Loss to follow-up among youth accessing outpatient HIV care and treatment services in Kisumu, Kenya

• Published in: AIDS care Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 500 - 507
• Main Authors: Ojwang', VO, Penner, J, Blat, C, Agot, K, Bukusi, EA, Cohen, CR
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 02.04.2016; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Africa; AIDS/HIV; Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use; Antiretroviral agents; Antiretroviral drugs; Antiretroviral therapy; CD4 antigen; Children & youth; Continuity of Patient Care; Demographics; Demography; Disclosure; Employment; Employment status; Female; Health services; Health Services Accessibility; HIV; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Immune response; In care; Incidence; Infections; Intervention; Kenya - epidemiology; loss to follow-up; Lost to Follow-Up; Male; Marital status; Medical treatment; No-Show Patients; Outpatient clinics; Outpatient treatment; Patient Dropouts - statistics & numerical data; Pregnancy; Prevention programs; Preventive medicine; Regression Analysis; resource-limited settings; Retention; Retrospective Studies; Sex education; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic Factors; Truth Disclosure; Young Adult; Youth; Kenya; Kenya, Nyanza, Kisumu; resource-limited settings; HIV; antiretroviral therapy; youth; Africa; loss to follow-up

Youth are particularly vulnerable to acquiring HIV, yet reaching them with HIV prevention interventions and engaging and retaining those infected in care and treatment remains a challenge. We sought to determine the incidence rate of loss to follow-up (LTFU) and explore socio-demographic and clinica...