Factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

C Hudelson, L Cluver - AIDS care, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Adolescents living in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately
burdened by the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. Maintaining medication adherence is vital to …

Assessing youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services: a systematic review

A Mazur, CD Brindis, MJ Decker - BMC health services research, 2018 - Springer
Background Over the last quarter century, there has been an emergence of evidence-based
research directed toward the development, implementation, and assessment of youth …

Recent interventions to improve retention in HIV care and adherence to antiretroviral treatment among adolescents and youth: a systematic review

M Casale, A Carlqvist, L Cluver - AIDS patient care and STDs, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Adolescents represent a growing proportion of people living with HIV worldwide and the
highest risk population group for treatment attrition and AIDS-related mortality. There is an …

“I just think that doctors need to ask more questions”: Sexual minority and majority adolescents' experiences talking about sexuality with healthcare providers

L Fuzzell, HN Fedesco, SC Alexander… - Patient Education and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To examine adolescent and young adults' experiences of sexuality communication
with physicians, and gain advice for improving interactions. Methods Semi-structured …

Qualitative research methods in chronic disease: introduction and opportunities to promote health equity

RC Shelton, MM Philbin… - Annual review of public …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Public health research that addresses chronic disease has historically underutilized and
undervalued qualitative methods. This has limited the field's ability to advance (a) a more in …

Seeking wider access to HIV testing for adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa

NA Sam-Agudu, MO Folayan, EE Ezeanolue - Pediatric research, 2016 - nature.com
More than 80% of the HIV-infected adolescents live in sub-Saharan Africa. Acquired immune
deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related mortality has increased among adolescents 10–19 y …

Higher retention and viral suppression with adolescent-focused HIV clinic in South Africa

BC Zanoni, T Sibaya, C Cairns, S Lammert… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective To determine retention in care and virologic suppression among HIV-infected
adolescents and young adults attending an adolescent-friendly clinic compared to those …

Barriers to retention in care are overcome by adolescent-friendly services for adolescents living with HIV in South Africa: a qualitative analysis

BC Zanoni, T Sibaya, C Cairns, JE Haberer - AIDS and Behavior, 2019 - Springer
To assess facilitators and barriers to retention in care for adolescents living with HIV, we
conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews with adolescents ages 13 to 24 years who …

The HIV continuum of care for adolescents and young adults attending 13 urban US HIV care centers of the NICHD-ATN-CDC-HRSA SMILE Collaborative

BG Kapogiannis, LJ Koenig, J Xu… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Almost one-quarter of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States occur among
persons aged 13–24 years. These youths have the poorest HIV care continuum (HCC) …

weCARE: A social media–based intervention designed to increase HIV care linkage, retention, and health outcomes for racially and ethnically diverse young MSM

AE Tanner, L Mann, E Song, J Alonzo… - AIDS Education and …, 2016 - Guilford Press
Estimates suggest that only about 30% of all individuals living with HIV in the US have
achieved viral suppression. Men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly racial/ethnic …