Managing the Personal Side of Health Care among Patients with HIV/AIDS: A Pilot Study of Providers’ Perspectives

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• Alternative Title:
  J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care
• Personal Author:
  Mgbere, Osaro ; Khuwaja, Salma ; Bell, Tanvir K. ; Rodriguez-Barradas, Maria C. ; Arafat, Raouf ; Blair, Janet M. ; Essien, Ekere James
• Description:
  The study describes the HIV care providers' sociodemographic and medical practice characteristics and the health care services offered to patients during medical care encounters in Houston/Harris County, Texas. We used data from the pilot cycle of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Medical Monitoring Project Provider Survey conducted in June to September 2009. The average age and HIV care experience of the providers were 46.7 and 11.7 years, respectively, and they provided care to an average of 113 patients monthly. The average proportion of HIV-infected patients seen per month by race/ethnicity was 43.3% for blacks, 28.5% for whites, 26.6% for Hispanics, 1.3% for Asians, and 0.6% for other races. A total of 67% of providers offered HIV testing to all patients 13 to 64 years of age. Most HIV care providers (73.9%) reported that patients in their practices sought HIV care only after experiencing symptoms. Understanding the HIV care delivery system from providers' perspectives may help enhance support services, patients' ongoing care and retention, leading to improved health outcomes.
• Keywords:
  Adolescent Adult Attitude Of Health Personnel Female Health Personnel HIV/AIDS HIV Infections HIV Medical Care Provider Houston/Harris County Humans Male Middle Aged Physician-Patient Relations Practice Patterns, Physicians' Preventive Care Provider Perspective Texas Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 16(2):149-160
• Pubmed ID:
  25331218
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10877399
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b902c56852fd5c15964efafcdb7973f29a540d42089a46ffe53a9bf52002ab07
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/150273/cdc_150273_DS1.pdf
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