Viral suppression during COVID-19 among people with HIV experiencing homelessness in a low-barrier clinic-based program

Matthew D Hickey; Elizabeth Imbert; David V Glidden; Jan Bing Del Rosario; Mary Chong; Angelo Clemenzi-Allen; Jon Oskarsson; Elise D Riley; Monica Gandhi; Diane V Havlir

doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000002793

Viral suppression during COVID-19 among people with HIV experiencing homelessness in a low-barrier clinic-based program

AIDS. 2021 Mar 1;35(3):517-519. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002793.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of HIV, ID and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
³ School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁴ San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, USA.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) threatens to further worsen HIV outcomes among people experiencing homelessness. We conducted an interrupted time-series analysis of care engagement and viral suppression among unhoused individuals in the 'POP-UP' low-barrier, high-intensity HIV primary care program during COVID-19. Among 85 patients, care engagement and viral suppression did not decrease in the 5 months following implementation of San Francisco's 'shelter-in-place' ordinance. Low-barrier, in-person HIV care for homeless individuals may be important for maintaining HIV outcomes during COVID-19.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
HIV Infections / therapy*
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons*
Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Pandemics*
Primary Health Care
San Francisco

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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