Improved Health among People Living with HIV/AIDS Who Received Packages of Proven Preventive Health Interventions, Amhara, Ethiopia

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• Alternative Title:
  PLoS One
• Personal Author:
  O’Reilly, Ciara E. ; Taylor, Ethel V. ; Ayers, Tracy ; Fantu, Ribka ; Abayneh, Sisay Alemayehu ; Marston, Barbara ; Molla, Yordanos B. ; Sewnet, Tegene ; Abebe, Fitsum ; Hoekstra, Robert M. ; Quick, Robert
• Description:
  In 2009, basic care packages (BCP) containing health products were distributed to HIV-infected persons in Ethiopia who were clients of antiretroviral therapy clinics. To measure health impact, we enrolled clients from an intervention hospital and comparison hospital, and then conducted a baseline survey, and 7 bi-weekly home visits. We enrolled 405 intervention group clients and 344 comparison clients. Intervention clients were more likely than comparison clients to have detectable chlorine in stored water (40% vs. 1%, p<0.001), soap (51% vs. 36%, p<0.001), and a BCP water container (65% vs. 0%, p<0.001) at every home visit. Intervention clients were less likely than comparison clients to report illness (44% vs. 67%, p<0.001) or health facility visits for illness (74% vs. 95%, p<0.001), and had lower median illness scores (1.0 vs. 3.0, p<0.05). Participation in the BCP program appeared to improve reported health outcomes.
• Subjects:
  Adult Anti-Retroviral Agents Drinking Water Female Humans Hygiene Male Middle Aged Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Preventive Medicine Surveys And Questionnaires Young Adult

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• Source:
  PLoS One. 2014; 9(9).
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107662
• Pubmed ID:
  25233345
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4169407
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T35 OD010991/OD/NIH HHS/United States ; PEPFAR/United States
• Name as Subject:
  United States. President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
• Place as Subject:
  Ethiopia
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha-512:f8ca0057a5f0ee6d0e2e49309b9aded0b2df871dd9093b1eed9d86711ddef634b958c9a6768a8e4d4b697b72cd2f610d78e42799ad697eb93cb7e51cee889859
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