Publications by authors named "K Buchacz"
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- - The study aimed to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of people who inject drugs (PWID) using a collaborative data-sharing model established in 2021, which pooled data from multiple studies across North America.
- - Researchers analyzed data on various health indicators (like substance use treatment and mental health conditions) over four different time periods: pre-pandemic, early-pandemic, mid-pandemic, and late-pandemic, involving 6,213 PWID participants.
- - The results showed minimal changes in health indicators throughout the pandemic, suggesting stability possibly due to policy adjustments and resilience in support services for PWID, highlighting the potential of the data-sharing model for better health insights.
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- * Data from the Medical Monitoring Project (2017-2022) shows that among PWH aged 50 and older, significant gaps remain in achieving these goals, with only hunger reduction meeting the 2025 target thus far.
- * To hit the 2025 QoL objectives, there needs to be a coordinated effort to enhance access to essential resources like housing, job opportunities, food, and mental health services
Data from the CDC's Medical Monitoring Project indicate that the United States is on track to meet one of five National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) Quality of Life goals among cisgender Black women, specifically, hunger/food insecurity. Substantial work needs to be done to improve self-rated health and to decrease unmet need for mental health services. Enhanced and coordinated action are necessary to reach all Quality of Life goals in this NHAS priority population.
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- People with HIV have a higher prevalence of hypertension (66%) compared to those without HIV (54%), with a statistically significant adjusted prevalence ratio of 1.14.
- Among those with hypertension, people with HIV are more likely to have controlled hypertension compared to those without, indicating better management of the condition.
- The study also highlights geographic and racial disparities, showing that Black individuals with HIV are less likely to have controlled hypertension and those from the Southern U.S. have higher hypertension rates compared to those from the Northeast.
This article aimed at analyzing the acute impact and the longer-term recovery of COVID-19 pandemic effects on clinical encounter types, HIV viral load (VL) testing, and suppression (HIV VL < 200 copies/mL). This study was a longitudinal cohort study of participants seen during 2019-2022 at nine HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS) sites. Generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) estimated monthly rates of all encounters, office and telemedicine visits, and HIV VL tests using 2010-2022 data.
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