eHIV Review

Clinical Aspects of Improving ART Adherence

Editor's note:

If you’re interested in other valuable HIV medical education, our new program ODM: Finding The Invisible Patient is now available on-demand! Start the activity here: https://odmhiv.dkbmed.com/

Women with HIV, especially minorities and those below the poverty line, are often also affected by interpersonal violence, substance abuse, and depression. Women affected by this syndemic have lower medication adherence and viral suppression. By asking the right questions, you can identify women who need help. Learn how to find the invisible patient.

In this issue:

Evidence-based plans to improve adherence — how do they work in practice? How can they most effectively be tailored to each patient’s needs and available resources?

In this issue, Dr. Joyce Jones from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Dr. Barbara Taylor from the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio take us to the clinic to translate the recent adherence improvement findings into clinical practice.

Learning objectives:

• Summarize evidence-based interventions to improve adherence and viral suppression.
• Explain how particular interventions (smartphones, mental health, addiction treatment) can be implemented to improve adherence.
• Describe how implementation of evidence-based adherence interventions may be limited in certain settings because of applicability and feasibility issues.