2024
Screening for Hypertension in adolescents living with HIV: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial to improve guideline adherence
Adu-Gyamfi R, Enos J, Yeboah K, Shabanova V, Hawley N, Ogum D, Nkansah A, Paintsil E, Torpey K. Screening for Hypertension in adolescents living with HIV: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial to improve guideline adherence. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0302016. PMID: 38701070, PMCID: PMC11068165, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTheory-based interventionsImplementation of clinical practice guidelinesClinic visitsProvision of job aidsHealthcare workers' adherenceCluster randomized trialAvailability of guidelinesClinical practice guidelinesBehavior-based interventionsCluster-randomized studyAntiretroviral therapy sitesCardiovascular disease-related morbidityBlood pressureAIDS-related deathsIntervention facilitiesGreater Accra Region of GhanaAccra Region of GhanaGuideline adherenceHypertension screeningAntiretroviral careWorker adherenceIncidence of hypertensionHypertension riskGreater Accra RegionJob aids
2013
Effectiveness of first-line antiretroviral therapy and correlates of longitudinal changes in CD4 and viral load among HIV-infected children in Ghana
Barry O, Powell J, Renner L, Bonney EY, Prin M, Ampofo W, Kusah J, Goka B, Sagoe K, Shabanova V, Paintsil E. Effectiveness of first-line antiretroviral therapy and correlates of longitudinal changes in CD4 and viral load among HIV-infected children in Ghana. BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13: 476. PMID: 24119088, PMCID: PMC3852953, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric HIV clinicResource-limited countriesViral loadDrug-resistant mutationsVirologic failureHIV clinicFirst-line antiretroviral therapyHIV viral load monitoringCohort of HIVFirst-line ARTFirst-line regimenGenotypic resistance testingHIV viral loadInitiation of therapyType of regimenViral load monitoringSeverity of illnessViral load testingVirologic treatment failurePrimary care giversAntiretroviral therapyART regimensCD4 countTreatment failureWHO criteria