Perceived employment barriers and their relation to workforce-entry intent among people with HIV/AIDS.
As treatments have improved health and quality of life for people with HIV/AIDS, many have contemplated workforce reentry. Workforce reentry rarely occurs among people with illness-related disability. The authors mailed a survey that included workforce-entry-related concerns to 1,991 HIV/AIDS clients. Factor analysis extracted 6 areas of concern (benefits loss, work-related health, job skills, discrimination, personal health care, workplace accommodation). Levels of concern generally increased with HIV acuity level and time since last worked. Work-related health concerns predicted consideration of workforce entry, and work-related health concerns and benefits-loss concerns predicted estimated time to return to work. Findings provide quantitative validation of intuitive categories of workforce-entry concerns among people with HIV/AIDS and suggest that concerns may shift with progress toward workforce entry.
Martin
David J
DJ
Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90509, USA. djmartin@ucla.edu
Brooks
Ronald A
RA
Ortiz
Daniel J
DJ
Veniegas
Rosemary C
RC
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D000328:Adult; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011287:Prejudice; D011361:Professional Competence; D014830:Vocational Guidance; D017132:Workplace