Trajectories and predictors of HIV care retention among individuals receiving ART in rural South Africa: a group-based trajectory modelling analysis
Five distinct retention trajectories were observed and associated with specific sociodemographic factors. Our study offers a data-driven approach to inform the design of targeted interventions to improve HIV care retention. Interventions and policies addressing socioeconomic and system-level factors are essential to achieving better outcomes in high-burden areas.
Authors
- F. Xavier Gómez‐Olivé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4876-0848)
- Mi‐Suk Kang Dufour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4875-4744)
- Kathleen Kahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3339-3931)
- Aimée Julien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6877-8108)
- Sheri A. Lippman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3152-9372)
- Nkosinathi Masilela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4718-9336)
- Chodziwadziwa Kabudula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5867-0336)
- Audrey E. Pettifor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3387-0817)
- Annelies Van Rie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7666-3263)
- Rebecca L. West (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2958-0884)
- Dumisani Rebombo
- Jean Juste Harrisson Bashingwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1433-4397)
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- Boston University (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- San Francisco AIDS Foundation (US)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (ZA)
- Sonke Gender Justice (ZA)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2025-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.15.04187
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.58