Effectiveness of the Common Elements Treatment Approach for mental and behavioural health outcomes among women struggling to remain adherent to HIV treatment and who have experienced intimate partner violence in South Africa: secondary outcomes from a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV in South Africa are among the highest globally. IPV is associated with a range of adverse mental health and HIV outcomes. The Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) is a transdiagnostic, evidence-based intervention delivered by lay providers.

Objective

To compare the effectiveness of CETA to active attention control in reducing IPV, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use among women at risk of poor HIV outcomes who have experienced IPV.

Methods

Women living with HIV with an unsuppressed viral load or at risk for poor adherence and experienced past 12-month IPV were recruited from Johannesburg-area clinics and randomised 1:1 to CETA or control (SMS HIV appointment reminders plus

SUBMITTER: Zheng A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12853443 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature