[ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention
Evidence for and examples of antiretroviral adherence support and retention in care strategies in South Africa
Dear Alasdair, I am attaching an article describing a successfull pilot project in Lagos, Nigeria. We evaluated the efficacy of motivational groups, using motivational interviewing, to promote adherence to ART and risk reduction behaviors in HIV infected…
Job Opportunity: Tiyatien Health - focused on "last mile health" using CHWs in Liberia
Tiyatien Health is presently hiring for the position of Program Director. I’d be grateful if you could please share this posting with your respective networks and with anyone who you think might be qualified and interested in the position. ABOUT US:…
A recent published paper from Australia on ART prescribers' views and practices around ART initiation
Dear members I am a Senior Research Fellow at the National Centre in HIV Social Research, Sydney, Australia. Here is an interesting article looking at ART prescribers' views and practices around ART initiation in the era of Treatment as Prevention. While…
Timeliness of clinic appointments as a predictor vriological suppression
Hi All, thought others working in resource limited ART programs would find this of interest: This article assesses the relationship between one of the WHO early warning indicators, adherence to clinic appointments, and virological response and drug…
Measuring delivery system design in resource limited setttings
Moses, to add to your query, some programs are now doing something called a Basic Care package for pre-ART patients which includes- psychosocial support, counseling etc. The CDC SA program has something called IACT,
Member Spotlight: Marijn de Bruin - is adherence care under threat?
GHD Online Colleagues- In light of our recent posts about process improvements in clinics in low-resource settings, I want to share with you new information I am learning about a "Simple Electronic Medical Record" (SEMR). Last week Mr. Rogers Hellman…
Call for Papers: Social Networks, Health, and Mental Health (Social Science & Medicine)
Hi GHDonline community: Social Science & Medicine has just released a Call for Papers for a special issue on social networks, health and mental health. We recognize that many of the submissions will have disease-specific foci, including HIV -- such as…
Introductions
Sandy: In a matter of 2 or 3 weeks it will be commercially available. If interested, please feel free to contact me or call: 703.625.6975 In the meantime, once I have your email, I'd be happy to send you a link where you can install it…
Combination Implementation for HIV Prevention
Hi Larry, thanks for posting. Regards, Pamela Marks
A new study on text messaging to improve adherence to HIV medication
Thanks Richard, Unfortunately, the media is eager to draw conclusions from a single study simply because it is the most recent. Our findings suggest that text messaging may be more useful to different subgroups of the population based on gender, duration…