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Peers Keep It Real: Re-engaging Adults in HIV Care
BACKGROUND: After diagnosis, a substantial number of people with HIV disease fall out of care. Effective interventions are needed for this priority population. METHODS: The “Peers Keep It Real” study aimed to help adults who were disengaged from HIV treatment. Peers, lay individuals living with HIV,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6748541/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30950300 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325958219838858 |
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author | Enriquez, Maithe Cheng, An-Lin McKinsey, David Farnan, Rose Ortego, Gerry Hayes, Deana Miles, LaTrischa Reese, Michael Downes, Alicia Enriquez, Amanda Akright, Jan El Atrouni, Wissam |
author_facet | Enriquez, Maithe Cheng, An-Lin McKinsey, David Farnan, Rose Ortego, Gerry Hayes, Deana Miles, LaTrischa Reese, Michael Downes, Alicia Enriquez, Amanda Akright, Jan El Atrouni, Wissam |
author_sort | Enriquez, Maithe |
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description | BACKGROUND: After diagnosis, a substantial number of people with HIV disease fall out of care. Effective interventions are needed for this priority population. METHODS: The “Peers Keep It Real” study aimed to help adults who were disengaged from HIV treatment. Peers, lay individuals living with HIV, facilitated intervention sessions. Participants were randomized to immediately receive the peer-facilitated intervention or were wait-listed. RESULTS: Considerable attrition occurred in the control group. Pre-/postanalyses showed that among participants (n = 23) who received the intervention, 65% had viral load suppression and 100% remained in care at 12 months postintervention. Impact on viral load was significant (P = .0326), suggesting that peers are effective change agents who positively impacted outcomes for individuals struggling with adherence to HIV treatment. CONCLUSION: Future endeavors should consider providing all individuals from this priority population with an active peer intervention from the onset to enhance retention and adherence. |
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spelling | pubmed-67485412019-11-04 Peers Keep It Real: Re-engaging Adults in HIV Care Enriquez, Maithe Cheng, An-Lin McKinsey, David Farnan, Rose Ortego, Gerry Hayes, Deana Miles, LaTrischa Reese, Michael Downes, Alicia Enriquez, Amanda Akright, Jan El Atrouni, Wissam J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care Original Article BACKGROUND: After diagnosis, a substantial number of people with HIV disease fall out of care. Effective interventions are needed for this priority population. METHODS: The “Peers Keep It Real” study aimed to help adults who were disengaged from HIV treatment. Peers, lay individuals living with HIV, facilitated intervention sessions. Participants were randomized to immediately receive the peer-facilitated intervention or were wait-listed. RESULTS: Considerable attrition occurred in the control group. Pre-/postanalyses showed that among participants (n = 23) who received the intervention, 65% had viral load suppression and 100% remained in care at 12 months postintervention. Impact on viral load was significant (P = .0326), suggesting that peers are effective change agents who positively impacted outcomes for individuals struggling with adherence to HIV treatment. CONCLUSION: Future endeavors should consider providing all individuals from this priority population with an active peer intervention from the onset to enhance retention and adherence. SAGE Publications 2019-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6748541/ /pubmed/30950300 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325958219838858 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Enriquez, Maithe Cheng, An-Lin McKinsey, David Farnan, Rose Ortego, Gerry Hayes, Deana Miles, LaTrischa Reese, Michael Downes, Alicia Enriquez, Amanda Akright, Jan El Atrouni, Wissam Peers Keep It Real: Re-engaging Adults in HIV Care |
title | Peers Keep It Real: Re-engaging Adults in HIV Care |
title_full | Peers Keep It Real: Re-engaging Adults in HIV Care |
title_fullStr | Peers Keep It Real: Re-engaging Adults in HIV Care |
title_full_unstemmed | Peers Keep It Real: Re-engaging Adults in HIV Care |
title_short | Peers Keep It Real: Re-engaging Adults in HIV Care |
title_sort | peers keep it real: re-engaging adults in hiv care |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6748541/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30950300 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325958219838858 |
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