Identifying Best Practices for Increasing Linkage to, Retention, and Re-engagement in HIV Medical Care: Findings from a Systematic Review, 1996–2014

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• Alternative Title:
  AIDS Behav
• Personal Author:
  Higa, Darrel H. ; Crepaz, Nicole ; Mullins, Mary M.
• Corporate Authors:
  Prevention Research Synthesis Project
• Description:
  A systematic review was conducted to identify best practices for increasing linkage, retention and re-engagement in HIV care (LRC) for persons living with HIV (PLWH). Our search strategy consisted of automated searches of electronic databases and hand searches of journals, reference lists and listservs. We developed two sets of criteria: evidence-based to identify evidence-based interventions (EBIs) tested with a comparison group and evidence-informed to identify evidence-informed interventions (EIs) tested with a one-group design. Eligible interventions included being published between 1996 and 2014, U.S.-based studies with a comparison or one-group designs with pre-post data, international randomized controlled trials, and having objective measures of LRC-relevant outcomes. We identified 10 best practices: 5 EBIs and 5 EIs. None focused on re-engagement. Providers and prevention planners can use the review findings to identify best practices suitable for their clinics, agencies, or communities to increase engagement in care for PLWH, ultimately leading to viral suppression.
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Evidence-Based Medicine Health Services Accessibility HIV Infections Humans Patient Acceptance Of Health Care Practice Guidelines As Topic
• Keywords:
  Best Practices Engagement In HIV Care Evidence-based Interventions La Participación En La Atención Médica Del VIH La Permanencia En La Atención Médica Del VIH Las Intervenciones Basadas En La Evidencia Las Mejores Prácticas Linkage To HIV Care Retention In HIV Care Revisión Sistemática Systematic Review Vinculación Con La Atención Médica Del VIH

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• Source:
  AIDS Behav. 20(5):951-966
• Pubmed ID:
  26404014
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6719316
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:45aecb5329b67c23e876a60e5050a400c0bfd98d2d04a8e5c1949cf63ea635d2
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/81116/cdc_81116_DS1.pdf
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