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.
Duncan MacKellarThabo HlopheDawud UjamaaSherri PalsMakhosazana DlaminiLenhle DubeChutima SuraratdechaDaniel WilliamsJohnita ByrdJames TobiasPhumzile MndzebeleStephanie BehelIshani PathmanathanSikhathele MazibukoEndale TilahunCaroline RyanPublished in: Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique (2022)
To improve early ART initiation and retention among PLHIV diagnosed in community settings, HIV prevention programs should consider providing a package of peer-delivered linkage case management and treatment navigation services. Clients with multiple unresolved barriers to care measured as part of that package should be triaged for differentiated linkage and retention services.
Keyphrases
- hiv testing
- healthcare
- men who have sex with men
- antiretroviral therapy
- mental health
- genome wide
- primary care
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- affordable care act
- palliative care
- public health
- hiv infected patients
- dna methylation
- gene expression
- hiv aids
- quality improvement
- cross sectional
- high density
- chronic pain