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
  • HIV Infections
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
• Keywords:
  • linkage to HIV care
  • retention in HIV care
  • engagement in HIV care
  • systematic review
  • evidence-based interventions
  • best practices
  • vinculación con la atención médica del VIH
  • la permanencia en la atención médica del VIH
  • la participación en la atención médica del VIH
  • revisión sistemática
  More +
• 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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/81116/cdc_81116_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 328.45 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:45aecb5329b67c23e876a60e5050a400c0bfd98d2d04a8e5c1949cf63ea635d2