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Poverty, disease progression and employment among people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia

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posted on 2023-05-16, 11:43 authored by Douglas EzzyDouglas Ezzy, de Visser, R, Bartos, M
A national survey of 925 people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Australia is used to examine the relationship between disease progression, employment status, poverty and economic hardship. While disease progression has some impact on economic hardship, employment status is found to be the strongest determinant of both poverty and economic hardship. The most commonly cited reasons for leaving work were psychosocial (71%), with declining health cited by half of respondents. It is therefore argued that psychosocial issues are at least as important as changes in health in causing unemployment and therefore poverty and economic hardship among PLWHA in Australia.

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Publication title

AIDS Care

Volume

11

Issue

4

Pagination

405-414

ISSN

0954-0121

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Carfax-Publishing

Place of publication

Abingdon, England

Repository Status

  • Restricted

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Other health not elsewhere classified

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