Understanding why and how youth-friendly health services improve viral load suppression among adolescents and young people living with HIV in Nigeria: realist evaluation with qualitative comparative analysis.
Okikiolu A BadejoChristiana NöstlingerEdwin WoutersMarie LagaProsper OkonkwoPlang JwanleSara Van BellePublished in: BMJ global health (2023)
YFHS interventions can improve young people's engagement with HIV services, but their effectiveness depends on specific mechanisms and contextual factors influencing their response to interventions. By exploring how and why viral load suppression was attained in different contexts, the findings will improve the design and implementation of strategies to improve outcomes in young people, which will be relevant for achievement of global goals to eliminate HIV by 2030.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- physical activity
- hiv infected
- hiv testing
- human immunodeficiency virus
- primary care
- healthcare
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- mental health
- systematic review
- randomized controlled trial
- social media
- young adults
- type diabetes
- quality improvement
- metabolic syndrome
- south africa
- public health
- middle aged
- skeletal muscle