2020
Social Support is Key to Retention in Care during Covid-19 Pandemic among Older People with HIV and Substance Use Disorders in Ukraine
Rozanova J, Shenoi S, Zaviryukha I, Zeziulin O, Kiriazova T, Rich K, Mamedova E, Yariy V. Social Support is Key to Retention in Care during Covid-19 Pandemic among Older People with HIV and Substance Use Disorders in Ukraine. Substance Use & Misuse 2020, 55: 1902-1904. PMID: 32666857, PMCID: PMC7523433, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1791183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAnti-Retroviral AgentsBetacoronavirusComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19FemaleHealth PersonnelHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsPneumonia, ViralRetention in CareSARS-CoV-2Social IsolationSocial SupportSubstance-Related DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesUkraineConceptsSubstance use disordersUse disordersHuman immunodeficiency virus HIVCOVID-19 pandemicOlder peopleLay health workersSocial supportTreatment interruptionConclusions/Health workersSUD treatmentPharmacological approachesYears old accountTelehealth supportVirus HIVHIVOlder adultsDisordersSuch interventionsPhone surveyTherapyProvision of supportCOVID-19 lockdownPandemicOld account
2016
Antiretroviral therapy initiation and adherence in rural South Africa: community health workers’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators
Loeliger KB, Niccolai LM, Mtungwa LN, Moll A, Shenoi SV. Antiretroviral therapy initiation and adherence in rural South Africa: community health workers’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators. AIDS Care 2016, 28: 982-993. PMID: 27043077, PMCID: PMC4917424, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1164292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-HIV AgentsAnti-Retroviral AgentsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveBlack PeopleCommunity Health WorkersCounselingFocus GroupsHealth Services AccessibilityHIV InfectionsHumansInterviews as TopicLost to Follow-UpMaleMedication AdherenceQualitative ResearchRural PopulationSocial StigmaSocial SupportSocioeconomic FactorsSouth AfricaTruth DisclosureConceptsCommunity health workersAntiretroviral therapyART initiationHealth workersAntiretroviral therapy initiationInsufficient patient educationLong-term adherenceAcute infectious diseasesGlobal HIV/AIDS epidemicPublic health strategiesHealthcare servicesHIV/AIDS managementAlternative medicine (CAM) providersHIV/AIDS epidemicHIV/AIDSTherapy initiationInitial diagnosisLifelong therapyPrevent patientsAdherence ratesPatient counsellingPatient educationPatient dissatisfactionCHW rolesMedicine providers
2015
Trends in hospital deaths among human immunodeficiency virus–infected patients during the antiretroviral therapy era, 1995 to 2011
Cowell A, Shenoi SV, Kyriakides TC, Friedland G, Barakat LA. Trends in hospital deaths among human immunodeficiency virus–infected patients during the antiretroviral therapy era, 1995 to 2011. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2015, 10: 608-614. PMID: 26130520, PMCID: PMC4560992, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2409.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital deathAIDS deathsHuman immunodeficiency virus-infected patientsHigher CD4 cell countsAIDS infectionAntiretroviral therapy eraNon-AIDS deathsNon-AIDS malignanciesCD4 cell countHIV viral loadVirus-infected patientsHuman immunodeficiency virusUrban teaching hospitalTimes greater likelihoodCardiovascular comorbiditiesTherapy eraCD4 countInpatient mortalityImmunodeficiency syndromeLiver diseaseUnderlying liverViral loadImmunodeficiency virusMedical recordsAntiretroviral era