Date of this Version
3-9-2017
Document Type
Article
Abstract
(1) The study aim was to assess disparities in non-retention in HIV care and non-viral suppression among non-Hispanic Black Caribbean immigrants living with HIV in Florida. (2) We analyzed cases involving individuals, aged ?13, who met CDC HIV case definition during 2000?2014. Chi square test was used to evaluate differences in non-retention and non-viral suppression by country of origin/race/ethnicity. Multilevel logistic regressions with three referent groups [US-born Blacks, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs)] were used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aOR). (3) Caribbean-born Blacks were less likely to be retained in care or be virally suppressed than US-born Blacks, Hispanics, and NHWs. Bahamians, Haitians, and Trinidadians and Tobagonians had increased odds of non-retention (aOR 3.13, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.40 ?4.10; aOR 1.52, 95% CI 1.40?1.66; aOR 2.30, 95% CI 1.38?3.83), and non-viral suppression (aOR 3.23, 95% CI 2.48?4.21; aOR 1.82, 95% CI 1.68?1.98; aOR 1.76, 95% CI 1.06?2.90) compared with NHWs. (4) Caribbean-born Blacks living with HIV infection are less likely than other racial/ethnic groups to be retained in care and/or achieve viral suppression. Further research is urgently needed to determine social, cultural, and biological factors that contribute to this disparity.
Originally Published In
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
PMID
28282947
DOI
10.3390/ijerph14030285
Recommended Citation
Cyrus, Elena; Dawson, Christyl; Fennie, Kristopher P.; Sheehan, Diana M.; Mauck, Daniel E.; Sanchez, Mariana; Maddox, Lorene M.; and Trepka, Mary Jo, "Disparity in Retention in Care and Viral Suppression for Black Caribbean-Born Immigrants Living with HIV in Florida" (2017). All Faculty. 196.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/all_faculty/196
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