CHETANA INTERVENTION

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Description:
  The Chetana adherence intervention is a comprehensive wellness program to increase medication adherence for PWH. The intervention has 3 components: (1) “positive living” groups to discuss topics including yoga, nutrition, information about local community and medical resources, stigma, and legal assistance; (2) peer-led adherence groups to enable participants to obtain social support and learn techniques from each other; and (3) individual counseling using motivational interviewing (MI) techniques to help address individual barriers and family situations that PWH who are adherence challenged unwilling to share with the group in a participant-centered, non-judgmental format. The first hour of each session consists of an adherence support group session that is peer led by a PWH and study counselor. The second hour consists of positive living group topics presented by subject matter experts. Participants are given a meal and refreshments during the group sessions and receive reimbursement for their transportation costs to each session. Participants also receive a certificate of completion and personal yoga mat that they keep following participation.
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Epidemiology Data Interpretation, Statistical Epidemics Epidemiological Monitoring HIV Public Health Surveillance Statistics Tables
• Keywords:
  DHP_HIV_Reports PRS Project HIV Compendium
• Series:
  Compendium of Evidence-Based Interventions and Best Practices for HIV Prevention
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP)
• Division:
  DHP - Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:82196464c7e1e4be4de1f9c9a59a09f5e82fa69cd719ed70c84534d95dcf3e0ec2428a6b67870e391cca9863c0b02db333fdab29d1e6b83c4505b4a5af713333
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/149416/cdc_149416_DS1.pdf
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