Housing Stability, Residential Transience, and HIV Testing Among Low-Income Urban African Americans.

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Title:	Housing Stability, Residential Transience, and HIV Testing Among Low-Income Urban African Americans.
Authors:	Grieb, Suzanne M. Dolwick, Davey-Rothwell, Melissa, Latkin, Carl A.
Source:	AIDS Education & Prevention. Oct2013, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p430-444. 15p. 1 Diagram, 4 Charts.
Subjects:	Automatic data collection systems, Black people, Chi-squared test, Confidence intervals, Epidemiology, Housing, Interviewing, Metropolitan areas, Multivariate analysis, Patient compliance, Poverty, Probability theory, Research funding, Logistic regression analysis, Data analysis, Psychological vulnerability, Descriptive statistics, AIDS serodiagnosis
Abstract:	The association between housing and HIV has been widely demonstrated, although inquiry into HIV testing has been largely limited to the homeless. This study examines correlates of HIV testing within the past 6 months with housing stability and residential transience (moving two or more times in the past 6 months) among 620 low-income urban African Americans. Unstably housed and transient participants were more likely to participate in high-risk sex behaviors than stably housed participants and non-transient participants, respectively. In multivariate analyses, residential transience was positively associated with recent HIV testing; however, persons unstably housed were not more likely to have recently been tested for HIV despite their increased vulnerability and risk. While structural interventions are necessary to address the HIV disparities related to housing, increased community-based and mobile testing centers may be able to improve access to HIV testing among unstably housed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	The association between housing and HIV has been widely demonstrated, although inquiry into HIV testing has been largely limited to the homeless. This study examines correlates of HIV testing within the past 6 months with housing stability and residential transience (moving two or more times in the past 6 months) among 620 low-income urban African Americans. Unstably housed and transient participants were more likely to participate in high-risk sex behaviors than stably housed participants and non-transient participants, respectively. In multivariate analyses, residential transience was positively associated with recent HIV testing; however, persons unstably housed were not more likely to have recently been tested for HIV despite their increased vulnerability and risk. While structural interventions are necessary to address the HIV disparities related to housing, increased community-based and mobile testing centers may be able to improve access to HIV testing among unstably housed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	08999546
DOI:	10.1521/aeap.2013.25.5.430