Engaging HIV Patients in Primary Care by Promoting Acceptance
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | HIV / AIDS |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Immunology / Infectious Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 60 |
| Updated: | 3/10/2017 |
| Start Date: | March 2013 |
| End Date: | January 2017 |
Engagement in primary care for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is a significant public
health concern because reduced commitment to care puts PLWHA at risk for illness
progression, death, and transmission of HIV to others. This project will develop a novel
treatment, brief acceptance-based behavior therapy (ABBT), to promote self-acceptance of HIV
status as a pathway to reducing engagement barriers. The clinical and public health impact
of this project will be the development of a simple, low-cost, disseminable intervention
that enhances longitudinal commitment to care so PLWHA can obtain effective medical
treatments that will prolong survival and improve quality of life. We hypothesize that
individuals randomized to brief ABBT will showed increased longitudinal attendance of
primary care appointments.
health concern because reduced commitment to care puts PLWHA at risk for illness
progression, death, and transmission of HIV to others. This project will develop a novel
treatment, brief acceptance-based behavior therapy (ABBT), to promote self-acceptance of HIV
status as a pathway to reducing engagement barriers. The clinical and public health impact
of this project will be the development of a simple, low-cost, disseminable intervention
that enhances longitudinal commitment to care so PLWHA can obtain effective medical
treatments that will prolong survival and improve quality of life. We hypothesize that
individuals randomized to brief ABBT will showed increased longitudinal attendance of
primary care appointments.
Inclusion Criteria:
- new to the primary care clinic
- HIV+
- between 18 and 60 years old
- entering HIV care for the first time
- able to speak and read English sufficiently to be able to complete the study
procedures
- have access to a telephone
Exclusion Criteria:
- psychiatrically or cognitively impaired
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Butler Hospital Founded in 1844, Butler Hospital is the state's only non-profit, free-standing psychiatric hospital...
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