Understanding Sustained Retention in HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment: a Synthetic Review

Overview

Journal Curr HIV/AIDS Rep

Publisher Current Science

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2016 May 19

PMID 27188300

Citations 19

Authors

Monika Roy

Nancy Czaicki

Charles Holmes

Saurabh Chavan

Apollo Tsitsi

Thomas Odeny

Izukanji Sikazwe

Nancy Padian

Elvin Geng

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Abstract

Sustained retention represents an enduring and evolving challenge to HIV treatment programs in Africa. We present a theoretical framework for sustained retention borrowing from ecologic principles of sustainability and dynamic adaptation. We posit that sustained retention from the patient perspective is dependent on three foundational principles: (1) patient activation: the acceptance, prioritization, literacy, and skills to manage a chronic disease condition, (2) social normalization: the engagement of a social network and harnessing social capital to support care and treatment, and (3) livelihood routinization: the integration of care and treatment activities into livelihood priorities that may change over time. Using this framework, we highlight barriers specific to sustained retention and review interventions addressing long-term, sustained retention in HIV care with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.

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