Trial reportAIDS and behavior2015
Effectiveness of peer support on care engagement and preventive care intervention utilization among pre-antiretroviral therapy, HIV-infected adults in Rakai, Uganda: a randomized trial.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The key design features and effectiveness of social network interventions for HIV testing and linkage services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Social Support Interventions on Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among People Living with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Linkage-to-Care and Antiretroviral Initiation Implementation Strategies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Across Sub-Saharan Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2022Pooled it
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- The effectiveness of peer-support for people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Strategies for retention of heterosexual men in HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Specification of implementation interventions to address the cascade of HIV care and treatment in resource-limited settings: a systematic review.Implementation science : IS · 2017Pooled 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
- Feasibility and Acceptability of Barbershop-Based HIV Prevention Among Heterosexual Men in Kalangala Islands, Uganda: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Trial (HPTN 111).JMIR research protocols · 2026Trial
- Novel community health worker strategy for HIV service engagement in a hyperendemic community in Rakai, Uganda: A pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial.PLoS medicine · 2021Trial
- Psychosocial Phenotype and Risky Sexual Behavior Among People Living with HIV in Changsha: A Latent Profile Analysis.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
- Generalizing from qualitative data: a case example using critical realist thematic analysis and mechanism mapping to evaluate a community health worker-led screening program in India.Implementation science : IS · 2024Article
- High Acceptability and Perceived Feasibility of Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Treatment Among People Living with HIV Who Are Viremic and Health Workers in Uganda.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2023Article
- The effectiveness and sustainability of peer support interventions for persons living with HIV: a realist synthesis.BMJ global health · 2023Review
- Peer Support for People Living With HIV: A Scoping Review.Health promotion practice · 2023Article
- Describing Engagement in the HIV Care Cascade: A Methodological Study.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- A Scoping Review of Peer Navigation Programs for People Living with HIV: Form, Function and Effects.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
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- Makerere's contribution to the development of a high impact HIV research population-based cohort in the Rakai Region, Uganda.African health sciences · 2022Article
- HIV diagnosis period influences ART initiation: findings from a prospective cohort study in China.AIDS research and therapy · 2021Article
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Abstract
442 pre-ART, HIV-infected adults were randomized to peer support consisting of structured home visits to promote clinic attendance and preventive care intervention use or standard of care. At baseline, 62 % reported previously visiting an HIV clinic, 45 % reported taking cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, and 31 % were "care-naïve" (no previous clinic visit and not on cotrimoxazole). After 1 year, intervention participants were more likely to report being in care (92 vs 84 %; PRR 1.09, p = 0.039), on cotrimoxazole (89 vs 81 %; PRR 1.10, p = 0.047), and safe water vessel adherence (23 vs 14 %; PRR 1.64, p = 0.024). The effect was observed only among care-naïve participants (n = 139) with 83 % intervention versus 56 % controls reporting being in HIV care (PRR 1.47, p = 0.006), 78 versus 58 % on cotrimoxazole (PRR 1.35, p = 0.04), and 20 versus 4 % safe water vessel adherence (PRR 5.78, p = 0.017). Peer support may be an effective intervention to facilitate pre-ART care compliance in this important population.
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