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Rodriguez-Diaz CE, Seager L, Navalta C, Lapointe L, Laino A, Wilhite D, Melin K, Varga L, Zea MC. Experiences of Latinx sexual and gender minorities with access to healthcare during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2024; 81:297-305. [PMID: 38146952 PMCID: PMC10988101 DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/zxad330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected all social systems, but healthcare services were particularly disrupted. The pandemic also had a disproportionate impact on populations made socially vulnerable. In this study, we documented the experiences of Latinx sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals with access to care during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. METHODS Semistructured qualitative interviews assessing experiences during the stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and patients' experiences accessing healthcare during this period were conducted with 21 Latinx SGM individuals from the Washington, DC, area. Data were analyzed using rapid qualitative analysis (RQA), and salient themes were identified. RESULTS The RQA revealed 3 themes reflecting participants' experiences with pharmaceutical care during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders: (1) challenges in accessing HIV services; (2) community engagement; and (3) providers supporting access to care. Participants experienced problems with adherence to medication, transportation, and technology, as well as delays in care and miscommunication with providers. Latinx SGM individuals demonstrated engagement in response to this emergency as a community and valued their providers and their efforts to facilitate access to care. CONCLUSION The COVID-19 pandemic strained healthcare services. Findings from this study show that the impact of the pandemic on the provision of care increased the vulnerability of Latinx SGM people. Future research should explore the impact of public health emergencies on the health of populations historically made socially vulnerable, and innovative solutions should be identified to eliminate these barriers to health equity.
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- Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA
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- DC Department of Health, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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Magno L, Dourado I, Sutten Coats C, Wilhite D, da Silva LAV, Oni-Orisan O, Brown J, Soares F, Kerr L, Ransome Y, Chan PA, Nunn A. Knowledge and willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in Northeastern Brazil. Glob Public Health 2019; 14:1098-1111. [PMID: 30717633 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2019.1571090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Few studies evaluate knowledge and willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in middle-income countries. Brazil added PrEP to public drug formularies in December 2017, but little is known about local knowledge and attitudes about PrEP among MSM outside metropolitan areas in Southern Brazil. The cross-sectional HIV Surveillance Survey Project in Brazil estimates HIV and STD prevalence among MSM in 12 state capitals. Among 32 participants at the Salvador, Bahia study site, we used qualitative interviews to assess knowledge, willingness, and barriers to PrEP use among MSM; few MSM had previous knowledge of PrEP and were willing to use PrEP. Clinical, behavioural, social, and structural factors influencing participants' knowledge and willingness to take PrEP included concerns about efficacy and side effects, access to culturally congruent services for MSM, and stigma. Some participants reported that learning about PrEP online positively influenced their willingness to use PrEP. Participants' opinions about PrEP's contribution to risk compensation varied. Interventions to provide culturally congruent care and destigmatise PrEP for MSM at high risk for HIV acquisition, particularly those conducted collaboratively with Brazil's civil society movement, may enhance the public health effort to expand access to PrEP in Brazil.
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- Laio Magno
- a Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade do Estado da Bahia , Salvador , Brazil.,b Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia , Salvador , Brazil
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- b Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia , Salvador , Brazil
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- c Department of Behavioral and Social Health Science, Brown University School of Public Health , Providence , RI , USA
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- c Department of Behavioral and Social Health Science, Brown University School of Public Health , Providence , RI , USA
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- b Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia , Salvador , Brazil.,d Instituto de Humanidades, Artes e Ciências , Salvador , Brazil
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- c Department of Behavioral and Social Health Science, Brown University School of Public Health , Providence , RI , USA
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- c Department of Behavioral and Social Health Science, Brown University School of Public Health , Providence , RI , USA
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- b Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia , Salvador , Brazil
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- e Departamento de Saúde Comunitária , Universidade Federal do Ceará , Fortaleza , Brazil
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- f Social and Behavioral Sciences , Yale School of Public Health , New Haven , CT , USA
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- g Division of Infectious Diseases , The Miriam Hospital, Brown University , Providence , RI , USA
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- c Department of Behavioral and Social Health Science, Brown University School of Public Health , Providence , RI , USA
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Turner L, Tecklenburg-Lund S, Chapman R, Shei RJ, Wilhite D, Mickleborough T. The Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Respiratory and Limb Locomotor Muscle Deoxygenation During Exercise with Resistive Inspiratory Loading. Int J Sports Med 2016; 37:598-606. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-104198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- L. Turner
- Center for Sport and Exercise Science, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Kinesiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States
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Gard J, Taylor D, Wilhite D, Rodning S, Woodall C, Schnuelle M, Sanders K, Denny T. A bovine model for equine digital cushion development. J Equine Vet Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2013.08.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Tarman GJ, Kane CJ, Moul JW, Thrasher JB, Foley JP, Wilhite D, Riffenburgh RH, Amling CL. Impact of socioeconomic status and race on clinical parameters of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy in an equal access health care system. Urology 2000; 56:1016-20. [PMID: 11113750 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(00)00808-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To analyze the relationships among socioeconomic status (SES), race, and the clinical parameters of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) in an equal access health care system. METHODS The Department of Defense Center for Prostate Disease Research longitudinal prostate cancer database from multiple military institutions was used to analyze the clinical, pathologic, and outcome data of 1058 patients with localized (Stage T2c or lower) prostate cancer and a preoperative prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level of 20 ng/mL or less who underwent RP between January 1987 and December 1997. Military rank (officer versus enlisted) was used as a surrogate measure of SES. RESULTS The percentage of patients with pathologic Gleason grade 7 or greater prostate cancer was higher in enlisted (45%) than in officer (37%) patients (P = 0. 021). However, no difference was found between these groups with respect to pathologic stage or biochemical recurrence rates. African Americans presented at a younger age (P = 0.003), with a higher pretreatment PSA level (P = 0.001), and demonstrated higher biochemical recurrence rates than other ethnic groups (P = 0.037). The Cox proportional hazards analysis showed that a lower SES (P = 0.010) but not African American race (P = 0.696) was an independent predictor of a higher grade (Gleason grade 7 or higher) cancer. However, biochemical progression was more common in African American men (P = 0.035) and was not related to SES (P = 0.883). CONCLUSIONS In an equal access health care system, patients of lower SES presented with higher grade prostate cancer at the time of RP. However, only African American race predicted biochemical progression after RP.
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- G J Tarman
- Departments of Urology and Clinical Investigation, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
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