Abstract
Little research has examined the health-related social needs of emergency department (ED) patients who have HIV. We surveyed a random sample of public hospital ED patients and compared the social needs of patients with and without HIV. Social needs were high among all ED patients, but patients with HIV reported significantly higher levels of food insecurity (65.0% vs. 50.3%, p = 0.01) and homelessness or living doubled up (33.8% vs. 21.0%, p < 0.01) than other patients. Our findings suggest the importance of assessing social needs in ED-based interventions for patients with HIV.
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Pocas investigaciones han examinado las necesidades sociales relacionadas con la salud de los pacientes del departamento de emergencias que tienen VIH. Encuestamos una muestra aleatoria de pacientes del departamento de emergencias de un hospital público y comparamos las necesidades sociales de los pacientes con y sin VIH. Las necesidades sociales eran altas entre todos los pacientes, pero los pacientes con VIH informaron niveles significativamente más altos de inseguridad alimentaria (65.0% vs. 50.3%, p = 0.01) y estado sin hogar o compartir una habitación (33.8% vs. 21.0%, p < 0.01) que otros pacientes. Nuestros resultados sugieren la importancia de evaluar las necesidades sociales en las intervenciones en departamentos de emergencias para pacientes con VIH.
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The authors would like to thank all of the ED-CARES Research Assistants, and the study Research Stakeholder and Expert Advisory Panel. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health (K23DA039179, PI Doran), the United Hospital Fund (PI Doran), and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation—NYULMC through the Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists (PI Doran).
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KMD, LG, DS, and EG conceived of the study. KMD led data collection for the study, with assistance from RG and IW. KMD conducted the analyses, with assistance from TM. EG interpreted the data and conducted the literature review. EC provided critical content. EG and KMD drafted the article. All authors provided critical feedback. All authors reviewed and approve of the final version.
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Gerber, E., Gelberg, L., Cowan, E. et al. Health-Related Social Needs Among Emergency Department Patients with HIV. AIDS Behav 25, 1968–1974 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-03126-3
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