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. 2016 Sep;28(9):1166-70.
doi: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1160028. Epub 2016 Mar 24.

Receipt of clinical and prevention services, clinical outcomes, and sexual risk behaviors among HIV-infected young adults in care in the United States

Linda Beer  1 , Christine L Mattson  1 , R Luke Shouse  1 , Joseph Prejean  1
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Receipt of clinical and prevention services, clinical outcomes, and sexual risk behaviors among HIV-infected young adults in care in the United States

Linda Beer et al. AIDS Care. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

We describe receipt of clinical and prevention services, clinical outcomes, and sexual risk behaviors among young adult HIV patients in the United States during 2009-2013, using a sample designed to produce nationally representative estimates. Compared with older HIV patients, proportionately more young adults received provider-delivered prevention services and reported sexual risk behaviors. Young adults had similar care patterns as older HIV patients, but were less likely to have or adhere to an antiretroviral therapy prescription and achieve viral suppression. These estimates establish a national baseline from which to monitor changes in clinical outcomes and transmission behaviors among young HIV-infected adults.

Keywords: HIV; antiretroviral therapy; health status disparities; viral load; young adults; youth.

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