Experience with a Reengagement-in-HIV-Care Program, Los Angeles County

Among 1139 out-of-care patients identified, 29% could not be located, whereas 5% were located and retained in care.

Retention in care is a major obstacle to better HIV-care outcomes. Now, researchers have evaluated a reengagement-in-care program conducted by seven Los Angeles County (LAC) HIV clinics together with the LAC Public Health Department. Participants had (1) no HIV-care visits in 6 to 12 months and virologic load >200 copies/mL, (2) no care visits for >12 months, (3) a new HIV diagnosis and no care, or (4) recent release from jail or other institution and no regular HIV-care provider.

Eligible individuals were contacted by a trained navigator using locator information from clinic records, HIV surveillance, and people-finder databases and were offered enrollment in a modified case-management intervention. They were referred to Ryan White–funded c…

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Keith Henry, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardViiV Advisory Board

Editorial BoardsJAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Keith Henry, MD

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardViiV Advisory Board

Editorial BoardsJAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Experience with a Reengagement-in-HIV-Care Program, Los Angeles County

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