ArticleAIDS patient care and STDs2010
Health services utilization among South African women living with HIV and reporting sexual and substance-use risk behaviors.
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- Accessing HIV care may lead to earlier ascertainment of comorbidities in health care clients in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.PLOS global public health · 2021Article
- An implementation science protocol of the Women's Health CoOp in healthcare settings in Cape Town, South Africa: A stepped-wedge design.BMC women's health · 2017Article
- "Not on the agenda": A qualitative study of influences on health services use among poor young women who use drugs in Cape Town, South Africa.The International journal on drug policy · 2016Article
- Medical service use among individuals receiving HIV prevention services in Los Angeles County.Journal of health and human services administration · 2014Article
- The relevance of social contexts and social action in reducing substance use and victimization among women participating in an HIV prevention intervention in Cape Town, South Africa.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2013Article
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- Promising international interventions and treatment for women who use and abuse drugs: focusing on the issues through the InWomen's Group.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2012Article
- Community-Based Research among Marginalized HIV Populations: Issues of Support, Resources, and Empowerment.Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2012Article
- Management of Chronic Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cross-Fertilisation between HIV/AIDS and Diabetes Care.Journal of tropical medicine · 2012Article
- Incarceration history relative to health, substance use, and violence in a sample of vulnerable South African women: implications for health services in criminal justice settings.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2012Article
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Abstract
HIV health services are critical in sub-Saharan African where the burden of the HIV pandemic is devastating. Existing studies suggest that HIV-infected individuals from marginalized populations who know their status do not seek health services because they are unaware of available treatment and care options, may not understand how to access services, or have poor access to and utilization of health care services. This study examined factors associated with health service utilization in a sample of poor, underserved recently diagnosed HIV-positive South African women with sexual and substance use risk behaviors. The data were collected between June 2004 and May 2008. Primary outcomes included consultation with a medical professional and utilization of any health services since learning of HIV status at 3- and 6-month follow-up assessments. The study findings suggest that denial of HIV status may be a barrier to care, leading study participants to avoid utilizing health services specific to their disease and to prefer more general medical care services. In multivariate analyses, prior use of health services, financially supporting others, and sex trading were strongly associated with health service use at follow-up assessments. The study findings suggest a reduced likelihood of health services utilization among participants who met DSM-IV criteria for drug abuse as well as participants with greater numbers of poor physical health symptoms. As an important preliminary step in examining the issue of health services utilization in sub-Saharan Africa, the findings suggest an urgent need to promote HIV prevention and early testing, to strengthen long-term HIV care services, and to increase access to services.
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