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11445015

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
This study surveyed face-to-face 111 African American newly diagnosed and living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) from the Washington D.C. area, to ascertain the use of, and need for, early intervention services. The survey instrument included sections on demographics, level of health functioning and health indicators, social and financial support, and needed services. This article constructs a health status proxy variable from survey items and examines its relationship to biological and social variables. Variables found to have a significant relationship with health status are gender, type of health insurance, employment, receiving Social Security Disability Income, and level of education. A log-linear model for selection of parsimony found that the type of health insurance was most highly predictive of health status, when controlling for other variables. Persons who receive Medicaid report no better levels of health status than those without health insurance. Having private health insurance is associated with a 5.3-fold greater chance of having good or excellent health status.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
X
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1087-2914
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
331-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Factors affecting health status in African Americans living with HIV/AIDS.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Health Administration, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. cstoskopf@sph.sc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article