Access to HIV services by the urban poor

This paper examines the effect of HIV-health status and HN-transmission mod e on access to HIV-related services among African Americans, Hispanics and White HIV+ individuals. Data were collected from 169 African Americans, 72 Hispanics and 253 White HIV+ individuals seeking 8 social and 6 medical HIV services at 29 public and community-based organizations in Houston, Texas. A total of 42 separate logistic regressions were estimated for each HIV se rvice and for each race/ethnic group. The results showed significant differ ences in access to HIV social services based on HN-transmission mode among the three race/ethnic groups, but no significant differences were found in access to medical services based on either HIV status or HIV-transmission m ode among the three race/ethnic groups.