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black latinx people disproportionately impacted hiv covid19 syndemic health crises similar underlying social determinants health lessons learned hiv pandemic covid19 response invoked improve health equity systemic level face emergent health crises however examined potential translation strategies syndemics individual level current mixedmethods study examined strategies used manage hiv covid19 pandemic extent helpful managing covid19 vulnerability among black latinx people living hiv participants n 30 interviewed telephone completed demographic mental health alcohol substance use health literacy clinical measures october november 2020 los angeles county rapid qualitative analysis descriptive statistics mixedmethods merging used analyze data qualitative results demonstrated participants found hiv selfmanagement strategies translated aspects covid19 pandemic including hygiene social distancing coping healthrelated stressor although telemedicine provided continuity hiv care participants technology access literacy posed potential barrier particularly facing sociodemographic marginalization ie low education disability findings suggest providers encourage leveraging individual hiv selfmanagement strategies response public health crises however interventions must culturally responsive address intersecting social determinants health future research examine mechanisms predict individual translation hiv management strategies health concerns psycinfo database record c 2024 apa rights reserved