Trial reportAIDS and behavior2021
The Treatment Ambassador Program: A Highly Acceptable and Feasible Community-Based Peer Intervention for South Africans Living with HIV Who Delay or Discontinue Antiretroviral Therapy.
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The Treatment Ambassador Program: Pilot Testing a Peer-driven Intervention to Increase Treatment Initiation Among HIV-positive South Africans
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Intervention strategies to improve adherence to treatment for selected chronic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Pooled it
- Peer network approaches for improving HIV testing, prevention and care utilisation among men in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Stakeholder priorities for ART initiation and early retention strategies in Malawi: a qualitative study comparing international and national perspectives.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Face-to-face, confidential and health worker-led: Understanding the preferences for behavioral health services among people with HIV in Lesotho.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Implementing a male-specific ART counselling curriculum: a quality assessment with healthcare workers in Malawi.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Article
- "Shared experience makes this all possible": documenting the guiding principles of peer-led services for people released from prison.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Stakeholder Priorities for ART Initiation and Early Retention Interventions in Malawi: A Qualitative Study Comparing International and National Perspectives.Research square · 2023Article
- Strategies to improve antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and early engagement among men in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of interventions in the era of universal treatment.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2023Article
- Peer Support for People Living With HIV: A Scoping Review.Health promotion practice · 2023Article
- Peer Approaches to Improve HIV Care Cascade Outcomes: a Scoping Review Focused on Peer Behavioral Mechanisms.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2022Article
- Understanding Repeat Positive HIV Testing in South Africa Under Changing Treatment Guidelines.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Global HIV efforts need to focus on key populations in LMICs.Lancet (London, England) · 2021Article
- Can Air Quality Citizen-Sensors Turn into Clean Air Ambassadors? Insights from a Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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Abstract
We conducted a novel pilot randomized controlled trial of the Treatment Ambassador Program (TAP), an 8-session, peer-based, behavioral intervention for people with HIV (PWH) in South Africa not on antiretroviral therapy (ART). PWH (43 intervention, 41 controls) completed baseline, 3- and 6-month assessments. TAP was highly feasible (90% completion), with peer counselors demonstrating good intervention fidelity. Post-intervention interviews showed high acceptability of TAP and counselors, who supported autonomy, assisted with clinical navigation, and provided psychosocial support. Intention-to-treat analyses indicated increased ART initiation by 3 months in the intervention vs. control arm (12.2% [5/41] vs. 2.3% [1/43], Fisher exact p-value = 0.105; Cohen's h = 0.41). Among those previously on ART (off for > 6 months), 33.3% initiated ART by 3 months in the intervention vs. 14.3% in the control arm (Cohen's h = 0.45). Results suggest that TAP was highly acceptable and feasible among PWH not on ART.
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