Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with Achievement and Maintenance of HIV Viral Suppression Among Persons Newly Diagnosed with HIV in New York City.
We investigated the effect of neighborhood characteristics on achievement and maintenance of HIV viral suppression among New York City (NYC) residents aged 13 years and older diagnosed between 2006 and 2012. Individual records from the NYC HIV surveillance registry (n = 12,547) were linked to U.S. Census and American Community Survey data by census tract of residence. Multivariable proportional hazards regression models indicated the likelihood of achievement and maintenance of suppression by neighborhood characteristics including poverty, accounting for neighborhood clustering and for individual characteristics. In adjusted analyses, no neighborhood factors were associated with achievement of suppression. However, residents of high- or very-high-poverty neighborhoods were less likely than residents of low-poverty neighborhoods to maintain suppression. In conclusion, higher neighborhood poverty was associated with lesser maintenance of suppression. Assistance with post-diagnosis retention in care, antiretroviral therapy prescribing, or adherence targeted to residents of higher-poverty neighborhoods may improve maintenance of viral suppression in NYC.
Division of Disease Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 42-09 28th Street, Long Island City, NY, 11101, USA. ewiewel@health.nyc.gov.
Ellen W
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Wiewel
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Luisa N
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Borrell
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Heidi E
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Jones
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Andrew R
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Maroko
Division of Disease Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 42-09 28th Street, Long Island City, NY, 11101, USA.
Lucia V
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Torian
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012367:RNA, Viral; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019562:Viral Load / Q000187:drug effects
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D012367:RNA, Viral