Bibliographic citations
Calvo, G., (2023). Seguimiento con navegadores utilizando consejería ARTAS asociado a lograr la supresión viral en personas HSH/Trans con VIH que acuden a establecimientos de salud del MINSA durante el periodo 2017- 2019 [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14854
Calvo, G., Seguimiento con navegadores utilizando consejería ARTAS asociado a lograr la supresión viral en personas HSH/Trans con VIH que acuden a establecimientos de salud del MINSA durante el periodo 2017- 2019 []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14854
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title = "Seguimiento con navegadores utilizando consejería ARTAS asociado a lograr la supresión viral en personas HSH/Trans con VIH que acuden a establecimientos de salud del MINSA durante el periodo 2017- 2019",
author = "Calvo Moreno, Gino Mauricio",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2023"
}
In Peru, the HIV epidemic is concentrated in Men who have sex with other men (MSM) /Trans Women (TW). Since 2003, the Ministry of Health of Peru has implemented a large-scale antiretroviral treatment program as part of the cascade of HIV care, the ultimate goal being the achievement of viral suppression; however, considerables gaps still exist. Globally, access to HIV care and treatment services presents several gaps, to close these gaps, some navigation strategies have been implemented within the context of various investigations in different geographical settings to facilitate access to the link and achieve their permanence within the HIV care program. Follow-up with navigators (peers or people with experience in caring for people with HIV) is a recommendation of the US CDC, WHO and UNAIDS, however, there are few programs with navigators in Latin America. In the present study, we seek to determine whether navigators can help MSM / TM with HIV achieve viral suppression in less time. We analyzed data from two cohorts of MSM and TW with HIV who attended public health facilities. In one cohort, participants were enrolled and assigned to a navigator, and in the other cohort, data was collected from the medical records of people who received the standard of care during the same period of the navigator intervention. The navigators were trained and were in charge of providing longitudinal individualized counseling and follow-up to the participants for 18 months. We performed a multiple analysis with Cox regression to estimate the time that MSM and TW with HIV achieved viral suppression. The study enrolled 364 MSM and TW. Of the people enrolled with a navigator, 79.8% and 20.2% identified themselves as MSM and TW, and of the people without a navigator 88.1% and 11.9% identified themselves as MSM and TW and bisexual respectively (p = 0.032). More individuals without health insurance were in the group that received navigation (p = 0.011). The median time to achieve viral suppression in people with a navigator was 180 IQR (152.5– 238) days, (p = 0.008), the proportion of people who remained in treatment for more than 1 year was higher in the group with a navigator compared to the group without a navigator (71% vs 56%) (p = 0.003), in the multiple regression it was found that people with a navigator reached viral suppression 89% faster than people without a navigator (p <0.001). Having a navigator helps achieve an undetectable viral load in less time compared to those receiving standard counseling. Our study suggests that case navigation can be successful in engaging and retaining people in HIV care.
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