Housing Is HIV Health Care

February 2011
Housing is HIV Health Care

Housing assistance is health care for people living with HIV/AIDS.
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has provided an innovative Housing assistance is health care for people living with HIV/AIDS.
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to discuss the policy implications access to treatment, their health outcomes, and how long they will live.
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Improved housing is linked to better access to health care
and better health outcomes:
People with HIV/AIDS who have stable housing are much more likely to access health
services, attend primary care visits, receive ongoing care and receive care that meets
clinical practice standards.3
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Homeless people with HIV in Chicago who received a housing placement were twice as
likely to have an undetectable viral load 12 months later.5
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assistance who were stably housed at 18 months.
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35% The reduction in emergency visits for people with HIV after they were stably
housed.8
80% The reduction in mortality among homeless people with AIDS who received
supportive housing. 9
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Effect of viral load and housing on emergency department
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profoundly affects the health of Americans who are at-risk for or living with HIV.” 9 Bekele, T., Rourke, S.B., Tucker, R., et al. (in press). Direct
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11. Findings and recommendations from the Office of
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prevention and care, December 17, 2009. Available from
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What’s needed:
Evidence-based HIV/AIDS housing policy
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inform HIV housing policy
National AIDS Housing Coalition Ontario HIV Treatment Network

727 15th Street, NW 11th Floor 1300 Yonge Street, Suite 600
Washington DC 20005 Toronto, Ontario M4T 1X3
Tel: 202 347 0333 Tel: 416 642 6486 / Toll Free: 1 877 743 6486
Fax: 202 347 3411 Fax: 416 640 4245
Website: www.nationalaidshousing.org Website: www.ohtn.on.ca

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