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Liang E, Nkwonta CA, Goldsamt LA, Navarra AMD. A qualitative assessment of retention in HIV care among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living with HIV in New York City. AIDS Care 2024:1-10. [PMID: 38976575 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2024.2373402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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Retention in HIV care is a critical precursor to ending the epidemic yet remains suboptimal in the United States. Gaining an understanding of the challenges faced by adolescents and young adults (AYA) living with HIV is essential to improving retention in HIV care. This study explored the barriers and facilitators to retention in care among Black and Hispanic AYA living with HIV. Audio-recorded semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 AYA living with HIV ages 16-29 years in New York City. Our methods entailed an inductive content analysis to explore key concepts, reconcile codes, and identify a theme, categories, and subcategories. Bronfenbrenner's socioecological model evolved as an organizing framework around barriers and facilitators to retention in care at the individual, interpersonal, healthcare system, and structural level. Data analysis yielded one overarching theme-the influence of psychosocial factors on retention in HIV care. Psychological struggles, powerlessness, clinic-level characteristics, and socioeconomic struggles were barriers reported by participants. Self-responsibility, social support, patient-friendly healthcare services, and socioeconomic resources emerged as facilitators. Retention in HIV care among AYA living with HIV is a multifaceted and complex phenomenon that involves multiple systems. Strengthening patients, healthcare system, and community partnerships can help address some of the HIV-related health disparities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eva Liang
- Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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Niwa M, Matos E, Rodriguez C, Wong M, Errea RA, Ramos A, Senador L, Contreras C, Galea JT, Lindeborg A, Benites C, Shin SS, Lecca L, Franke MF. Retention and Viral Suppression Among Adolescents Newly Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Adult HIV Care in Lima, Peru: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Adolesc Health 2024; 74:260-267. [PMID: 37804297 PMCID: PMC10842947 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.08.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
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PURPOSE Published data on outcomes among adolescents newly initiating antiretroviral treatment in the Latin American context are sparse. We estimated the frequency of sustained retention with viral load suppression (i.e., successful transition) and identified predictors of successful transition into adult care among youth (aged 14-21 years) with recently acquired HIV in Lima, Peru. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted among 184 adolescents and young adults who initiated antiretroviral therapy in an adult public sector HIV clinic between June 2014 and June 2019. Sustained retention (no loss-to-follow-up or death) with viral suppression was calculated for the first 12 and 24 months following treatment initiation. We conducted regression analyses to assess factors associated with successful transition to adult HIV care, including gender, age, occupation, nationality, pregnancy, same-sex sexual behavior, presence of treatment supporter, number of living parents, and social risk factors that may adversely influence health (e.g., lack of social support, economic deprivation). RESULTS Patients were predominantly male (n = 167, 90.8%). Median age was 19 years (interquartile range: 18-21). Frequency of sustained retention with viral load suppression was 42.4% (78/184) and 35.3% (30/85) at 12 and 24 months following treatment initiation. In multivariable analyses, working and/or studying was inversely associated with successful transition into adult care at 12 months; number of known living parents (relative risk: 2.20; 95% confidence interval: 1.12, 4.34) and absence of social risk factors (relative risk: 1.68; 95% confidence interval: 0.91, 3.11) were positively associated with successful transition at 24 months. DISCUSSION Sustained retention in HIV care was uncommon. Parental support and interventions targeting social risk factors may contribute to successful transition into adult HIV care in this group.
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- Miyu Niwa
- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Infectious Disease Department, Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; School of Social Work, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Program for the Control and Prevention of HIV, STDs and Hepatitis, Peru Ministry of Health, Lima, Peru
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- Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Baseline and Process Factors of Anti-Retroviral Therapy That Predict Loss to Follow-up Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in China: A Retrospective Cohort Study. AIDS Behav 2022; 26:1126-1137. [PMID: 34698955 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03466-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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We explored the predictors and predictive models of loss to follow-up (LTFU) during the first year of anti-retroviral therapy (ART). LTFU was defined as the failure to visit the clinic for antiretroviral drugs for ≥ 90 days after the last missed scheduled visit. Based on the electronic medical records of 5953 patients who were HIV positive and began ART between 2016 and 2019 in China, the LTFU rate was 7.24 (95% confidence interval 6.49-7.97) per 100 person-years during the first year of ART. ART baseline factors were associated with LTFU, but were non-optimal predictors. A model including ART process-related factors such as follow-up behaviors and physical health status had an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 73.4% for predicting LTFU. Therefore, the medical records of follow-up visits can be used to identify patients with a high risk of LTFU and allow interventions to be implemented proactively.
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Takamiya M, Takarinda K, Balachandra S, Godfrey M, Radin E, Hakim A, Pearson ML, Choto R, Sandy C, Maphosa T, Rogers JH. Isoniazid preventive therapy use among adult people living with HIV in Zimbabwe. Int J STD AIDS 2021; 32:1020-1027. [PMID: 33978529 PMCID: PMC10719553 DOI: 10.1177/09564624211014404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We assessed the prevalence of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) uptake and explored factors associated with IPT non-uptake among people living with HIV (PLHIV) using nationally representative data from the Zimbabwe Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (ZIMPHIA) 2015-2016. This was a cross-sectional study of 3418 PLHIV ZIMPHIA participants eligible for IPT, aged ≥15 years and in HIV care. Logistic regression modeling was performed to assess factors associated with self-reported IPT uptake. All analyses accounted for multistage survey design. IPT uptake among PLHIV was 12.7% (95% confidence interval (CI): 11.4-14.1). After adjusting for sex, age, rural/urban residence, TB screening at the last clinic visit, and hazardous alcohol use, rural residence was the strongest factor associated with IPT non-uptake (adjusted OR (aOR): 2.39, 95% CI: 1.82-3.12). Isoniazid preventive therapy non-uptake having significant associations with no TB screening at the last HIV care (aOR: 2.07, 95% CI: 1.54-2.78) and with hazardous alcohol use only in urban areas (aOR: 10.74, 95% CI: 3.60-32.0) might suggest suboptimal IPT eligibility screening regardless of residence, but more so in rural areas. Self-reported IPT use among PLHIV in Zimbabwe was low, 2 years after beginning national scale-up. This shows the importance of good TB screening procedures for successful IPT implementation.
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- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Harare, Zimbabwe
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- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Harare, Zimbabwe
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