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01-06-2010 | Original Paper

Community-based DOT-HAART Accompaniment in an Urban Resource-Poor Setting

Authors: Maribel Muñoz, Karen Finnegan, Jhon Zeladita, Adolfo Caldas, Eduardo Sanchez, Miriam Callacna, Christian Rojas, Jorge Arevalo, Jose Luis Sebastian, Cesar Bonilla, Jaime Bayona, Sonya Shin

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 3/2010

Abstract

From December 2005 to April 2007, we enrolled 60 adults starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a health district of Lima, Peru to receive community-based accompaniment with supervised antiretroviral (CASA). Paid community health workers performed twice-daily home visits to directly observe ART and offered additional medical, social and economic support to CASA participants. We matched 60 controls from a neighboring district by age, CD4 and primary referral criteria (TB status, female, neither). Using validated instruments at baseline and 12 months (time of DOT-HAART completion) we measured depression, social support, quality of life, HIV-related stigma and self-efficacy. We compared 12 month clinical and psychosocial outcomes among CASA versus control groups. CASA participants experienced better clinical and psychosocial outcomes at 12 months, including proportion with virologic suppression, increase in social support and reduction in HIV-associated stigma.

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Title: Community-based DOT-HAART Accompaniment in an Urban Resource-Poor Setting
Authors: Maribel Muñoz
Karen Finnegan
Jhon Zeladita
Adolfo Caldas
Eduardo Sanchez
Miriam Callacna
Christian Rojas
Jorge Arevalo
Jose Luis Sebastian
Cesar Bonilla
Jaime Bayona
Sonya Shin
Publication date: 01-06-2010
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: AIDS and Behavior / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-009-9559-5

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