Addressing Mental Health Barriers in HIV Care Coordination Is Crucial to Providing Optimal HIV/AIDS Care

For people with HIV (PWH) who have psychological comorbidities, effective management of mental health issues is crucial to achieving and maintaining viral suppression. Care coordination programs (CCPs) have been shown to improve outcomes across the HIV care continuum, but little research has focused on the role of care coordination in supporting the mental health of PWH. This study reports qualitative findings from the Program Refinements to Optimize Model Impact and Scalability based on Evidence (PROMISE) study, which evaluated a revised version of an HIV CCP for Ryan White Part A clients in New York City. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 30 providers and 27 clients from 6 CCP-implementing agencies to elucidate barriers and facilitators of program engagement. Transcripts were analyzed for key themes related to clients' mental health needs and providers' successes and challenges in meeting these needs. Providers and clients agreed that insufficiently managed mental health issues are a common barrier to achieving and maintaining viral suppression. Although the CCP model calls for providers to address clients' unmet mental health needs primarily through screening and referrals to psychiatric and/or psychological care, both clients and providers reported that the routine provision of emotional support is a major part of providers' role that is highly valued by clients. Some concerns raised by providers included insufficient training to address clients' mental health needs and an inability to document the provision of emotional support as a delivered service. These findings suggest the potential value of formally integrating mental health services into HIV care coordination provision. ClinicalTrials.gov protocol number: NCT03628287.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

AIDS patient care and STDs - 38(2024), 3 vom: 09. März, Seite 107-114

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hernandez, Miguel [VerfasserIn]
Guarino, Honoria [VerfasserIn]
Kozlowski, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Srivastava, Avantika [VerfasserIn]
Schenkel, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Tapia, Thamara [VerfasserIn]
Seabrook, Tyeirra B [VerfasserIn]
Nash, Denis [VerfasserIn]
Irvine, Mary K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Care coordination
Journal Article
Mental health
Patient navigators
People with HIV
Qualitative research

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Date Completed 14.03.2024

Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03628287

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1089/apc.2023.0240

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369608135