Trial reportAIDS and behavior2018
Improving AIDS Care After Trauma (ImpACT): Pilot Outcomes of a Coping intervention Among HIV-Infected Women with Sexual Trauma in South Africa.
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Improving the Health of South African Women With Traumatic Stress in HIV Care
Project Someleze: A Randomized Trial of ImpACT+, a Coping Intervention to Improve Clinical and Mental Health Outcomes Among HIV-infected Women With Sexual Trauma in South Africa
Who cites it
48 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vulnerability and non-adherence to treatment in cisgender women living with HIV/AIDS: a scoping review (2000-2024).Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Pooled it
- Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Interventions in the Era of Universal Test and Treat: A Hybrid Systematic-Narrative Literature Review of Global Evidence.AIDS and behavior · 2026Pooled it
- Understanding psychotrauma in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of clinical and sociocultural perspectives.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
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- Trauma informed interventions: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Outcomes of a Pilot Mobile App Just-in-Time-Adaptive-Intervention Supporting Coping Skills in Trauma Affected People with HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2026Trial
- The Factorial Structure, Reliability, and Validity of a Coping Measure Among Women with HIV and Sexual Trauma in Cape Town, South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2026Trial
- Integrated PTSD and adherence treatment for people living with HIV: a feasibility pilot trial for cognitive processing therapy- lifesteps (CPT-L) at a Ryan white clinic.AIDS research and therapy · 2025Trial
- Assessing longitudinal patterns of depressive symptoms and the influence of symptom trajectories on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence among adolescent girls in the HPTN 082 randomized controlled trial.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Trial
- A Geospatially Customizable Culturally Tailored Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Violence-Affected People Living With HIV: Mixed Methods Acceptability, Feasibility, and User Experience Study.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Impact of a Trauma-Informed Intervention on Psychosocial and HIV Treatment Outcomes Among Older Adults Living with HIV: A Pilot Study.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Maladaptive Coping Strategies Mediate the Relationship Between Depression and Anxiety and Moderate-to-Heavy Alcohol Use in Young South Africans with HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
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- Breaking the Silence: A Scoping Literature Review on Trauma-Informed Care for Black Women Navigating Sexual Health-Related Trauma.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Understanding the Effects of Trauma Exposure, Life Stress, Intimate Partner Violence, and Depression on Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk in Post-Conflict Liberia.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- What's in Your Dataset? Measuring Engagement in HIV Care Using Routinely Administered Items with a Population Disproportionately Burdened by HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Piloting Safety and Stabilization: A Multi-component Trauma Intervention to Improve HIV Viral Suppression, Retention in Care, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in a Southern United States HIV Service Organization.AIDS and behavior · 2024Observational
- A Trauma-Informed, Geospatially Aware, Just-in-Time Adaptive mHealth Intervention to Support Effective Coping Skills Among People Living With HIV in New Orleans: Development and Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Psychosocial interventions for survivors of rape and sexual assault experienced during adulthood.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Coping Strategies and Symptoms of Mental Health Disorders Among People with HIV Initiating HIV Care in Cameroon.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Improving AIDS Care after Trauma (ImpACT), a coping intervention for HIV-infected women with sexual abuse histories, was evaluated for feasibility and potential efficacy in a public clinic in Cape Town, South Africa. Sixty-four participants were enrolled prior to starting antiretroviral therapy (ART). After completing baseline assessments, participants were randomly assigned to standard of care (SoC: three adherence counseling sessions) or ImpACT (SoC plus four individual and three group sessions). Participants completed assessments at 3 months (after individual sessions) and 6 months post-baseline. In exploratory analysis of primary outcomes, ImpACT participants, compared to SoC, reported greater reductions in avoidance and arousal symptoms of PTSD and greater increases in ART adherence motivation at 3 months. Clinically significant decreases in overall PTSD symptoms were also demonstrated at 3 months. These effects continued as trends at the 6-month assessment, in addition to increases in social/spiritual coping. In analysis of secondary outcomes, high levels of non-adherence to ART and poor care engagement were evident at 6 months, with no differences between study arms. A trauma-focused, culturally-adapted individual intervention delivered by a non-specialist in the HIV care setting is feasible and acceptable. Preliminary findings suggest ImpACT has potential to reduce PTSD symptoms and increase ART adherence motivation, but a more intensive intervention may be needed to improve and maintain care engagement among this population.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02223390.
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