DIRECTLY ADMINISTERED ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (DAART) FOR DRUG USERS

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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:
  DAART for Drug Users is an individual-level intervention. Participants are provided with a pager that is programmed to remind them to report to a mobile Community Health Care Van (CHCV) during weekdays to take their medications. In the CHCV, a DAART specialist observes the patients taking their medications and also provides social support and case management services. Weekend doses are provided on Fridays, and 1-3 days of back-up medication is also provided in case a participant is unable to appear for a DAART visit. Participants are reminded to take evening doses through the pager. Reminders for other scheduled activities, such as medical appointments, are also programmed into the pager. Each patient receives a medication bottle with a MEMS cap to monitor non -observed doses. DAART is provided for 6 consecutive months, and patients are trained to package and selfadminister their medications the month before transferring to complete self-administration of their therapy for an additional 6 months of monitoring.
• 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
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