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Understanding reasons for treatment interruption amongst patients on antiretroviral therapy – A qualitative study at the Lighthouse Clinic, Lilongwe, Malawi [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2014
Background: In recent years, scaling up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings moved impressively towards universal access. Along with these achievements, public health HIV programs are facing a number of challenges including the ...
Julia Tabatabai, Ireen Namakhoma, Hannock Tweya, Sam Phiri, Paul Schnitzler, Florian Neuhann   +5 more
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What do the implementation outcome variables tell us about the scaling-up of the antiretroviral treatment adherence clubs in South Africa? A document review

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2019
Background The successful initiation of people living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in South Africa fomented challenges of poor retention in care and suboptimal adherence to medication. Following evidence of the potential of adherence clubs (
Ferdinand C. Mukumbang, Zaida Orth, Brian van Wyk   +2 more
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Tuberculosis in Adolescents and Young Adults: Emerging Data on TB Transmission and Prevention among Vulnerable Young People

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
Adolescents and young adults (AYA, ages 10–24 years) comprise a uniquely important but understudied population in global efforts to end tuberculosis (TB), the leading infectious cause of death by a single agent worldwide prior to the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Katherine M. Laycock, Leslie A. Enane, Andrew P. Steenhoff   +2 more
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Factors Associated with Retention in Care One Year after Delivery in Patients Undergoing Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) at RSCM

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia, 2017
Introduction. Retention in care is important to the successful of HIV treatment. This study is aimed to analyze factors associated with retention in care one year after delivery in patients undergoing PMTCT at HIV integrated clinic of RSCM. Methods. A
Yulidar, Evy Yunihastuti, Samsuridjal Djauzi, Astrid Citra Padmita, Sukamto Koesnoe   +4 more
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Rapid ART Initiation with BIC/FTC/TAF in People Who Inject Drugs in Greece: Results from a Pilot Single-Arm Study of an Integrated Care Model

Microorganisms
People who inject drugs (PWIDs) remain underserved in HIV care. Evidence on rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) for PWID is limited. We evaluated feasibility, effectiveness, safety, and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for rapid initiation of bictegravir ...
Sotirios Roussos, Konstantinos Protopapas, Elpida Mastrogianni, Charisis Totsikas, Charalampos D. Moschopoulos, Stylianos Bourmpoutelis, Panagiota Resta, Kassandra Procter, Evangelos Kokolesis, Anastasia Antoniadou, Antonios Papadopoulos, Vasileios Papastamopoulos, Apostolos Beloukas, Ioannis Katsarolis, Vana Sypsa, Angelos Hatzakis, Mina Psichogiou   +16 more
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Disengagement and reengagement of HIV continuum of care in a single center cohort in northern Italy

HIV Research & Clinical Practice, 2019
Background: Despite the progress in HIV care, adherence to follow up remains critical. Disengagement impairs the benefit of HIV care and the increasing number of data that associates failed retention with worse outcomes has led public health institutions
Agnese Comelli, Ilaria Izzo, Francesco Donato, Anna Celotti, Emanuele Focà, Chiara Pezzoli, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan   +7 more
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WHO CARES? RETENTION STRATEGIES FOR DIRECT CARE WORKERS

Innovation in Aging, 2023
Abstract More than 30 years ago the Gerontological Society sponsored a congressional briefing about a growing problem; concerns about the adequacy and quality of the direct care workforce in long-term care. In 2002 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored the Better Jobs, Better Care demonstration, in response to this continued ...
Applebaum, Robert, Janssen, Leah, Applebaum, Robert   +2 more
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Impact of Age on Retention in Care and Viral Suppression [PDF]

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2015
Retention in care is important for all HIV-infected persons and is strongly associated with initiation of antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression. However, it is unclear how retention in care and age interact to effect viral suppression. We evaluated whether the association between retention and viral suppression differed by age at entry into care.
Baligh R, Yehia, Peter, Rebeiro, Keri N, Althoff, Allison L, Agwu, Michael A, Horberg, Hasina, Samji, Sonia, Napravnik, Kenneth, Mayer, Ellen, Tedaldi, Michael J, Silverberg, Jennifer E, Thorne, Ann N, Burchell, Sean B, Rourke, Anita, Rachlis, Angel, Mayor, Michael J, Gill, Anne, Zinski, Michael, Ohl, Kathryn, Anastos, Alison G, Abraham, Mari M, Kitahata, Richard D, Moore, Kelly A, Gebo   +22 more
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Risk and Protective Factors for Retention in HIV Care [PDF]

AIDS and Behavior, 2013
Retention in care for HIV is essential for effective disease management; however, factors that may confer risk or protection for adherence to regular HIV care are less well understood. This study tested whether HIV-associated cognitive impairment (CI) and low health literacy reduced adherence to routine HIV medical and phlebotomy visits and if social ...
Waldrop-Valverde, Drenna, Guo, Ying, Ownby, Raymond L, Rodriguez, Allan, Jones, Deborah L   +4 more
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Assessing the Acceptability of a Peer Mentor Mother Intervention to Improve Retention in Care of Postpartum Women Living with HIV

Health Equity, 2019
Background: Many women living with HIV (WLWH) experience poor postpartum retention in HIV care. There are limited evidence-based interventions in the United States aimed at increasing retention of WLWH postpartum; however, evidence from low-resource ...
Yetunde Akinde, Allison K. Groves, Hervette Nkwihoreze, Erika Aaron, Gregg Alleyne, Charmaine Wright, John Jemmott, Florence M. Momplaisir   +7 more
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