ArticleHealth promotion practice2022
HIV Patient Navigation in the United States: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Navigators' Experiences.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Peer Support in Chronic Conditions from the Peer Supporters' Perspective: A Systematic Review.Psychosocial intervention · 2025Pooled it
- Working between systems: an umbrella review of care navigator roles and responsibilities.Frontiers in health services · 2025Pooled it
- Addressing Mental Health Barriers in HIV Care Coordination Is Crucial to Providing Optimal HIV/AIDS Care.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2024Trial
- A Pilot Study of a Patient Navigation Intervention to Improve HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Persistence Among Black/African American Men Who Have Sex With Men.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2022Trial
- Understanding Patient Navigation Functions: A Qualitative Exploration of Navigators' Perspectives in Alberta, Canada.Health services insights · 2026Article
- Transportation, administrative burden, and COVID-19: A structural intersectional analysis of barriers to HIV care among Black sexual minority men living with HIV in the US South.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2025Article
- Patient Navigators in Cochlear Implant Services: A Survey of Current Practices and Utilization.Otology & neurotology open · 2025Article
- Exploring the Role of Peer Health Navigators in the Australian Health System: A Qualitative Interview Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- "We're Going to Be Here": Providers' Perspectives on Implementing a Revised HIV Care Coordination Program.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2025Article
- Optimal characteristics of peer navigators: adapting peer-based intervention with street-involved youth in Canada and Kenya with the aim of increasing HIV prevention, testing and treatment.Health research policy and systems · 2025Article
- Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in a Southern Opt-Out HIV Testing Environment Without Reflex HIV RNA Testing.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Supporting the helpers: what do peer deliverers of HIV interventions need to sustain their implementation efforts?Translational behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- "It Comes in Steps and Stages": Experiences of People Living with HIV in Achieving Employment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Patient navigation programs for people with dementia, their caregivers, and members of the care team: a scoping review.JBI evidence synthesis · 2023Article
- "They make a difference": a qualitative study of providers' experiences of peer support in outpatient clinics for people living with HIV.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Toward An Enhanced Understanding of HIV Patient Navigation as a Health Care Intervention: An Analysis of Navigation in Practice.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- A Scoping Review of the Empirical Literature on Peer Support for People Living with HIV.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
- Patient Navigation Programs in Canada for People With Dementia, Their Caregivers and Care Providers: An Environmental Scan.Sage open agingArticle
- Perspectives of Local Health Departments Among People Receiving HIV Services in a Southern "Ending the HIV Epidemic" Region: A Qualitative Study.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
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Abstract
Patient navigation is increasingly used to link and (re)engage persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to care. A more holistic understanding of patient navigation can be achieved by exploring the experiences of navigators, the persons who comprise half of the navigation process. We conducted a meta-synthesis of navigator experiences with HIV patient navigation using a phenomenological approach. We identified nine relevant studies. Data were analyzed using thematic synthesis. Analysis identified two overarching themes relating to (1) the breadth and depth of bidirectional relationships and functional activities that navigators undertake to connect their clients to care and (2) the inherently personal experience of delivering navigation services. From these thematic findings, we recommend that HIV patient navigators exhibit capacity and expertise in developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships with clients and health care systems/providers and develop self-care practices and emotional boundaries with clients. Our review seeks to advance public health research and practice by articulating key experiences and perspectives of HIV patient navigators, drawing findings and recommendations applicable to the development, implementation, and evaluation of HIV patient navigation.
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