Integrating Adolescent Mental Health into HIV Prevention and Treatment Programs

Can Implementation Science Pave the Path Forward

Bibliographic Data

ID15334151
AuthorsJudith Boshe (0000-0002-1684-7295, christian medical college, vellore, corresponding author), Veronica Brtek (0000-0002-6297-2337, Duke Institute for Health Innovation), Kristin Beima‐Sofie (0000-0002-3408-7410, University of Washington), Paula Braitstein (0000-0003-0541-2955, Moi University), Merrian J Brooks (0000-0003-2607-6524, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), Merrian Brooks, Julie A Denison (0000-0002-4670-093X, Johns Hopkins University), Geri R Donenberg (0000-0002-7925-0488, University of Illinois Chicago), Geri Donenberg, Elizabeth Kemigisha (0000-0001-9137-8014, Mbarara University of Science and Technology), Peter Memiah (0000-0002-3067-188X, University of Maryland, Baltimore), Irene Njuguna (0000-0003-4250-3231, University of Washington), Ohemaa Poku (0000-0001-7658-2981, New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute), Sarah T Roberts (0000-0002-3318-9781, RTI International), Aisa Shayo (0000-0002-3321-9055, christian medical college, vellore), Aisa M Shayo, Dorothy E Dow (0000-0002-9056-1025, Duke Institute for Health Innovation)
Year2022
Volume27
IssueS1
Pages145-161
Publication date2022-11-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAIDS and Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1090-7165 • E-ISSN: 1573-3254
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s10461-022-03876-2
PMID36322219
OpenAlexW4308254087
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited73

Adolescent mental health (AMH) is a critical driver of HIV outcomes, but is often overlooked in HIV research and programming. The implementation science Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework informed development of a questionnaire that was sent to a global alliance of adolescent HIV researchers, providers, and implementors working in sub-Saharan Africa with the aim to (1) describe current AMH outcomes incorporated into HIV research within the alliance; (2) identify determinants (barriers/gaps) of integrating AMH into HIV research and care; and (3) describe current AMH screening and referral systems in adolescent HIV programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Respondents reported on fourteen named studies that included AMH outcomes in HIV research. Barriers to AMH integration in HIV research and care programs were explored with suggested implementation science strategies to achieve the goal of integrated and sustained mental health services within adolescent HIV programs

Alliance · Family medicine · Health psychology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Implementation research · Medical education · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Referral · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Health Policy Implementation Science · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology