Population-Level Impact of Five Substance Use Disorders among HIV Positive Individuals: An Examination of Stakeholder Perceptions

Using an innovative Stakeholder Real-Time Delphi approach, 805 stakeholders (e.g., people with HIV, HIV service organization staff, HIV planning council representatives) from across the United States interactively assessed the prevalence rate and individual-level negative impacts of five substance abuse disorders (SUDs), which were combined to estimate the population-level negative impact of each SUD.

Learning Objectives

1. List the SUDs that have the greatest prevalence among people with HIV.
2. List the SUDs that have the greatest individual-level impact on HIV care.
3. List the SUDs that have the most negative population-level impact.