Barriers and facilitators to antiretroviral therapy adherence among Peruvian adolescents living with HIV: A qualitative study.
Jerome T GaleaMilagros WongMaribel MuñozEmiliano ValleSegundo R LeonDayana Díaz PerezLenka KolevicMolly FrankePublished in: PloS one (2018)
AIDS deaths among adolescents are increasing globally. This qualitative study investigated the barriers and facilitators to cART adherence among Peruvian adolescents living with HIV. Guided by a social ecological model, we analyzed transcripts from 24 psychosocial support groups for HIV-positive adolescents aged 13-17 years and 15 individual, in-depth interviews with cART providers and caregivers to identify the barriers and facilitators to cART adherence at the individual, family/caregiver and hospital levels. Most barriers and facilitators to cART adherence clustered at the individual and family/caregiver levels, centering on support provided to adolescents; history of declining health due to suboptimal cART adherence; side effects from antiretroviral drugs; and cART misinformation. Interventions to support adolescent HIV cART adherence should begin at the individual and family/caregiver levels and include an educational component. No adolescent living with HIV should die from AIDS in an era of accessible cART.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- young adults
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected patients
- hiv aids
- mental health
- physical activity
- men who have sex with men
- south africa
- glycemic control
- hiv testing
- public health
- palliative care
- emergency department
- human health
- climate change
- type diabetes
- childhood cancer
- risk assessment
- hepatitis c virus
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance
- health information