Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2018
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192791
Abstract
AIDS deaths among adolescents are increasing globally. This qualitative study investigated the barriers and facilitators to cART adherence among Peruvian adolescents living with HIV. Guided by a social ecological model, we analyzed transcripts from 24 psychosocial support groups for HIV-positive adolescents aged 13–17 years and 15 individual, in-depth interviews with cART providers and caregivers to identify the barriers and facilitators to cART adherence at the individual, family/caregiver and hospital levels. Most barriers and facilitators to cART adherence clustered at the individual and family/caregiver levels, centering on support provided to adolescents; history of declining health due to suboptimal cART adherence; side effects from antiretroviral drugs; and cART misinformation. Interventions to support adolescent HIV cART adherence should begin at the individual and family/caregiver levels and include an educational component. No adolescent living with HIV should die from AIDS in an era of accessible cART.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
PLoS ONE, v. 13, issue 2, art. e0192791
Scholar Commons Citation
Galea, Jerome; Wong, Milagros; Muñoz, Maribel; Valle, Emiliano; Leon, Segundo R.; Perez, Dayana D.; Kolevic, Lenka; and Franke, Molly F., "Barriers and Facilitators to Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence among Peruvian Adolescents Living with HIV: A Qualitative Study" (2018). Social Work Faculty Publications. 146.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sok_facpub/146
