Development and Assessment of an Innovative Culturally Sensitive Educational Videotape to Improve Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Soweto, South Africa
Wong IY, Lawrence NV, Struthers H, McIntyre J, Friedland GH. Development and Assessment of an Innovative Culturally Sensitive Educational Videotape to Improve Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Soweto, South Africa. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2006, 43: s142-s148. PMID: 17133198, DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000248345.02760.03.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEducational videotapeARV-naive patientsMedication-taking experiencesHIV-positive patientsActive antiretroviral therapyPatient education programHealth care providersAntiretroviral therapyARV therapyMedication therapyMedication takingAdequate adherenceAdherence counsellorsPatient understandingCare providersSide effectsPotential efficacyPatientsTherapyAdherenceFurther studiesIndividual adherencePreliminary findingsFocus groupsMeasurable benefitsSustained Benefit From a Long-Term Antiretroviral Adherence Intervention
Mannheimer SB, Morse E, Matts JP, Andrews L, Child C, Schmetter B, Friedland GH. Sustained Benefit From a Long-Term Antiretroviral Adherence Intervention. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2006, 43: s41-s47. PMID: 17091022, DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000245887.58886.ac.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdherence supportAdherence interventionsClinical trialsMedian baseline CD4 countLong-term medication adherenceLarge randomized clinical trialsMM participantsAntiretroviral Adherence InterventionARV-naive individualsBaseline CD4 countFirst virologic failureIntervention clinical trialsRandomized clinical trialsMedication managersCD4 countVirologic failureVirologic outcomesCD4 cellsARV therapyHIV outcomesMedication adherenceMM subgroupsMM groupCluster randomizationCells/