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“It Comes in Steps and Stages”: Experiences of People Living with HIV in Achieving Employment
People living with HIV who are seeking jobs experience unique barriers to obtaining employment at the individual, group, and community levels. Traditional employment assistance programs can provide support but may not be tailored to some people living with HIV who often experience barriers to work r...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10531408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37754637 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20186778 |
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author | Rajabiun, Serena Lightner, Joseph S. Sullivan, Marena Flaherty, Jessica Nguyen, Chau Ramirez-Forcier, Joseph Myers, Janet J. |
author_facet | Rajabiun, Serena Lightner, Joseph S. Sullivan, Marena Flaherty, Jessica Nguyen, Chau Ramirez-Forcier, Joseph Myers, Janet J. |
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description | People living with HIV who are seeking jobs experience unique barriers to obtaining employment at the individual, group, and community levels. Traditional employment assistance programs can provide support but may not be tailored to some people living with HIV who often experience barriers to work related to their social needs (such as housing instability) or their lack of consistent engagement in the workforce. To understand how people living with HIV return to work, in-depth interviews were conducted with 43 participants enrolled in interventions coordinating HIV care with housing and employment services at eight sites across the US. Four themes emerged on strategies to increase employment: (1) assessing and responding to employment needs that align with their socio-economic environment; (2) using social networks among family and friends for referrals and support; (3) engaging with navigators who are able to connect clients to skills building opportunities and job resources; and (4) addressing the system barriers such as helping with unmet basic needs (e.g. transportation), finding employers who can accommodate workers with income limits associated with public benefits, and helping immigrants, transgender individuals, and people experiencing homelessness secure legal documentsthat facilitate entry into employment by reducing stigmatized identities. |
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spelling | pubmed-105314082023-09-28 “It Comes in Steps and Stages”: Experiences of People Living with HIV in Achieving Employment Rajabiun, Serena Lightner, Joseph S. Sullivan, Marena Flaherty, Jessica Nguyen, Chau Ramirez-Forcier, Joseph Myers, Janet J. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article People living with HIV who are seeking jobs experience unique barriers to obtaining employment at the individual, group, and community levels. Traditional employment assistance programs can provide support but may not be tailored to some people living with HIV who often experience barriers to work related to their social needs (such as housing instability) or their lack of consistent engagement in the workforce. To understand how people living with HIV return to work, in-depth interviews were conducted with 43 participants enrolled in interventions coordinating HIV care with housing and employment services at eight sites across the US. Four themes emerged on strategies to increase employment: (1) assessing and responding to employment needs that align with their socio-economic environment; (2) using social networks among family and friends for referrals and support; (3) engaging with navigators who are able to connect clients to skills building opportunities and job resources; and (4) addressing the system barriers such as helping with unmet basic needs (e.g. transportation), finding employers who can accommodate workers with income limits associated with public benefits, and helping immigrants, transgender individuals, and people experiencing homelessness secure legal documentsthat facilitate entry into employment by reducing stigmatized identities. MDPI 2023-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10531408/ /pubmed/37754637 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20186778 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rajabiun, Serena Lightner, Joseph S. Sullivan, Marena Flaherty, Jessica Nguyen, Chau Ramirez-Forcier, Joseph Myers, Janet J. “It Comes in Steps and Stages”: Experiences of People Living with HIV in Achieving Employment |
title | “It Comes in Steps and Stages”: Experiences of People Living with HIV in Achieving Employment |
title_full | “It Comes in Steps and Stages”: Experiences of People Living with HIV in Achieving Employment |
title_fullStr | “It Comes in Steps and Stages”: Experiences of People Living with HIV in Achieving Employment |
title_full_unstemmed | “It Comes in Steps and Stages”: Experiences of People Living with HIV in Achieving Employment |
title_short | “It Comes in Steps and Stages”: Experiences of People Living with HIV in Achieving Employment |
title_sort | “it comes in steps and stages”: experiences of people living with hiv in achieving employment |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10531408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37754637 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20186778 |
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