Effectiveness of community adolescent treatment supporters (CATS) interventions in improving linkage and retention in care, adherence to ART and psychosocial well-being: a randomised trial among adolescents living with HIV in rural Zimbabwe

Background Engagement with community adolescent treatment supporters (CATS) improves adherence, psychosocial well-being, linkage and retention in care among adolescents living with HIV. However, there is an urgent need for empirical evidence of the effectiveness of this approach, in order to inform...

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Published in:	BMC public health Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 117 - 9
Main Authors:	Willis, Nicola, Milanzi, Amos, Mawodzeke, Mather, Dziwa, Chengetai, Armstrong, Alice, Yekeye, Innocent, Mtshali, Phangisile, James, Victoria
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 28.01.2019 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Adherence Adolescent Analysis Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use Biostatistics Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Secure the Future Care and treatment Child Clinical trials Community Health Services Continuity of Patient Care - statistics & numerical data Environmental Health Epidemiology Female Health policies HIV HIV Infections - drug therapy HIV Infections - psychology HIV patients Humans Male Medication Adherence - statistics & numerical data Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mental Health - statistics & numerical data Peers Program Evaluation Psychological aspects Psychosocial wellbeing Public Health Quality of Life Questionnaires Research Article Retention Retention in Care - statistics & numerical data Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Surveys and Questionnaires systems and management in low and middle-income countries Vaccine Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Adherence Psychosocial wellbeing HIV Retention Adolescent Peers
ISSN:	1471-2458, 1471-2458
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