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Adapting an Alcohol Care Linkage Intervention to US Military Veterans Presenting to Primary Care with Hazardous Drinking and PTSD and/or Depression Symptoms: A Qualitative Study
There is a critical need to improve linkage to alcohol care for veterans in primary care with hazardous drinking and PTSD and/or depression symptoms...
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Community-based screening enhances hepatitis B virus linkage to care among West African migrants in Spain
BackgroundChronic infection with HBV is responsible for >50% of all hepatocellular cancer cases globally and disproportionately affects sub-Saharan...
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The Determining Effective Testing in Emergency Departments and Care Coordination on Treatment Outcomes (DETECT) for Hepatitis C (Hep C) Linkage-to-Care Trial: rationale and design of an emergency department-based randomized clinical trial of linkage-to-care strategies for hepatitis C
BackgroundHepatitis C (HCV) poses a major public health problem in the USA. While early identification is a critical priority, subsequent linkage to...
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Evaluation of a Linkage to care Quality Improvement Initiative for People with HIV
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and engagement in HIV care is critical to decrease HIV transmissions and optimize outcomes in people with...
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Subclinical tuberculosis linkage to care and completion of treatment following community-based screening in rural South Africa
BackgroundTuberculosis (TB), a leading cause of infectious death, is curable when patients complete a course of multi-drug treatment. Because entry...
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Enhancing linkage to HIV care in the “Universal Test and Treat” era: Barriers and enablers to HIV care among adults in a high HIV burdened district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Ending AIDS by 2030 would depend on how successful health systems are in linking people living with HIV (PLHIV) into care. The World Health...
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Improving linkage to HIV care following a reactive HIV self-testing result among men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BackgroundDespite the many interventions that have been implemented in sub-Saharan Africa to improve the uptake of HIV testing and antiretroviral...
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Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Linkage to HIV Care Interventions in the United States, Canada, and Ukraine (2010–2021)
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions targeting linkage to HIV care in the US, Canada, and Europe. We searched six...
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Effectiveness of Linkage to Care and Prevention Interventions Following HIV Self-Testing: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Over 38.4 million people were living with HIV globally in 2021. The HIV continuum includes HIV testing, diagnosis, linkage to combined antiretroviral...
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Linkage to HIV care and early retention in HIV care among men in the ‘universal test-and-treat’ era in a high HIV-burdened district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
IntroductionDespite the numerous efforts and initiatives, males with HIV are still less likely than women to receive HIV treatment. Across...
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A Systematic Review of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Implementation in U.S. Emergency Departments: Patient Screening, Prescribing, and Linkage to Care
In the pursuit of ending the HIV epidemic, U.S. emergency departments (EDs) have emerged as a valuable setting to increase HIV testing and linkage to...
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Health Care Use Among Patients Retroactively Insured via a Hospital-Based Insurance Linkage Program
ObjectiveOver 25% of the 27 million uninsured individuals in the United States are eligible for Medicaid. Many hospitals have insurance linkage...
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Travel Burden and Timely Linkage to Care Among People Newly Diagnosed with HIV Infection in South Carolina from 2005 to 2020
This retrospective study explored the association between travel burden and timely linkage to care (LTC) among people with HIV (PWH) in South...
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Evaluating the impact of point-of-care HIV viral load assessment on linkage to care in Baltimore, MD: a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundIntegration of a sensitive point-of-care (POC) HIV viral load (VL) test into screening algorithms may help detect acute HIV infection...
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HIV self-testing adoption and post-test linkage to care among men who have sex with men in China: a nationwide cross-sectional survey
BackgroundHIV self-testing (HIVST) was recommended to improve HIV testing services. China initiated some of the first HIVST pilots in the world,...
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Impulsivity and linkage to HIV Care among People living with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia
This study evaluated the association between impulsivity and linkage to HIV care among Russians living with HIV recruited from an inpatient narcology...
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Linkage to HIV Care and Early Retention in Care Rates in the Universal Test-and-Treat Era: A Population-based Prospective Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
HIV linkage, and retention are key weaknesses in South Africa’s national antiretroviral therapy (ART) program, with the greatest loss of patients in...
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An exploratory qualitative study of the psychological effects of HIV diagnosis; the need for early involvement of mental health professionals to improve linkage to care
BackgroundDiagnosing a life-threatening disease like the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be unbearable to the individual, which has...
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Postpartum Hepatitis C Linkage to Care Program in a Co-located Substance Use Disorders Treatment Model
PurposeHepatitis C virus (HCV) is increasingly prevalent in pregnancy and among people with substance use disorders (SUD). Highly effective...
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What affects timely linkage to HIV Care for Young Men of Color who have sex with Men? Young Men’s Experiences Accessing HIV Care after Seroconverting
The HIV care continuum provides intervention points that should be addressed to optimally identify, engage, and retain populations in HIV care. This...