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A Qualitative Exploration of Facilitators for Health Service Use among Aging Gay Men Living with HIV:

A Qualitative Exploration of Facilitators for Health Service Use among Aging Gay Men Living with... Using Anderson’s Health Behavioral Model of Health Service Use, this study explores factors facilitating health service use among aging gay men living with HIV. Qualitative data from 10 participants recruited from a federally qualified health center were analyzed using theoretical thematic analysis. Results shown to facilitate health service use include an existing need for services in the form of HIV management; predisposing factors of age and the development of resilience in the face of stigmatizing experiences related to their sexual identity and health status; and enabling influences including comfort with medical providers, providers knowledgeable in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues, and sexual concordant providers. Need for services, predisposing factors, and enabling factors are discussed in relation, as well as each factor’s unique implications for this population. Results from this study may be used to improve service use and provides tangible clinical recommendations. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) SAGE

A Qualitative Exploration of Facilitators for Health Service Use among Aging Gay Men Living with HIV:

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2325-9574
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2325-9582
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10.1177/2325958219880569
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Abstract

Using Anderson’s Health Behavioral Model of Health Service Use, this study explores factors facilitating health service use among aging gay men living with HIV. Qualitative data from 10 participants recruited from a federally qualified health center were analyzed using theoretical thematic analysis. Results shown to facilitate health service use include an existing need for services in the form of HIV management; predisposing factors of age and the development of resilience in the face of stigmatizing experiences related to their sexual identity and health status; and enabling influences including comfort with medical providers, providers knowledgeable in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues, and sexual concordant providers. Need for services, predisposing factors, and enabling factors are discussed in relation, as well as each factor’s unique implications for this population. Results from this study may be used to improve service use and provides tangible clinical recommendations.

Journal

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC)SAGE

Published: Oct 9, 2019

Keywords: gay men; aging; HIV; health service use

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