"Facilitating HIV status adjustment: Qualitative insights from the Tambua Mapema proof-of-concept study in Kenya".

ABSTRACT: Systematic efforts are needed to prepare persons newly diagnosed with acute or chronic HIV infection to cope. We examined how patients dealt with this news, looking at how readiness to accept an HIV diagnosis impacted treatment outcomes, prevention of transmission, and HIV status disclosure. We examined vulnerability and agency over time and considered implications for policy and practice. A qualitative sub-study was embedded in the Tambua Mapema ("Discover Early") Plus (TMP) study (NCT03508908), conducted in coastal Kenya between 2017 and 2020, which was a stepped wedge trial to evaluate an opt-out HIV-1 nucleic acid testing intervention diagnosing acute and chronic HIV infections. Diagnosed participants were offered antiretroviral therapy (ART), viral load monitoring, HIV partner notific

SUBMITTER: van der Elst EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8758194 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature