Outcomes of the KC life 360 intervention: Improving employment and housing for persons living with HIV

Joseph S Lightner, Travis Barnhart, Jamie Shank, Debbie Adams, Ella Valleroy, Steven Chesnut and Serena Rajabiun

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: Housing and employment are key factors in the health and wellbeing of persons living with HIV (PLWH) in the United States. Approximately 14% of low-income PLWH report housing instability or temporary housing, and up to 70% report being unemployed. The purpose of this study was to examine the outcomes of an intervention to improve housing and employment for PLWH in the Midwest. Participants (N = 87) were recruited from the Kansas City metropolitan area to participate in a one-year intervention to improve housing and employment. All individuals were living with HIV and were not stably housed, fully employed, nor fully engaged in HIV medical care. A series of generalized estimating equations were conducted using client-level longitudinal data to examine how housing, employment, viral load, and retention in care changed over time. Housing improved from baseline to follow-up, with more individuals reporting having stable housing (OR = 23.5; p

Date: 2022
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