Characterizing Ryan White Part A-funded support service utilization patterns and their association with viral suppression among people with HIV in New York City

Abstract Use of HIV-related support services has been demonstrated to improve outcomes for people living with HIV. Further exploring patterns of use could help identify how and in what settings additional HIV care and treatment adherence support could be provided. We aimed to identify support service utilization patterns and examine their association with viral load suppression (VLS). Our sample comprised 6,581 people with HIV who received Ryan White Part A support services for basic needs (food and nutrition, legal, harm reduction, housing services) in New York City from 1/2013 to 12/2016, but had not received services specifically targeting HIV care and treatment adherence. Five support service utilization classes were identified using latent class analysis, the majority of which were characterized by the predominant use of concrete services (e.g., food assistance). Compared with the low-intensity, sporadic concrete service use class, clients in all other classes had lower odds of VLS in a 365-day follow-up period, but this disadvantage disappeared with adjustment for confounding variables indicative of need. Our findings underscore the impact of need-related barriers on VLS and suggest that long-term service utilization beyond the one year period of this study may be required to diminish their negative effect on HIV outcomes..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

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Aids and behavior - 26(2022), 10 vom: 07. Apr., Seite 3254-3266

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tran, Trang T. [VerfasserIn]
Feldman, Matthew B. [VerfasserIn]
Tross, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Montero, Noelisa [VerfasserIn]
Choo, Tse-Hwei [VerfasserIn]
Irvine, Mary K. [VerfasserIn]
Hoffman, Susie [VerfasserIn]

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Latent class analysis
Service utilization
Subsistence
Support services
Viral load suppression

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022

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10.1007/s10461-022-03642-4

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OLC2079530186