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“[I]t will be like a full course meal”: healthcare worker perspectives on strategies to optimize integration of PrEP into medication for opioid use disorder and needle and syringe exchange programs for people who use drugs in Kampala, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Integrating pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) into facility-based medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and community-based needle and syringe exchange (NSP) …
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Participant experiences with a text message and contingency management intervention for alcohol use during pregnancy and lactation in Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: The Western Cape region of South Africa has one of the highest global rates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder …
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Usability and cultural adaptation of a text message-based tobacco cessation intervention for people living with HIV in Uganda and Zambia
BACKGROUND: Text messaging-based interventions (TMIs) have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing tobacco use in many populations. However, such interventions have not …
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A stakeholder-driven approach to designing a peer recovery coach role for implementation in community-oriented primary care teams in South Africa
INTRODUCTION: In South Africa, community-oriented primary care teams work to re-engage out-of-care people with HIV (PWH) in treatment, many of …
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“Take services to the people”: strategies to optimize uptake of PrEP and harm reduction services among people who inject drugs in Uganda
BACKGROUND: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of HIV acquisition and often encounter barriers to accessing healthcare …
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Economic, social, and clinic influences on opioid treatment program retention in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are associated with positive health outcomes. People remaining on MOUD have a reduced …
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Exploring the experiences of clients receiving opioid use disorder treatment at a methadone clinic in Kenya: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Assessing the experiences of individuals on methadone treatment is essential to help evaluate the treatment program's effectiveness. This study …
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“It’s all about asking from those who have walked the path”: Patient and stakeholder perspectives on how peers may shift substance use stigma in HIV care in South Africa
BACKGROUND: South Africa has the highest number of people with HIV (PWH) globally and a significant burden of co-occurring substance …
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Factors associated with patient-reported experiences and outcomes of substance use disorder treatment in Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Interventions are needed to improve the quality of South Africa's substance use disorder (SUD) treatment system. This study aimed …
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Patient outcomes and experience of a task-shared screening and brief intervention service for problem substance use in South African emergency centres: a mixed methods study
BACKGROUND: Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) programmes have resulted in generally positive outcomes in healthcare settings, particularly …
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Advancing a cascading train-the-trainer model of frontline HIV service providers in South Africa: protocol of an implementation trial
BACKGROUND: South Africa is marked by high rates of both HIV and alcohol use, and there is a detrimental synergistic …
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A novel brief treatment for methamphetamine use disorders in South Africa: a randomised feasibility trial
BACKGROUND: Effective brief treatments for methamphetamine use disorders (MAUD) are urgently needed to complement longer more intensive treatments in low …
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Six-month retention and changes in quality of life and substance use from a low-threshold methadone maintenance therapy programme in Durban, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Emerging data points to a potential heroin use epidemic in South Africa. Despite this, access to methadone maintenance therapy …
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Intervention for alcohol use disorders at an HIV care clinic in Harare: a pilot and feasibility study
BACKGROUND: Alcohol use in HIV infected patients is associated with risky sexual behaviour, poor adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, …
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Effect of exercise versus cognitive behavioural therapy or no intervention on anxiety, depression, fitness and quality of life in adults with previous methamphetamine dependency: a systematic review
BACKGROUND: Methamphetamine (MA) is a highly addictive psychostimulant used by approximately 52 million people worldwide. Chronic MA abuse leads to …
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Convenience without disclosure: a formative research study of a proposed integrated methadone and antiretroviral therapy service delivery model in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Though timely initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a vital component of effective HIV prevention, care and treatment, people …
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Seek, test, treat: substance-using women in the HIV treatment cascade in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Women in South Africa who use alcohol and other drugs face multiple barriers to HIV care. These barriers make …
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Prevalence and factors associated with use of khat: a survey of patients entering HIV treatment programs in Ethiopia
Khat, a plant native to East Africa, has psychoactive constituents similar to amphetamine. Chronic khat use can lead to psychological …