A triaged real-time alert intervention to improve antiretroviral therapy adherence among young African American men who have sex with men living with HIV: focus group findings

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 394 - 11
• Main Authors: Dworkin, Mark S, Panchal, Palak, Wiebel, Wayne, Garofalo, Robert, Haberer, Jessica E, Jimenez, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 11.04.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acceptability; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adherence; Adhesion; Adult; African Americans; AIDS; Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use; Antiretroviral; Antiretroviral agents; Antiretroviral drugs; Antiretroviral therapy; Black or African American - psychology; Care and treatment; Chicago; Control; Disclosure of information; Disease transmission; Feasibility; Focus Groups; Gays & lesbians; Health aspects; Highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV; HIV infections; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - psychology; HIV Infections - virology; HIV patients; Homosexuality, Male; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Intervention; Male; Medication Adherence - psychology; Men who have sex with men; Mens health; Middle Aged; Monitoring; Mortality; MSM (Men who have sex with men); Patient compliance; Patient outcomes; Public health; Qualitative research; Real time; Sexual and Gender Minorities - psychology; Sexually transmitted diseases; Social aspects; Social support; STD; Technology; Technology utilization; Therapy; Triage - methods; Wisepill; Young Adult; Chicago; Uganda; Chicago Illinois; United States > US; China; Adherence; Text message; HIV; Real-time; Men who have sex with men; Antiretroviral; Wisepill; Monitoring

Among persons living with HIV, poorer antiretroviral therapy adherence has been reported in African Americans and disproportionate mortality reported in young African American men who have sex with men (AAMSM) compared to whites. We report the results of focus groups with young AAMSM living with HIV...