ReviewCurrent HIV/AIDS reports2014
Enhancing linkage and retention in HIV care: a review of interventions for highly resourced and resource-poor settings.
Review in Current HIV/AIDS reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02692027 (Same Day Community-based ART Initiation Versus Clinic-based Pre-ART Assessment and Counselling for Individuals Newly Tested HIV-positive During Community-based HIV Testing in Rural Lesotho - a Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 57 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Same Day Community-based ART Initiation Versus Clinic-based Pre-ART Assessment and Counselling for Individuals Newly Tested HIV-positive During Community-based HIV Testing in Rural Lesotho - a Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
57 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Improving Post-Release Care Engagement for People Living with HIV Involved in the Criminal Justice System: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2022Pooled it
- The effectiveness of peer-support for people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Enhancing Public Health HIV Interventions: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis and Systematic Review of Studies to Improve Linkage to Care, Adherence, and Retention.EBioMedicine · 2017Pooled it
- Enroling and retaining human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients in their care: A metasynthesis of qualitative studies.International journal of nursing studies · 2016Pooled it
- Improving Engagement in the HIV Care Cascade: A Systematic Review of Interventions Involving People Living with HIV/AIDS as Peers.AIDS and behavior · 2016Pooled it
- Facilitators and barriers in HIV linkage to care interventions: a qualitative evidence review.AIDS (London, England) · 2016Pooled it
- Interventions to improve the rate or timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: meta-analyses of effectiveness.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2016Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a Lay Counselor-Led Combination Intervention for Retention of Mothers and Infants in HIV Care: A Randomized Trial in Kenya.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Trial
- Effectiveness of a Peer Navigation Intervention to Sustain Viral Suppression Among HIV-Positive Men and Transgender Women Released From Jail: The LINK LA Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2018Trial
- High HIV risk and syndemic burden regardless of referral source among MSM screening for a PrEP demonstration project in Toronto, Canada.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Evaluation of the Tsima community mobilization intervention to improve engagement in HIV testing and care in South Africa: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial.Implementation science : IS · 2017Trial
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- Identification of Clinical Phenotypes Among People with HIV Using Electronic Health Record Data.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Interactive Internet-Based Motivational Interviewing Training for HIV Counseling Support Staff to Improve Health Communication in HIV Care Interactions: Protocol for Training Development and a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Applying Machine Learning to Predict Loss to Follow-Up Among People Living With HIV in Haiti Using a National Electronic Medical Record Cohort.International journal of public health · 2026Article
- A Comparative Analysis of Physical and Mobile Phone Tracing in Clinical Trials in Lilongwe, Malawi.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2025Article
- What makes peers credible? A qualitative analysis to operationalize peer credibility in HIV-prevention and treatment programs for Latino MSM.AIDS care · 2025Article
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Abstract
Given the widespread availability of effective antiretroviral therapy, engagement of HIV-infected persons in care is a global priority. We reviewed 51 studies, published in the past decade, assessing strategies for improving linkage to and retention in HIV care. The review included studies from highly resourced settings (HRS) and resource-poor settings (RPS), specifically the USA and sub-Saharan Africa. In HRS, strength-based case management was best supported for improving linkage and retention in care; peer navigation and clinic-based health promotion were supported for improving retention. In RPS, point of care CD4 testing was best supported for improving linkage to care; decentralization, and task-shifting for improving retention. Novel interventions continue to emerge in HRS and RPS, yet many strategies have not been adequately evaluated. Further consideration should be given to analyses that identify which interventions, or combinations of interventions, are most effective, cost-effective, scalable, and aligned with patient preferences for HIV care.
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