Assessing the Health Outcomes of the Food Access Pilot Project: An Evaluation of a Medically Supportive Food Support Program for People Living with HIV in Rural California Counties.

Autor:	Yu, Linda, Madura, Amee, Gil, Claudia, Hepfer, Paul, Palar, Kartika
Předmět:	HIV-positive persons SALES personnel FOOD relief RURAL conditions FOOD security RETROSPECTIVE studies HEALTH status indicators PRE-tests & post-tests CD4 lymphocyte count DESCRIPTIVE statistics ODDS ratio WORLD Wide Web MEALS LONGITUDINAL method
Zdroj:	AIDS & Behavior; Aug2022, Vol. 26 Issue 8, p2613-2622, 10p
Abstrakt:	Food insecurity disproportionately affects rural communities and people living with HIV (PLHIV). The Food Access Pilot Project (FAPP) was a California state-funded program that provided home-delivered, medically supportive meals via online meal vendors to food-insecure PLHIV in three rural counties. We performed longitudinal, retrospective analyses of FAPP participant data (n = 158; 504 and 460 person-time observations for viral load and CD4 count, respectively) over 36 months from a Ryan White client management database. Pre-post analyses demonstrated increased prevalence of food security and CD4 ≥ 500 between baseline and 12 months. Population-averaged trends using generalized estimating equations adjusted for participant demographics demonstrated increased odds of viral suppression and CD4 ≥ 500, and increased CD4 count (cells/mm3) for every six months of program enrollment. Home-delivered, medically supportive meals may improve food security status, HIV viral suppression, and immune health for low-income PLHIV in rural settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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