The Comparison of Teen Clubs vs. Standard Care on Treatment Outcomes for Adolescents on Antiretroviral Therapy in Windhoek, Namibia.
Farai Kevin MunyayiBrian E van WykPublished in: AIDS research and treatment (2020)
The teen club model delivering psychosocial support only did not improve adherence and virologic suppression levels for adolescents in a specialized paediatric ART clinic, neither were they inferior to standard care. Considering the limitations of this study, teen clubs may still hold potential for improving adherence and virologic suppression levels for older adolescents, and more robust research on adherence interventions for adolescents with higher methodological quality is required.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- physical activity
- young adults
- hiv infected
- palliative care
- healthcare
- quality improvement
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected patients
- hiv positive
- primary care
- mental health
- intensive care unit
- glycemic control
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- middle aged
- men who have sex with men
- south africa