From Crisis To Crisis: Impacts Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On People Living With HIV And AIDS Service Organizations In Indiana.

ABSTRACT: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic thrust people living with HIV (PLWH) and HIV/AIDS service organizations into an environment ripe with uncertainty. This study examined Indiana AIDS services provider perceptions of how COVID-19 affected the overall health and access to care of their clients, and how the organizations prepared for, adapted, and responded to the needs of PLWH during the pandemic. Methods: Guided by the socioecological model, fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten different HIV/AIDS service organizations across the state of Indiana. Results: Despite the profound disruptions experienced by HIV programs, HIV/AIDS service organizations responded quickly to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic through myriad innovative strategies,

SUBMITTER: MacNeill JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8863148 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature