Providing HIV Comprehensive Care to Latino/as Who Inject Drugs: Philadelphia, 2013-2018

Latino/as who inject drugs have the lowest level of retention in HIV care and the lowest HIV viral suppression rates in the United States. We set up an intervention to provide comprehensive, integrated HIV primary care services to Spanish-speaking and bilingual HIV-positive people who inject drugs o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of public health (1971) 2019-02, Vol.109 (2), p.273-275
Hauptverfasser:	Bamford, Laura, Benitez, Jose, Muñoz-Laboy, Miguel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adult AIDS AJPH Practice Bilingualism Chronic illnesses Continuity of Patient Care - statistics & numerical data Drug abuse Drug use Drugs Epidemics Female Hispanic Americans Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data Hispanics/Latinos HIV HIV Infections - complications HIV Infections - ethnology HIV Infections - therapy HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Intervention Male Philadelphia - epidemiology Population Primary care Public health Public Health Practice Retention Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications Substance Abuse, Intravenous - ethnology Transnationalism Urban Health
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Zusammenfassung:	Latino/as who inject drugs have the lowest level of retention in HIV care and the lowest HIV viral suppression rates in the United States. We set up an intervention to provide comprehensive, integrated HIV primary care services to Spanish-speaking and bilingual HIV-positive people who inject drugs of Puerto Rican ancestry in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2016, the rate of HIV viral suppression in our intervention (83%) far exceeded the rate for all individuals diagnosed with HIV in Philadelphia (51%).
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.2018.304805