Category: Full Report

Patients’ Perceptions and Experiences of Shared Decision-Making in Primary HIV Care Clinics

Full Report Patients’ Perceptions and Experiences of Shared Decision-Making in Primary HIV Care Clinics April 14, 2017 Shared decision-making (SDM) is considered best practice in health care. Prior studies have explored attitudes and barriers/facilitators to SDM, though few have focused on HIV care. We interviewed 53 patients in HIV primary care clinics in California to …

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Vaccination Response to an Ongoing Meningitis Outbreak: Uptake and Attitudes among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles, CA

Full Report Vaccination Response to an Ongoing Meningitis Outbreak: Uptake and Attitudes among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles, CA March 13, 2017 Despite a year-long outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease in Southern California primarily affecting gay and bisexual men, less than 27% of men who have sex with men (MSM) in …

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Prep Cost Analysis for Covered California Health Plans (Spanish)

Full Report Prep Cost Analysis for Covered California Health Plans (Spanish) January 9, 2017 PrEP is a highly effective medication for preventing HIV. Those interested in PrEP and enrolling in a Covered California health plan should carefully weigh the costs of a Truvada® prescription, copays for regular doctors’ visits and laboratory tests, and monthly premiums. …

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Addressing PrEP Disparities Among Young Gay and Bisexual Men in California

Full Report Addressing PrEP Disparities Among Young Gay and Bisexual Men in California January 8, 2017 Young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (YMSM), particularly black and Latino YMSM, are at highest risk for HIV in California and across the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that …

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Examining California’s Office of AIDS Health Insurance Premium Payment Program

Full Report Examining California’s Office of AIDS Health Insurance Premium Payment Program December 31, 2015 In 2011, the California State Office of AIDS (OA) launched the Office of AIDS Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (OA-HIPP) to assist HIV-positive Californians in establishing and maintaining health insurance by subsidizing their monthly health insurance premium payments. The OA …

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Making it Count: California’s Names-Based HIV Reporting System

Full Report Making it Count: California’s Names-Based HIV Reporting System January 1, 2010 To ensure that California policymakers and program administrators understand the current epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and to ensure that the state obtains its fair share of federal support for HIV care, the state’s names-based HIV case registry must be as complete as possible. …

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