title: Receipt of clinical and prevention services, clinical outcomes, and sexual risk behaviors among HIV-infected young adults in care in the United States.
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.
authors.affiliation: a Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , GA , USA.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beer
authors.affiliation: a Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , GA , USA.
authors.forename: Christine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Mattson
authors.affiliation: a Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , GA , USA.
authors.forename: R Luke
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Shouse
authors.affiliation: a Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , GA , USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prejean
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D000072230:Sustained Virologic Response; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult; D016903:Drug Monitoring
keywords: HIV; antiretroviral therapy; health status disparities; viral load; young adults; youth