ArticleAIDS care2016
Evaluating mental health difficulties and associated outcomes among HIV-positive adolescents in Tanzania.
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Integrating Mental Health Into a HIV Clinic to Improve Outcomes Among Tanzanian Youth
Transitioning Adolescents to HIV Self-Management in Zambia (Known as: Project YES: Youth Engaging for Success)
Reducing the Intersecting Stigmas of HIV, Violence Victimization, and Mental Health: a Randomized Controlled Pilot Integrating Project YES! Youth Engaging for Success With WHO-Endorsed Mental Health Approaches Among Youth Living With HIV in Ndola, Zambia
Who cites it
110 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence of mental disorders among young people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Health-related needs reported by adolescents living with HIV and receiving antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic literature review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence and factors associated with common mental disorders in young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Pooled it
- The prevalence of depression among adolescent with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis.AIDS research and therapy · 2021Pooled it
- Informing the measurement of wellbeing among young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa for policy evaluations: a mixed-methods systematic review.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Pooled it
- Retention in HIV Care During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period in the Option B+ Era: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies in Africa.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2018Pooled it
- The Effect of Depression on the Pathways Between an Economic Strengthening Intervention and ART Adherence in Youths with HIV: Findings from a Moderated Mediation Model of the Suubi + Adherence Cluster-Randomized Study.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Trial
- A Structural Equation Model of the Impact of a Family-Based Economic Intervention on Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Uganda.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Trial
- The Short-Term Impact of a Combination Intervention on Depressive Symptoms Among School-Going Adolescent Girls in Southwestern Uganda: The Suubi4Her Cluster Randomized Trial.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2022Trial
- Results of the Kigali Imbereheza Project: A 2-Arm Individually Randomized Trial of TI-CBT Enhanced to Address ART Adherence and Mental Health for Rwandan Youth Living With HIV.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2022Trial
- Relationship Between Mental Health and HIV Transmission Knowledge and Prevention Attitudes Among Adolescents Living with HIV: Lessons from Suubi + Adherence Cluster Randomized Study in Southern Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2021Trial
- A group-based mental health intervention for young people living with HIV in Tanzania: results of a pilot individually randomized group treatment trial.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Prevalence of physical and sexual violence and psychological abuse among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Zambia.PloS one · 2020Trial
- Applying the Exploration Preparation Implementation Sustainment (EPIS) Framework to the Kigali Imbereheza Project for Rwandan Adolescents Living With HIV.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Trial
- Building resilience: a mental health intervention for Tanzanian youth living with HIV.AIDS care · 2018Trial
- HIV-related stigma and academic outcomes: the mediating role of mental health among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda.AIDS care · 2026Article
- Peer-led interventions: Exploring the peer group leader experience of delivering Sauti ya Vijana, a group-based mental health intervention for youth living with HIV in Tanzania.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Prevalence of common mental health disorders and associated factors among adolescents and young people living with HIV in Lusaka, Zambia.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Mental health problems among secondary school students 10-24 years in Kilimanjaro region, Northern Tanzania.African health sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
AIDS-related mortality among HIV-positive adolescents has risen by 50% despite the scale up of antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART maladherence likely plays a role in the increase of AIDS-related deaths among adolescents and has shown to be associated with psychosocial and mental health difficulties. Addressing the specific mental health needs of HIV-positive adolescents is critical to ending the HIV epidemic. This cross-sectional study prospectively enrolled HIV-positive adolescents (12-24 years) in Moshi, Tanzania. A structured questionnaire was administered that included questions about home, school, adherence, and measures of stigma (Berger Stigma Scale) and mental health. Mental health measures included depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9), emotional/behavioral difficulties (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire), and traumatic experiences/post-traumatic stress symptoms (The University of California Los Angeles-post-traumatic stress disorder-Reaction Index). Mental health difficulties were prevalent among HIV-positive adolescents and were associated with incomplete adherence and stigma. Resources are needed to reduce HIV stigma and address mental health among HIV-positive adolescents in low-resource settings. This will improve not only mental health, but may also improve ART adherence and virologic suppression, improving overall health of the individual and reducing the risk of HIV transmission to others.
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