Adapting an adherence support workers intervention: engaging traditional healers as adherence partners for persons enrolled in HIV care and treatment in rural Mozambique

Adapting an adherence support workers intervention: engaging traditional healers as adherence partners for persons enrolled in HIV care and treatment in rural Mozambique

Abstract Background Systematic adaptation of evidence-informed interventions that increase retention in care and improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) are essential to ending the HIV epidemic in rural sub-Saharan Africa. We selected and adapted an adherence support worker intervention em...

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Main Authors: Carolyn M. Audet, José Salato, Sten H. Vermund, K. Rivet Amico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Implementation Science
Subjects:
Intervention adaptation
HIV/AIDS
Mozambique
Community-based support
HIV adherence
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13012-017-0582-z

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