Table 1.

Oregon Social Determinants of HIV Health Index Items and Definitions Derived From the CDC Medical Monitoring Project

OSHI Item	Definition
Education
Education level	Less than high school (vs all other)
Health literacy	Somewhat/a little bit/not a bit confident in filling out medical forms by yourself (vs extremely or quite a bit confident)
Economic stability
Poverty	Income at or below the federal poverty guideline
Food insecurity	Past-year experiences of being hungry but didn’t eat because there wasn’t enough money for food
Health
Gap in health coverage	Past-year gap in health insurance
ER visit	Past-year visit to emergency room for own health reason
Neighborhood and built environment
Homelessness	Past-year experience of homelessness (defined as lived in a shelter/car/single room occupancy hotel)
Need for transportation help	Needing transportation assistance in past year
Social and community context
Criminal justice involvement	Past-year experience of being arrested and put in jail/detention/prison for longer than 24 h
History of sexual/physical IPV	Any history of sexual or physical intimate partner violence

Abbreviations: CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; ER, emergency room; IPV, intimate partner violence.