Gender-specific logistic regression models predicting MVCT participation were used to compare characteristics of MVCT clients and non-participating community clients.
One-sixth of host community clients reported collecting drugs in this manner within the assessed pharmacy refill period.
In response, our objective was to study and HIV treatment outcomes among refugee and host community clients accessing HAART from the same clinic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Refugees had routine access to the clinic one day per week, therefore we sought to recruit host community clients on only one other day per week.
There was no difference between the proportions of refugees and host community clients who had not achieved viral suppression overall, or when restricting analyses to clients on treatment for ≥25 weeks (19 vs 16%%, p = 0.54; Table 2).
Victorian mental health service data has shown that a disproportionately higher number of community clients from migrant backgrounds were admitted to acute inpatient units suggesting that they may present to community services at a later stage of their disorder [ 30].
The objective of this paper is to show the responsiveness of AGRIS to the community (clients') needs and review the steps leading to the technical development and future direction of AGRIS.
A 15-week (April July 2010) cross-sectional survey, conducted at the Infectious Diseases Clinic, Sungai Buloh Hospital, aimed to recruit all refugees identified by UNHCR as recipients of HAART and a similar number of host community clients attending the same outpatient clinic.
As non-participants may have possessed characteristics leading to bias, we compared routine socio-demographic indicators of the study sample with a simple random sample of 150 host community clients drawn from the clinic database.
We examined raw data and eliminated duplicate records, along with records that pertained to community clients and falls that occurred while hospital patients or aged-care residents were outside the healthcare facility.
In summary, the high proportion of refugee and host community clients attending this public sector clinic who achieved viral suppression supports the notion that providing HAART to these groups on an equitable basis in this urban setting is both feasible and beneficial.
