Mark L Hatzenbuehler1, Sarah McKetta2, Naomi Goldberg3, Alex Sheldon3, Samuel R Friedman4, Hannah L F Cooper5, Stephanie Beane5, Leslie D Williams6, Barbara Tempalski7, Justin C Smith5, Umedjon Ibragimov5, Jonathan Mermin8, Ron Stall9. 1. Departments of Sociomedical Sciences. 2. Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. 3. Movement Advancement Project, Boulder, CO. 4. Department of Population Health, New York University Medical School, New York, NY. 5. Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. 6. Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. 7. National Development and Research Institutes Inc, New York, NY. 8. National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; and. 9. Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To examine trends in state-level policy support for sexual minorities and HIV outcomes among men who have sex with men (MSM). METHODS: This longitudinal analysis linked state-level policy support for sexual minorities [N = 94 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in 38 states] to 7 years of data (2008-2014) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on HIV outcomes among MSM. Using latent growth mixture modeling, we combined 11 state-level policies (eg, nondiscrimination laws including sexual orientation as a protected class) from 1999 to 2014, deriving the following 3 latent groups: consistently low policy support, consistently high policy support, and increasing trajectory of policy support. Outcomes were HIV diagnoses per 10,000 MSM, late diagnoses (number of deaths within 12 months of HIV diagnosis and AIDS diagnoses within 3 months of HIV diagnosis) per 10,000 MSM, AIDS diagnoses per 10,000 MSM with HIV, and AIDS-related mortality per 10,000 MSM with AIDS. RESULTS: Compared with MSAs in states with low policy support and increasing policy support for sexual minorities, MSAs in states with the highest level of policy support had lower risks of HIV diagnoses [risk difference (RD) = -37.9, 95% confidence interval (CI): -54.7 to -21.0], late diagnoses (RD = -12.5, 95% CI: -20.4 to -4.7), and AIDS-related mortality (RD = -33.7, 95% CI: -61.2 to -6.2), controlling for time and 7 MSA-level covariates. In low policy support states, 27% of HIV diagnoses, 21% of late diagnoses, and 10% of AIDS deaths among MSM were attributable to the policy climate. CONCLUSION: The state-level policy climate related to sexual minorities was associated with HIV health outcomes among MSM and could be a potential public health tool for HIV prevention and care.
BACKGROUND: To examine trends in state-level policy support for sexual minorities and HIV outcomes among men who have sex with men (MSM). METHODS: This longitudinal analysis linked state-level policy support for sexual minorities [N = 94 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in 38 states] to 7 years of data (2008-2014) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on HIV outcomes among MSM. Using latent growth mixture modeling, we combined 11 state-level policies (eg, nondiscrimination laws including sexual orientation as a protected class) from 1999 to 2014, deriving the following 3 latent groups: consistently low policy support, consistently high policy support, and increasing trajectory of policy support. Outcomes were HIV diagnoses per 10,000 MSM, late diagnoses (number of deaths within 12 months of HIV diagnosis and AIDS diagnoses within 3 months of HIV diagnosis) per 10,000 MSM, AIDS diagnoses per 10,000 MSM with HIV, and AIDS-related mortality per 10,000 MSM with AIDS. RESULTS: Compared with MSAs in states with low policy support and increasing policy support for sexual minorities, MSAs in states with the highest level of policy support had lower risks of HIV diagnoses [risk difference (RD) = -37.9, 95% confidence interval (CI): -54.7 to -21.0], late diagnoses (RD = -12.5, 95% CI: -20.4 to -4.7), and AIDS-related mortality (RD = -33.7, 95% CI: -61.2 to -6.2), controlling for time and 7 MSA-level covariates. In low policy support states, 27% of HIV diagnoses, 21% of late diagnoses, and 10% of AIDS deaths among MSM were attributable to the policy climate. CONCLUSION: The state-level policy climate related to sexual minorities was associated with HIV health outcomes among MSM and could be a potential public health tool for HIV prevention and care.
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