Development of a coping intervention to improve traumatic stress and HIV care engagement among South African women with sexual trauma histories.

ABSTRACT: This paper describes the development and preliminary trial run of ImpACT (Improving AIDS Care after Trauma), a brief coping intervention to address traumatic stress and HIV care engagement among South African women with sexual trauma histories. We engaged in an iterative process to culturally adapt a cognitive-behavioral intervention for delivery within a South African primary care clinic. This process involved three phases: (a) preliminary intervention development, drawing on content from a prior evidence-based intervention; (b) contextual adaptation of the curriculum through formative data collection using a multi-method qualitative approach; and (c) pre-testing of trauma screening procedures and a subsequent trial run of the intervention. Feedback from key informant interviews and patie

SUBMITTER: Sikkema KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5953816 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature