Perceived benefits and barriers to the use of long-acting injectable antiretroviral treatment among adolescents and young people living with HIV in Western Kenya: qualitative findings from the KuwaFree! LiveFree! Study
The perceived benefits of LA ART for AYPLHIV, centering on individual and interpersonal levels of positive impacts, appear in tension with the anticipated barriers for health systems readiness in Kenya. While the prospect of offering LA ART is overwhelming positive, country programs will have to invest in health systems readiness before rolling out LA ART.
Authors
- Rena C. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9893-5856)
- Edith Apondi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7968-9394)
- Salim Bakari
- Mark Omollo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2414-1719)
- Anjellah Jumah
- Whitney Biegon
- Caitlin Bernard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6753-1098)
- Shukri A. Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6732-9263)
- Edwin Were (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4783-0795)
- Eunice Kaguiri
- Dennis Munyoro
- Mehar Maju (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0845-2795)
- Valerie Obare
Institutions
- Moi University (KE)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Ministry of Health (KE)
- AMPATH (KE)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1518719
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00