With the aging of HIV/AIDS, policies have neglected older adults independent of their status (i.e., taking a status-neutral approach), resulting in limited investment in the prevention of HIV among older adults in general. The National Institute on Aging has identified that older adults will be less likely to be tested for HIV, less likely to identify high-risk behavior, and will receive treatment later in the disease process. This type of age bias plays a heavy hand in the typification of HIV risk. Although long-term survivors and HIV incidence have increased in middle and older age adults, HIV/aging policy has taken a very long time to create specific recommendations to support long-term survivors and their caregivers. There are no federal policies that remove the upper age limit for HIV testing and promote HIV status-neutral approaches to workforce expansion and training focused on aging and older adults. Recognizing age as a risk factor for discrimination and offering a balanced view of aging in HIV policy discussions is critical. In this workshop presentation, a critical policy analysis will be discussed, with emphasis on accounting for time, which is more uncommon in policy analysis. To do this, a social constructionist perspective for policy analysis was adopted, as it assesses traditional views of social problems and how those problems are more dynamic and evolve with social construction over time.

Authors:
Laneshia Conner, University of Kentucky, United States
Katie Showalter, University of Kentucky, United States

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Posted by Clive Staples Lewis

Last updated: 2023-02-23 23:45:00

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