Barriers and facilitators to scaling up Healthy Choices, a motivational interviewing intervention for youth living with HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study included Community Health Workers and their supervisors from HIV clinical care teams who participated in the Healthy Choices intervention program. Healthy Choices is a Motivational Interviewing-based intervention aimed at improving medication adherence and reducing alcohol use for adolescents and emerging adults ages 16-24 living with HIV. In this study, the intervention was "scaled up" for delivery by local HIV care providers in real-world clinic settings.

Methods

Providers (N = 21) completed semi-structured interviews (N = 29) about their experiences with intervention scale-up. Rigorous thematic analyses were conducted within discussions of barriers and facilitators of intervention implementation.

Results

Three dominant thematic areas emerged f

SUBMITTER: MacDonell K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9426253 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature