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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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Autores principales: 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
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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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
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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).
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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
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title_short Peers Keep It Real: Re-engaging Adults in HIV Care
title_sort peers keep it real: re-engaging adults in hiv care
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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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