Andersen's Behavioral Model (ABM) provides a framework for understanding how patient
and environmental factors impact health behaviors and outcomes. We compared patient …

Introduction: This article seeks to identify where delays occur along the adult HIV care
cascade (''the cascade''), to improve understanding of what constitutes ''delay''at each stage …

Health behaviors such as retention in HIV medical care and adherence to antiretroviral
therapy (ART) pose major challenges to reducing new HIV infections, addressing health …

Background: Retention in care is important for all HIV-infected persons and is strongly
associated with initiation of antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression. However, it is …

Background: Retention in care is the most challenging step along the HIV care continuum.
Many patients who engage in care and achieve viral suppression have care interruptions …

A systematic review was conducted to identify best practices for increasing linkage, retention
and re-engagement in HIV care (LRC) for persons living with HIV (PLWH). Our search …

Background: The HIV continuum of care paradigm uses a single viral load test per patient to
estimate the prevalence of viral suppression. We compared this single-value approach with …

Background: Previous analyses identified specific geographic areas in Philadelphia
(hotspots) associated with negative outcomes along the HIV care continuum. We examined …

Limited data exist on how structures of care impact retention among youth living with HIV
(YLHIV). We describe the availability of youth-friendly structures of care within HIV Research …

Access to sustained HIV medical care is critical to achieving viral suppression. However, a
variety of factors may impede or facilitate retention in care or becoming virally suppressed …