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. 2021 May;111(5):835-838.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306152. Epub 2021 Mar 18.

Enhanced Telehealth Case Management Plus Emergency Financial Assistance for Homeless-Experienced People Living With HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jennifer K Brody  1 , Serena Rajabiun  1 , H Joslyn Strupp Allen  1 , Travis Baggett  1
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Enhanced Telehealth Case Management Plus Emergency Financial Assistance for Homeless-Experienced People Living With HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jennifer K Brody et al. Am J Public Health. 2021 May.

Abstract

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, in Boston, Massachusetts, implemented an intensive telehealth case management intervention combined with emergency financial assistance for 270 homeless-experienced people living with HIV (PLWH) to reduce COVID-19 transmission and promote HIV care retention during Boston's first pandemic peak (March 16-May 31, 2020). Our telehealth model successfully maintained prepandemic case management and primary care contact levels, highlighting the importance of such programs in supporting the care engagement of homeless-experienced PLWH and addressing the dual COVID-19 and HIV epidemics.

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