Strategies employed by community-based service providers to address HIV-associated neurocognitive challenges: A qualitative study

dc.contributor.authorEaton, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-29T15:52:26Z
dc.date.available2022-04-29T15:52:26Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-23
dc.descriptionThis article was originally published in Journal of the International Association of Providers in AIDS Care. Liboro, R. M., Rourke, S. B., Ibáñez-Carrasco, F., Eaton, A. D., Pugh, D., Medina, C., Rae, A., Shuper, P. A., & Ross, L. E. (2019). Strategies employed by community-based service providers to address HIV-associated neurocognitive challenges: A qualitative study. Journal of the International Association of Providers in AIDS Care. https://doi.org/10.1177/2325958218822336. Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders and other causes of neurocognitive challenges experienced by people living with HIV (PLWH) persist as public health concerns in developed countries. Consequently, PLWH who experience neurocognitive challenges increasingly require social support and mental health services from community-based providers in the HIV sector. Methods: Thirty-three providers from 22 AIDS service organizations across Ontario, Canada, were interviewed to determine the strategies they used to support PLWH experiencing neurocognitive difficulties. Thematic analysis was conducted to determine key themes from the interview data. Results: Three types of strategies were identified: (a) intrapersonal, (b) interpersonal, and (c) organizational. Intrapersonal strategies involved learning and staying informed about causes of neurocognitive challenges. Interpersonal strategies included providing practical assistance, information, counseling, and/or referrals to PLWH. Organizational strategies included creating dedicated support groups for PLWH experiencing neurocognitive challenges, partnering with other organizations with services not available within their own organization, and advocating for greater access to services with expertise and experience working with PLWH. Conclusion: Through concerted efforts in the future, it is likely that empirically investigating, developing, and customizing these strategies specifically to address HIV-associated neurocognitive challenges will yield improved social support and mental health outcomes for PLWH.en_US
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dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This project received funding from grants awarded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) HIV/AIDS Research Initiative—Institute of Community Support [funding reference # 150494], the Community-Based Research Fellowship of the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and the REACH 2.0 CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/2325958218822336
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/14843
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of the International Association of Providers in AIDS Careen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0*
dc.rights.urihttp://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectHIV-associated neurocognitive disorders, community-based research, service providers, strategies, social support, mental healthen_US
dc.titleStrategies employed by community-based service providers to address HIV-associated neurocognitive challenges: A qualitative studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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