Table 1.
Sample characteristics, overall and by engagement level over the 6-month study period, Health eNavigation, 2017-2018 (N=120).
| Construct | Overalla | Low: <50 textsb | Medium: 50-149 textsb | High: 150 texts or moreb | ||
| Total, n (%) | 120 (100.0) | 44 (36.7) | 50 (41.7) | 26 (21.7) | ||
| Demographics | ||||||
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Age, mean (SD) | 27.75 (4.07) | 27.05 (4.13) | 28.38 (4.31) | 27.73 (3.37) | |
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Race or ethnicity, n (%) | |||||
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Black or African American | 22 (18.3) | 7 (31.8) | 8 (36.4) | 7 (31.8) |
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Hispanic or Latinx | 38 (31.7) | 18 (47.4) | 12 (31.6) | 8 (21.1) |
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Otherc or multiple | 28 (23.3) | 9 (32.1) | 11 (39.3) | 8 (28.6) |
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White | 32 (26.7) | 10 (31.3) | 19 (59.4) | 3 (9.4) |
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Gender identity, n (%) | |||||
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Cisgender man | 103 (85.8) | 39 (37.9) | 42 (40.8) | 22 (21.4) |
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Trans woman | 17 (14.2) | 5 (29.4) | 8 (47.1) | 4 (23.5) |
| Socioeconomic factors | ||||||
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Housing status, n (%) | |||||
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Lives with a family member, friend, or partner who rents or owns a home | 21 (17.5) | 6 (28.6) | 7 (33.3) | 8 (38.1) |
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Temporary or transitional housingd | 43 (35.8) | 16 (37.2) | 22 (51.2) | 5 (11.6) |
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Homeless or shelter | 17 (14.2) | 9 (52.9) | 4 (23.5) | 4 (23.5) |
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Rents or owns an apartment or house | 39 (32.5) | 13 (33.3) | 17 (43.6) | 9 (23.1) |
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Income in the previous month (US $), n (%) | |||||
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601-1300 | 30 (25.0) | 11 (36.7) | 12 (40.0) | 7 (23.3) |
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251-600 | 30 (25.0) | 13 (43.3) | 12 (40.0) | 5 (16.7) |
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0-250 | 30 (25.0) | 11 (36.7) | 13 (43.3) | 6 (20.0) |
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≥1301 | 29 (24.2) | 9 (31.0) | 12 (41.4) | 8 (27.6) |
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Education, n (%) | |||||
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High school or General Equivalency Diploma | 39 (32.5) | 17 (43.6) | 15 (38.5) | 7 (18.0) |
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Less than high school | 13 (10.8) | 5 (38.5) | 6 (46.2) | 2 (15.4) |
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Some college or more | 68 (56.7) | 22 (32.4) | 29 (42.7) | 17 (25.0) |
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Incarceration in the last 6 months, n (%) | |||||
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Yes | 23 (19.2) | 13 (56.5) | 7 (30.4) | 3 (13.0) |
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No | 97 (80.8) | 31 (32.0) | 43 (44.3) | 23 (23.7) |
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Competing needs, n (%) | |||||
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Went without HIV medications because needed money for basic needs (eg, food, housing, and clothing) | 38 (31.7) | 18 (47.4) | 13 (34.2) | 7 (18.4) |
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Went without basic needs (eg, food, housing, and clothing) to have money for HIV medications | 32 (26.7) | 18 (56.3) | 10 (31.3) | 4 (12.5) |
| HIV diagnosis status, n (%) | ||||||
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Diagnosed in the last year | 38 (31.7) | 14 (36.8) | 11 (29.0) | 13 (34.2) | |
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Diagnosed more than 1 year ago | 82 (68.3) | 30 (36.6) | 39 (47.6) | 13 (15.9) | |
aPercentages calculated out of the total number of participants in Health eNav (n=120), unless otherwise specified.
bPercentages row calculated out of the total number of participants in each demographic, structural barrier, or HIV diagnosis category.
c“Other” race or ethnicity included participants who identified as American Indian or Alaska Native (n=6) or Asian (n=7).
d“Temporary or transitional housing” included participants who lived in single-room occupancy hotels, motels, boarding houses, halfway houses, drug treatment centers, independent living units, domestic violence shelters, battered persons’ shelters, or “safe houses.”