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Implementation mapping to plan for a hybrid trial testing the effectiveness and implementation of a behavioral intervention for HIV medication adherence and care retention

Citation

Hoskins K, Sanchez AL, Hoffacker C, et al. Implementation mapping to plan for a hybrid trial testing the effectiveness and implementation of a behavioral intervention for HIV medication adherence and care retention. Front Public Health. 2022;10:872746. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.872746

Implementation stage:

Pre-Implementation

Implementation outcomes reported:

Not applicable

Continuum target addressed:

ART adherence, Engagement in treatment (including retention and re-engagement)

Geography:

Philadelphia County-PA

Study Participant Classification:

Implementer(s)

Plain Language Objectives

The researchers worked with people from 13 Philadelphia HIV clinics to plan how community health workers could deliver a medication-adherence and care-retention program. They wanted to identify local barriers and create practical strategies for introducing the program in each clinic.

Plain Language Abstract

Managed Problem Solving Plus is intended to help people take HIV medication and remain in care, but clinics need practical ways to introduce it. Researchers used implementation mapping, a structured planning method, with 31 stakeholders from 13 Philadelphia clinics. Interviews identified factors that could affect delivery. The team organized those factors in a logic model, matched them to established implementation strategies, discussed the proposed menu during two stakeholder meetings, and refined the strategies for clinic use. The process produced 39 strategies, including revising staff roles, preparing program champions, using warm handoffs between staff, and changing record systems. Participants also identified challenges: few strategies addressed the wider political and social environment, clinics differed in whether they needed common or tailored approaches, and implementation-science terms were sometimes confusing. The resulting menu will guide a future hybrid trial of the intervention. This was an implementation-planning study; it developed strategies but did not test whether Managed Problem Solving Plus or the strategies improved medication adherence, retention, or HIV outcomes.

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