Daniella Mark1,2, Susan Hrapcak3, Wole Ameyan4, Ronnie Lovich5, Agnes Ronan6, Kathrin Schmitz7, Luann Hatane6. 1. Paediatric Adolescent Treatment Africa, 28 Avenue Disandt, Fresnaye, Cape Town, 8005, South Africa. daniella@teampata.org. 2. Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town, 28 Avenue Disandt, Fresnaye, Cape Town, 8005, South Africa. daniella@teampata.org. 3. Division of Global HIV and TB, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA. 4. Department of HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. 5. Independent consultant, Boston, USA. 6. Paediatric Adolescent Treatment Africa, 28 Avenue Disandt, Fresnaye, Cape Town, 8005, South Africa. 7. Mothers2Mothers, Cape Town, South Africa.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Despite clear need and disproportionate risk, adolescents, and young people living with HIV (AYPLHIV) are underserved within the HIV response. "Peer support" increasingly forms part of adolescent and youth-responsive service packages as a class of implementation strategies that can support adolescents to access, engage, and sustain treatment. This paper examines examples of peer support for AYPLHIV within sub-saharan Africa to explore the determinants of successful implementation, outcomes and scale-up, as well as policy and programmatic implications. RECENT FINDINGS: Although adolescent peer support has been observed to be widely implemented, there are few examples of detailed program descriptions describing operational logistics or outcomes around peer support interventions. Nevertheless the few examples available provide preliminary support for the potential utility of peer support to improve AYPLHIV outcomes. Implementation science research is an urgent imperative to examine applicability of peer support for this priority population. In the meantime, programs should move forward with implementation based on promising outcomes, programmatic experience, contextual understanding of challenges and gaps, and best practice examples.
PURPOSE: Despite clear need and disproportionate risk, adolescents, and young people living with HIV (AYPLHIV) are underserved within the HIV response. "Peer support" increasingly forms part of adolescent and youth-responsive service packages as a class of implementation strategies that can support adolescents to access, engage, and sustain treatment. This paper examines examples of peer support for AYPLHIV within sub-saharan Africa to explore the determinants of successful implementation, outcomes and scale-up, as well as policy and programmatic implications. RECENT FINDINGS: Although adolescent peer support has been observed to be widely implemented, there are few examples of detailed program descriptions describing operational logistics or outcomes around peer support interventions. Nevertheless the few examples available provide preliminary support for the potential utility of peer support to improve AYPLHIV outcomes. Implementation science research is an urgent imperative to examine applicability of peer support for this priority population. In the meantime, programs should move forward with implementation based on promising outcomes, programmatic experience, contextual understanding of challenges and gaps, and best practice examples.
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