Category Archives: Delivery arrangements
How care is organized
Behavioral and cognitive interventions to improve treatment adherence and access to HIV care among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa: An updated systematic review
BACKGROUND: Approximately 14% of Africans infected with HIV are over the age of 50, yet few intervention studies focus on improving access to care, retention in care, and adherence to...
Approaches for front-line organizations to implement evidence-based interventions
Key take-home messages Helping community-based organizations (CBOs) find and use research evidence for the development of programs, services and advocacy is only part of the process of supporting evidence-informed front-line...
Improving healthcare providers’ face-to-face interactions with clients living with or at-risk for HIV
Key take-home messages Providers who pay attention to their clients’ health literacy or to their own communication techniques spend more time discussing health behaviour change during visits, and their clients...
Health systems facilitators and barriers to the integration of HIV and chronic disease services: A systematic review
Integration of services for patients with more than one diagnosed condition has intuitive appeal but it has been argued that the empirical evidence to support it is limited. We report...
Adherence to methadone maintenance treatment and antiretroviral therapy
Key take-home messages HIV-positive intravenous drug users (IDUs) are at greater risk of non-adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) compared to the general HIV population. Psychological problems, active drug...
A scoping review of the role of HIV-related stigma and discrimination in noncommunicable disease care
BACKGROUND: People living with HIV are increasingly burdened by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) as a result of the NCD susceptibility that accompanies increased life expectancy and the rising global prevalence of...
Use of antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes among women living with HIV-1 in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
BACKGROUND: Worldwide, nearly 18 million women of reproductive age are living with HIV-1. Although increased access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) during pregnancy has significantly reduced HIV-1 mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), a...
Integrated models of care for individuals with opioid use disorder: How do we prevent HIV and HCV?
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To describe models of integrated and co-located care for opioid use disorder (OUD), hepatitis C (HCV), and HIV. RECENT FINDINGS: The design and scale-up of multidisciplinary care...
Effectiveness of depression interventions for people living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review & meta-analysis of psychological & immunological outcomes
This meta-analytic review evaluated the effectiveness of depression interventions on the psychological and immunological outcomes of people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. 14 studies, yielding 932 participants were eligible....
