ArticleThe Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association2024
Rural Veterans with HIV and Alcohol Use Disorder receive less video telehealth than urban Veterans.
Article in The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04055207 (VA Video Connect to Improve Access to Multi-disciplinary Specialty Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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VA Video Connect to Improve Access to Multi-disciplinary Specialty Care
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.
- Demographic and Mental Health Predictors of HIV Care Outcomes Among Women Veterans.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Telemental Healthcare and HIV Care: A National Study of US Veterans with HIV during COVID-19.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Telehealth Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Recommendations for Rural Older Adults Living with HIV in the United States.Journal of aging & social policy · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeAlcohol use disorder (AUD) is highly prevalent among Veterans with HIV. Rural Veterans with HIV are at especially high risk for not receiving appropriate treatment. This retrospective cohort cross-sectional study aimed to investigate patterns of mental health treatment utilization across delivery modality among Veterans diagnosed with HIV and AUD. It was hypothesized that rural Veterans with HIV and AUD would receive a lower rate of mental health treatment delivered via video telehealth than urban Veterans with HIV and AUD.
methodsA national Veterans Health Association administrative database was used to identify a cohort of Veterans diagnosed with HIV and AUD (N = 2,075). Geocoding was used to categorize rural Veterans (n = 246) and urban Veterans (n = 1,829). Negative binomial regression models tested associations between rurality and mental health treatment delivered via face-to-face, audio-only, and video telehealth modalities.
findingsResults demonstrated that rural Veterans with HIV and AUD received fewer mental health treatment sessions delivered via telehealth than urban Veterans with HIV and AUD (incidence rate ratio = 0.62; 95% confidence intervals [0.44, 0.87]; P < .01). No differences were found in terms of treatment delivered face-to-face or by audio-only.
conclusionsRural Veterans with HIV and AUD represent a vulnerable subpopulation of Veterans who may most benefit from video telehealth. Efforts to increase access and improve the uptake of evidence-based mental health treatment delivered via video telehealth are needed.
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