Service delivery interventions to improve adolescents' linkage, retention and adherence to antiretroviral therapy and HIV care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Adolescents living with HIV face substantial difficulties in accessing HIV care services and have worse treatment outcomes than other age groups. The objective of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of service delivery interventions to improve adolescents' linkage from HIV diagnosis to antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, retention in HIV care and adherence to ART.

Methods

We systematically searched the Medline, SCOPUS and Web of Sciences databases and conference abstracts from the International AIDS Conference and International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA). Studies published in English between 1st January 2001 and 9th June 2014 were included. Two authors independently evaluated reports for eligibility, extracted data and assessed me

SUBMITTER: MacPherson P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4579546 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature