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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 111, Issue 5, Pages 835-838Publisher
AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306152
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- Health Resources and Services Administration Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
- Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act Funding [H7CHA36810]
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The study demonstrated that intensive telehealth case management intervention combined with emergency financial assistance during the pandemic was effective in reducing COVID-19 transmission risk and promoting HIV care retention for homeless individuals. The telehealth model successfully maintained prepandemic case management and primary care contact levels.
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, in Boston, Massachusetts, implemented an intensive telehealth case management intervention combined with emergency financial assistance for 270 homeless-experienced people living with HIV (PLWH) to reduce COVID-19 transmission and promote HIV care retention during Boston's first pandemic peak (March 16-May 31, 2020). Our telehealth model successfully maintained prepandemic case management and primary care contact levels, highlighting the importance of such programs in supporting the care engagement of homeless-experienced PLWH and addressing the dual COVID-19 and HIV epidemics.
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