ArticleAIDS care2020
"You must leave but I didn't want to leave": qualitative evaluation of the integration of ART into postnatal maternal and child health services in Cape Town, South Africa.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Approaches to transitioning women into and out of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services for continued ART: a systematic review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Pooled it
- Why do Integrated Maternal HIV and Infant Healthcare Services work? A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2023Trial
- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Suicidality Among Children and Adolescents Living with HIV in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Moving forward, leaving the patients behind? A multilevel assessment framework for evaluating patient-centred, integrated care quality.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Review
- Patient Transfers and Their Impact on Gaps in Clinical Care: Differences by Gender in a Large Cohort of Adults Living with HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Implementation and experiences of integrated prevention of mother-to-child transmission services in Tanzania, Malawi and South Africa: A mixed methods study.Global public health · 2021Article
- "This is My Life We are Talking About": Adaptive Strategies for HIV Care Retention and Treatment Adherence Among Postpartum Women Living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
- Adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy among pregnant and postpartum women during the Option B+ era: 12-month cohort study in urban South Africa and rural Uganda.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2020Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Postpartum HIV care retention rates are well below retention rates of the general adult population. The Maternal-Child Health Antiretroviral Therapy (MCH-ART) trial tested the benefit of integrating postpartum maternal ART and pediatric care through the end of breastfeeding compared to the standard of care of immediate postpartum referral of mother and infant to separate services. After the trial, twenty-one participants completed in-depth interviews to understand the acceptability of the service integration and the potentially differing "lived" experiences of the women randomized to the two conditions. Key findings include: (1) the MCH-ART integrated service was found to be acceptable, (2) women in the intervention condition expressed more negative feelings around the need to be transferred to general ART services and (3) women in the intervention condition perceived that they had more influence in selecting the clinic to which they would be transferred compared to those in the control group, although there was no actual difference by study design. Future work should more directly evaluate the impact of shared decision-making and long-term relationships with clinic staff on patient engagement and retention in HIV care.
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