Abstract The National HIV/AIDS Strategy and the promise of treatment as prevention have
garnered considerable attention from the policy, practice, and scientific communities, with …

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

Objectives. We assessed how health care–related stigma, global medical mistrust, and
personal trust in one's health care provider relate to engaging in medical care among Black …

Description: After HIV diagnosis, timely entry into HIV medical care and retention in that care
are essential to the provision of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART). Adherence to ART is …

Importance Early diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, prompt linkage
to and sustained care, and antiretroviral therapy are associated with reduced individual …

Background: Measuring retention in HIV primary care is complex, as care includes multiple
visits scheduled at varying intervals over time. We evaluated 6 commonly used retention …

Background The cascade of HIV care has become a focal point for implementation efforts to
maximise the individual and public health benefits of antiretroviral therapy. We aimed to …

Background After HIV diagnosis and linkage to care, achieving and sustaining viral load
(VL) suppression has implications for patient outcomes and secondary HIV prevention. We …

Patient retention in HIV care may be influenced by patient–provider interactions. In an urban,
academic HIV clinic, 1363 patients rated the quality of communication and relationships with …

Introduction Analogous to the business model of customer satisfaction and retention, patient
satisfaction could serve as an innovative, patient-centered focus for increasing retention in …