Impact of HIV‐related stigma on treatment adherence: systematic review and meta‐synthesis

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Authors

Ingrid T. Katz · Harvard University

Annemarie E Ryu · Harvard College Observatory

Afiachukwu Onuegbu · Harvard University

Christina Psaros · Massachusetts General Hospital

Sheri D. Weiser · San Francisco General Hospital

David R. Bangsberg · Massachusetts General Hospital

Alexander C. Tsai

Abstract

We found that HIV-related stigma compromised participants' abilities to successfully adhere to ART. Interventions to reduce stigma should target multiple levels of influence (intrapersonal, interpersonal and structural) in order to have maximum effectiveness on improving ART adherence.

Topics & Keywords

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volume 16, Issue 3S2, pp. 18640-18640

DOI: 10.7448/ias.16.3.18640

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