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Home-Based Community Health Worker Support for Mental Health among People Living with HIV: A Hybrid Effectiveness Implementation Trial

The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Funding Fogarty Program

HIV-associated Noncommunicable Diseases Research at LMIC Institutions

Project Information in NIH RePORTER

Home-Based Community Health Worker Support for Mental Health among People Living with HIV: A Hybrid Effectiveness Implementation Trial

Principal Institution

University of Maryland, College Park

Principal Investigator(s) (PI)

Magidson, Jessica F.

Project Contact Information

Email: jmagidso@umd.edu

Year(s) Awarded

2024-2026

Country

Regional - Sub-Saharan Africa

Project Description

South Africa (SA) is home to the largest number of people with HIV (PWH) in the world. Community Health Worker (CHW) programs have been rolled out to improve HIV care engagement in SA, yet mental health (MH) conditions, particularly depression and harmful alcohol use, are prevalent non-communicable diseases that remain significant barriers to care engagement, which CHWs often lack training for addressing. This study will develop home-based CHW training program to improve HIV care engagement among patients with common MH challenges and understand how to shift clinic-based interventions to home-based delivery.

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