Outcomes of a Comprehensive Retention Strategy for Youth With HIV After Transfer to Adult Care in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The retention of youth living with HIV (YLHIV) in adult care after transfer from pediatric care in the United States is a challenge. A targeted comprehensive retention strategy (CRS) may improve retention among YLHIV.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study of YLHIV after transfer from pediatric to adult care for patients with at least 1 adult visit at 2 urban HIV care programs in the United States employing CRSs with internal medicine/pediatrics-trained providers, peer navigators, social workers and mental health resources. Primary outcomes were successful retention in care after transfer (≥2 provider visits in the adult clinic ≥90 days apart within 1 year of transfer) and successful transition (successful retention plus a stable HIV viral load (VL) defined as VL 1

SUBMITTER: Griffith D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6752883 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature