Texas Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) Meeting Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark Thursday, May 31, 2007 Local Questions for 2006

Age groups by Gender

Race / Ethnicity 23% 44% 33%

Level of Education

Interview Language 84% 16%

Gender by Perceived Exposure

Barriers to Care  27% encountered barriers to receiving HIV care since first positive 27% couldn’t afford a usual source of care 27% didn’t know where to find regular HIV care 7% couldn’t get a regular appointment anywhere 20% no HIV doctors in their area 7% didn’t feel the need to seek treatment for HIV 40% Other

Quality of Care

 Very Poor “Changed appt. without notifying client”  Poor “Not enough help”  Fair “Negative staff attitude” “impersonal”

Quality of Care cont.  Good “Still alive” “Staff cares about you” “Dr is sincere” “I feel I have access”  Very Good “Dr. touches me” “Staff are very courteous and attentive” “Support services are interrelated” “Dr and staff are respectful”

Accessing HIV Rx and Healthcare  2% client crossed the Mexican border  2% client purchased through a recycling program  No one purchased non FDA approved drugs  No one crossed the Mexican or Canadian border for HIV health care.  41% regular dental care since tested positive

Complementary/Alternative Therapies * Faith, nutritionist, exercise N=20

Pregnancy since HIV+  28% (5) of the female respondents had been pregnant since first testing positive for HIV  All said they were pregnant only once since testing positive  80% (4) received prenatal care  60% (3) learned of their HIV status during pregnancy

Pregnancy since HIV + cont.  40% (2) were tested during the labor/delivery of their pregnancy  60% (3) didn’t take antiretroviral Rx during the pregnancy  40% (2) didn’t take antiretroviral Rx during their labor  60% (3) of the babies received antiretroviral Rx after birth  Two of the children are infected with HIV.

Race/Ethnicity of Sex Partners 32% 21% 41% 6%

Sex Practices & Characteristics  5% crossed the Mexican border to meet sex partners  7% used the internet to meet partners for sex  4% of clients considered themselves to be on the “down low”

Drug Use  27% of clients used non-injecting drugs in the past 12 months  Two thirds (10) of those clients used marijuana in the past 12 months  8 of the 10 clients used marijuana for medicinal purposes.  No one went across the Mexican border for illegal drugs