SynthesisEBioMedicine2017
Enhancing Public Health HIV Interventions: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis and Systematic Review of Studies to Improve Linkage to Care, Adherence, and Retention.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Time to diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in indigenous peoples: a systematic review.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Pooled it
- Working towards a comprehensive understanding of HPV and cervical cancer among Indigenous women: a qualitative systematic review.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Decentralisation, integration, and task-shifting in hepatitis C virus infection testing and treatment: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Global health · 2021Pooled it
- Retention in HIV care before and after implementation of a case management program in Malawi.BMC public health · 2026Article
- HIV care outcomes among transgender women compared with cisgender men and women: a retrospective cohort study in two hospitals in Paris, France.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Violence experience among cis-gender women living with HIV in Atlanta, Georgia: impact on HIV-related health and their preferences for violence screening and support.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The search for meaning in health care inquiries: introducing qualitative meaning analysis.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Retention on antiretroviral therapy and drivers of lost-to-follow up in the Central African Republic: a longitudinal analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Article
- Travel Burden and Timely Linkage to Care Among People Newly Diagnosed with HIV Infection in South Carolina from 2005 to 2020.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Treatment Outcomes After Offering Same-Day Initiation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Treatment-How to Interpret Discrepancies Between Different Studies.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023Article
- Development and validation of a prediction tool to support engagement in HIV care among young people ages 10-24 years in Kenya.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Antiretroviral therapy initiation and retention among clients who received peer-delivered linkage case management and standard linkage services, Eswatini, 2016-2020: retrospective comparative cohort study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Article
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- Overcoming Barriers to HIV Care: Findings from a Peer-Delivered, Community-Based, Linkage Case Management Program (CommLink), Eswatini, 2015-2018.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Comparison of cohort characteristics in Central Africa International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS and Demographic Health Surveys: Rwanda and Burundi.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2021Article
- Staff Perceptions of Preimplementation Barriers and Facilitators to a Mobile Health Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Counseling Intervention in South Africa: Qualitative Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
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- "Vital": HIV counselling and testing staff's views of addressing mental health with HIV in Uganda.BMC health services research · 2020Article
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Abstract
Although HIV services are expanding, few have reached the scale necessary to support universal viral suppression of individuals living with HIV. The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize the qualitative evidence evaluating public health HIV interventions to enhance linkage to care, antiretroviral drug (ARV) adherence, and retention in care. We searched 19 databases without language restrictions. The review collated data from three separate qualitative evidence reviews addressing each of the three outcomes along the care continuum. 21,738 citations were identified and 24 studies were included in the evidence review. Among low and middle-income countries in Africa, men living with HIV had decreased engagement in interventions compared to women and this lack of engagement among men also influenced the willingness of their partners to engage in services. Four structural issues (poverty, unstable housing, food insecurity, lack of transportation) mediated the feasibility and acceptability of public health HIV interventions. Individuals living with HIV identified unmet mental health needs that interfered with their ability to access HIV services. Persistent social and cultural factors contribute to disparities in HIV outcomes across the continuum of care, shaping the context of service delivery among important subpopulations.
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