Antiretroviral therapy initiation and retention among clients who received peer-delivered linkage case management and standard linkage services, Eswatini, 2016–2020: retrospective comparative cohort study [PDF]
Abstract Background Persons living with HIV infection (PLHIV) who are diagnosed in community settings in sub-Saharan Africa are particularly vulnerable to barriers to care that prevent or delay many from obtaining antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Duncan MacKellar +15 more
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Linkage to HIV care and antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town, South Africa. [PDF]
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been scaled-up rapidly in Africa. Programme reports typically focus on loss to follow-up and mortality among patients receiving ART.
Katharina Kranzer +7 more
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The key design features and effectiveness of social network interventions for HIV testing and linkage services in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review and meta‐analysis [PDF]
AbstractIntroductionHIV remains a global health challenge with a reported 39 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) in 2022. Sub‐Saharan Africa, Asia and the Pacific are home to 82% of PLHIV, where limited access to healthcare resources underscores the urgency of innovative strategies to combat the epidemic effectively.
Madalo Mukoka +8 more
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P-491. Advancing HIV Care: Implementing Comprehensive Screening and Linkage Services in Diverse Urban Settings [PDF]
Abstract Background University Health is South Texas’ largest provider of specialty HIV/AIDS care to a 28-county region with an incidence rate of 21 per 100,000. San Antonio is designated as an HIV priority jurisdiction by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Owino, Racquel +12 more
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Linkage to HIV Care Among Adolescents and Young Adults Reporting a Positive HIV Self-Test in OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape, South Africa [PDF]
Background: HIV self-testing (HIVST) can improve access to HIV testing among adolescents and young adults (AYAs); however, gaps remain in post-test linkage to care.
Zimkhitha Diniso +4 more
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A blueprint for enduring human services cross-jurisdictional data linkage, adapted to achieving outcomes for people with disability [PDF]
Objectives People with disability represent 1 in 6 Australians and use services provided across multiple levels of government. Data is siloed between different governments and service systems, limiting visibility and ability to improve outcomes.
Katie Irvine +11 more
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The Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) data linkage service user and carer advisory group: creating and sustaining a successful patient and public involvement group to guide research in a complex area [PDF]
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in health and social care research has been shown to improve the quality and relevance of research. PPI in data linkage research is important in ensuring the legitimacy of future health informatics initiatives, but remains sparse and under-developed.
Amelia Jewell +9 more
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Suicide is strongly associated with mental health and substance use disorders, which makes mental health- and substance misuse services important areas for suicide prevention.
Martin Ø Myhre +4 more
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Introduction Recent advances in data linkage infrastructure in Australia mean that data can be linked based on various identifiers across datasets. In a first for Australia, we tested the feasibility of linking data between a clinical quality disease ...
Monique Kilkenny +13 more
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LINKAGE AND DUALITY OF MODULES [PDF]
Martsinkovsky and Strooker [13] recently introduced module theoretic linkage using syzygy and transpose. This generalization brings possibility of much application of linkage, especially, to homological theory of modules. In the present paper, we connect
Nishida, Kenji, Kenji Nishida
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