Supporting Adolescents to Adhere (SATA): Lessons learned from an intervention to achieve medication adherence targets among youth living with HIV in Uganda

Sarah MacCarthy, Alexandra Mendoza-Graf, Haijing Huang, Barbara Mukasa and Sebastian Linnemayr ()

Children and Youth Services Review, 2019, vol. 102, issue C, 56-62

Abstract: Youth in Uganda are disproportionately impacted by HIV and report significant barriers to ART adherence. We asked participants how fixed versus flexible adherence target setting for incentive interventions, in combination with other support systems, could help HIV-positive youth in Uganda reach medication adherence targets.

Keywords: Uganda; Youth; HIV-positive; Adherence; Behavioral economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.04.007

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