Conference abstract
Adolescent HIV friendly services and its influence in clinical care outcomes among adolescents living with HIV: a case of Maweni Regional Referral Hospital in Kigoma Region, 2020
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2024:21(63).29
Apr 2024.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2024.21.63.2394
Archived on: 29 Apr 2024
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Keywords: Adolescents, HIV, clinical care
Oral presentation
Adolescent HIV friendly services and its influence in clinical care outcomes among adolescents living with HIV: a case of Maweni Regional Referral Hospital in Kigoma Region, 2020
Nyasongo Samson Julius1,&, Hamidu A. Shungu2
1Head of Division Department of Health, Nutrition and Social welfare in Mbulu Town Council, Tanzania, 2Senior Lecture, Department of Economic - Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania
&Corresponding author
Introduction: HIV/AIDS among adolescents have been a major public health challenge globally and becoming worse overtime in low middle-income countries, whereas Tanzania being among. The study aimed to assess adolescent HIV friendly services and its influence in clinical care outcomes among adolescent living with HIV.
Methods: a cross-sectional study designed whereby retrospective timeseries data extracted from Maweni Regional Referral Hospital CTC2 Database of adolescents living with HIV, that a group of yearly cohorts were followed consecutively for period of five years and a total of tenth cohorts since 2006 up to 2018 employed in the study. Case report of 93 adolescents living with HIV followed and their data recorded to excel spreadsheet for clinical care outcomes variables as antiretroviral therapy adherence, viral load suppression, increased CD4 count, opportunistic infection free, retention in care, linkage to community-based HIV services and transition of adolescents to adult.
Results: the findings shown that designing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation being 87%, 92% and 72% respectively, whereby Z and F-test and clinical care outcomes variables justified P-value greater than 5% significant level with R² (69.44).
Conclusion: the study concluded that adolescent HIV friendly services design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation involves adolescents who living with HIV and clinical care outcomes influences with R² (69.44) that significantly prevent new HIV transmission and improve quality of life among adolescents living with HIV toward HIV free by 2030. It recommends further scaling up of adolescent HIV friendly services in rural areas where still adolescents friendly service is very few.
Adolescent HIV friendly services and its influence in clinical care outcomes among adolescents living with HIV: a case of Maweni Regional Referral Hospital in Kigoma Region, 2020
Nyasongo Samson Julius1,&, Hamidu A. Shungu2
1Head of Division Department of Health, Nutrition and Social welfare in Mbulu Town Council, Tanzania, 2Senior Lecture, Department of Economic - Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania
&Corresponding author
Introduction: HIV/AIDS among adolescents have been a major public health challenge globally and becoming worse overtime in low middle-income countries, whereas Tanzania being among. The study aimed to assess adolescent HIV friendly services and its influence in clinical care outcomes among adolescent living with HIV.
Methods: a cross-sectional study designed whereby retrospective timeseries data extracted from Maweni Regional Referral Hospital CTC2 Database of adolescents living with HIV, that a group of yearly cohorts were followed consecutively for period of five years and a total of tenth cohorts since 2006 up to 2018 employed in the study. Case report of 93 adolescents living with HIV followed and their data recorded to excel spreadsheet for clinical care outcomes variables as antiretroviral therapy adherence, viral load suppression, increased CD4 count, opportunistic infection free, retention in care, linkage to community-based HIV services and transition of adolescents to adult.
Results: the findings shown that designing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation being 87%, 92% and 72% respectively, whereby Z and F-test and clinical care outcomes variables justified P-value greater than 5% significant level with R² (69.44).
Conclusion: the study concluded that adolescent HIV friendly services design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation involves adolescents who living with HIV and clinical care outcomes influences with R² (69.44) that significantly prevent new HIV transmission and improve quality of life among adolescents living with HIV toward HIV free by 2030. It recommends further scaling up of adolescent HIV friendly services in rural areas where still adolescents friendly service is very few.
