ABSTRACT: This paper reports the findings of an evaluation of the `Housing Support, Outreach and Referral’ service developed to support people living with HIV who were homeless or at risk of homelessness. The service was set up as part of the Supporting People Health Pilot programme established to demonstrate the policy links between housing support …

ABSTRACT: The prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among street-involved youth greatly exceed that of the general adolescent population; however, little is known regarding the structural factors that influence disease transmission risk among this population.
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Abstract: Objectives: We assessed the health impact of a housing and case management program, the Chicago Housing for Health Partnership, for homeless people with HIV.

Methods: HIV-positive homeless inpatients at a public hospital (n=105) were randomized to usual care or permanent housing with intensive case …

Abstract: A biopsychosocial perspective is employed to assess associations among situational and psychosocial variables related to health, health care, and HIV/AIDS risk behaviors among 479 homeless men (aged 18-64 years). Poor health was not significantly associated with sexual risk behaviors and was only modestly associated with injection drug use (IDU). Health care was …

Abstract: Little is known about how substance use patterns affect social stability among persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH). This manuscript examines associations, using survey data collected between 2003-2004, between substance use and social stability measures in 1,133 at-risk PLWH enrolled in 10 outreach programs across the US funded by the Health …

ABSTRACT: A peer-driven intervention (PDI) was developed to support uptake and adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among women sex workers who use illicit substances in Vancouver, because uptake and adherence continues to be suboptimal. Trends of adherence were examined among women in this program by (1) exposure to the intervention and (2) risk behaviors including drug use and unstable housing. Between January 2007 and January 2008, 20 HIV-positive women were enrolled into the PDI on a rolling basis. PDI participation included weekly peer support meetings, a health advocate (buddy)…

Abstract: Background and Objectives: There is growing international concern that food insecurity may negatively impact antiretroviral (ARV) treatment outcomes, but no studies have directly evaluated the effect of food insecurity on viral load suppression and antiretroviral adherence. We hypothesized that food insecurity would be associated with poor virologic …

Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who are homeless or unstably housed. We evaluated homeless or unstably housed PLWHA (n644) in three US cities were enrolled in the Housing and Health Study. Using baseline data and controlling for gender, race, age, and …

Abstract: This paper explores the nature and consequences of residential decision-making for women on treatment for AIDS illness in a poor urban settlement in South Africa. Drawing on ethnographic data collected over a two-year period, it points to the subtle shifts in ‘householding’ practices and kinship relationships prompted by women’s individual experiences and …

Abstract: Prior research suggests that the interconnections between substance use, HIV risk and lack of adherence to HIV medications are especially strong among homeless individuals. Thus, study of these interconnections warrants public health attention. The objectives of this paper are to describe patterns of alcohol and drug use, associations between …