plus Alcohol, Substance Use, and Mental Health Screening on Life Expectancies of Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transgender Women Living With HIV in the United States : A Simulation Study Based on HPTN 061

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BACKGROUND: Given the disproportionate rates of incarceration and lower life expectancy (LE) among Black sexual minority men (BSMM) and Black transgender women (BTW) with HIV, we modeled the impact of decarceration and screening for psychiatric conditions and substance use on LE of US BSMM/BTW with HIV.

METHODS: We augmented a microsimulation model previously validated to predict LE and leading causes of death in the US with estimates from the HPTN 061 cohort and the Veteran's Aging Cohort Studies. We estimated independent associations among psychiatric and substance use disorders, to simulate the influence of treatment of one condition on improvement on others. We used this augmented simulation to estimate LE for BSMM/BTW with HIV with a history of incarceration under alternative policies of decarceration (ie, reducing the fraction exposed to incarceration), screening for psychiatric conditions and substance use, or both.

RESULTS: Baseline LE was 61.3 years. Reducing incarceration by 25%, 33%, 50%, and 100% increased LE by 0.29, 0.31, 0.53, and 1.08 years, respectively, versus no reductions in incarceration. When reducing incarceration by 33% and implementing screening for alcohol, tobacco, substance use, and depression, in which a positive screen triggers diagnostic assessment for all psychiatric and substance use conditions and linkage to treatment, LE increased by 1.52 years compared with no screening or decarceration.

DISCUSSION: LE among BSMM/BTW with HIV is short compared with other people with HIV. Reducing incarceration and improving screening and treatment of psychiatric conditions and substance use could substantially increase LE in this population.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:95

Enthalten in:

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 95(2024), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 283-290

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Feelemyer, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Bershteyn, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Scheidell, Joy D [VerfasserIn]
Brewer, Russell [VerfasserIn]
Dyer, Typhanye V [VerfasserIn]
Cleland, Charles M [VerfasserIn]
Hucks-Ortiz, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Justice, Amy [VerfasserIn]
Mayer, Ken [VerfasserIn]
Grawert, Ames [VerfasserIn]
Kaufman, Jay S [VerfasserIn]
Braithwaite, Scott [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Maria R [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 28.02.2024

Date Revised 10.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/QAI.0000000000003354

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NLM365238848