Title
Matching social support to individual needs: A community-based intervention to improve HIV treatment adherence in a resource-poor setting
Date Issued
01 January 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Arteaga F.
Guerra D.
Zeladita J.
Espiritu B.
Caldas A.
Shin S.
Publisher(s)
Springer New York LLC
Abstract
From December 2005 to April 2007, we enrolled 60 adults starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Lima, Peru to receive community-based accompaniment with supervised antiretrovirals (CASA), consisting of 12 months of DOT-HAART, as well as microfinance assistance and/or psychosocial support group according to individuals' need. We matched 60 controls from a neighboring district, and assessed final clinical and psychosocial outcomes at 24 months. CASA support was associated with higher rates of virologic suppression and lower mortality. A comprehensive, tailored adherence intervention in the form of community-based DOT-HAART and matched economic and psychosocial support is both feasible and effective for certain individuals in resource-poor settings. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010.
Start page
1454
End page
1464
Volume
15
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Temas sociales
Geografía económica y cultural
Dermatología, Enfermedades venéreas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84855161691
PubMed ID
Source
AIDS and Behavior
ISSN of the container
10907165
Sponsor(s)
Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the Office for AIDS Research at the National Institutes for Health; the Eleanor and Miles Shore Fellowship at Harvard Medical School; David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, and Partners In Health for support of this project. We also thank Christian Rojas, Miriam Callacna, Julio Acha, Humberto Castillo, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Mayler Albujar for their efforts with the intervention. No conflicts of interest exist.
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