Open AccessHealth-Related Social Needs Among Emergency Department Patients with HIV
Author(s) -
Evan Gerber,
Lillian Gelberg,
Ethan Cowan,
Tod Mijanovich,
Donna Shelley,
Rajneesh Gulati,
Ian Wittman,
Kelly M. Doran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aids and behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.994
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1573-3254
pISSN - 1090-7165
DOI - 10.1007/s10461-020-03126-3
Subject(s) - medicine , public health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , emergency department , social vulnerability , psychological intervention , gynecology , gerontology , psychiatry , family medicine , nursing
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.