eHIV Review

Addressing the Needs of Marginalized Populations

Editor's note:

For additional insight into the care of patients living with HIV and suffering unstable housing, Justin Alves reached out to Nicky Mehtani, MD, from the University of San Francisco and the Maria X Martinez Health Resource Center. You may view this brief part of their discussion as video, hear it in audio only, or read the transcript by selecting the appropriate link. 

In this issue:

Marginalized individuals at risk for or living with HIV — the formerly incarcerated, immigrants, people with unstable housing, residents of rural communities, the rising number with substance use disorder — have long faced disparities in obtaining adequate health care. What do HCPs need to know to understand the unique needs of these underserved populations? How can they provide meaningful, helpful, and culturally sensitive care? What barriers continue to prevent their being brought into the HIV care continuum?

Join us in part 1 of this eHIV Review Special Edition, as eHIV Review Program Director Justin Alves, nurse educator at Boston Medical Center, looks to the research to answer these questions, with the assistance of Nicky Mehtani, MD, from UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, and Vanessa Loukas, NP, from Boston University’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Learning objectives:

• Recognize the barriers that limit the participation and engagement of underserved populations in HIV prevention and treatment.

• Describe strategies to improve identification and management of substance use in people living with HIV.