Documenting best practices for maintaining access to HIV prevention, care and treatment in an era of shifting immigration policy and discourse.

ABSTRACT: Changes in the United States federal-level political landscape have been felt within immigrant communities, and the public health clinics that serve them. We sought to document how HIV prevention and care clinics are reaching and retaining their immigrant community patients during a period of retrenchment of accessible public resources and immigrant rights. From May 2018 through January 2019, we conducted 20 in-depth interviews with clinicians, case workers, advocates, legal experts, and peer navigators in Northern and Central California. Interviews were recorded and transcribed. Several themes emerged which can be grouped into three primary areas: changes post-election, challenges meeting the needs of patients, and best practices for maintaining access to prevention and care services. Pos

SUBMITTER: Arnold EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7028255 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature