Study protocol for Sauti ya Vijana (The Voice of Youth): A hybrid-type 1 randomized trial to evaluate effectiveness and implementation of a mental health and life skills intervention to improve health outcomes for Tanzanian youth living with HIV

Young people living with HIV (YPLWH) experience increased morbidity and mortality compared to all other age groups. Adolescence brings unique challenges related to sexual reproductive health, the elevated importance of peer groups, and often, emerging symptoms of emotional distress. Failure to addre...

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Published in:PloS one 2024-08, Vol.19 (8), p.e0305471
Main Authors: Mollel, Getrud J, Ketang'enyi, Eunice, Komba, Lilian, Mmbaga, Blandina T, Shayo, Aisa M, Boshe, Judith, Knettel, Brandon, Gallis, John A, Turner, Elizabeth L, O'Donnell, Karen, Baumgartner, Joy Noel, Ogbuoji, Osondu, Dow, Dorothy E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptability
Accuracy
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adolescent
Adult
Age
AIDS
Antiretroviral agents
Antiretroviral drugs
Antiretroviral therapy
Biology and Life Sciences
Care and treatment
Check lists
Children
Computer and Information Sciences
Cost effectiveness
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Engineering and Technology
Evaluation
Feasibility studies
Female
Fidelity
Health aspects
Health promotion
HIV
HIV (Viruses)
HIV Infections - psychology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Information processing
Intervention
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental Health
Morbidity
Patient outcomes
People and Places
Psychological aspects
Reproductive health
Sexual health
Sexual relationships
Sexually transmitted diseases
Skills
STD
Study Protocol
Substance use
Tanzania
Teenagers
Young Adult
Young adults
Youth
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Summary:Young people living with HIV (YPLWH) experience increased morbidity and mortality compared to all other age groups. Adolescence brings unique challenges related to sexual reproductive health, the elevated importance of peer groups, and often, emerging symptoms of emotional distress. Failure to address this unique life stage for YPLWH can lead to worse HIV and mental health outcomes. Herein lies the protocol for a hybrid-type-1 effectiveness-implementation trial designed to evaluate a mental health and life skills intervention that aims to address these needs for YPLWH in Tanzania. This is an individually randomized group-treatment trial designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Sauti ya Vijana (SYV: The Voice of Youth) toward improving viral suppression (HIV RNA
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0305471