Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Marguerite Susich

Publications

• Research Article
  Giving Voice to Patients in Rural Haiti: An Assessment of Retention in HIV Care
  Author(s): Marguerite Susich, Patrick Ulysse, Alain Casseus, Annie Michaelis and Joia MukherjeeMarguerite Susich, Patrick Ulysse, Alain Casseus, Annie Michaelis and Joia Mukherjee
  
  Objective: Initiatives aimed at improving patient retention in HIV care in Haiti have focused on a wide range of tactics for identifying individuals who are lost to follow-up yet the patient perspective is often missing from efforts to understand and address the root causes of lost to follow-up. Methods: As part of a routine quality control audit of the HIV program, structured interviews were conducted with 100 patients who had returned to care after previously being lost to follow-up at three rural health centers in the Lower Artibonite region of Haiti supported by the non-governmental organization Zanmi Lasante. These interviews uncovered factors that contributed to patients’ previous lack of follow up and elucidated factors that influenced their return to care. The interviews sought to capture the patients’ preferred communication methods and .. Read More»
  

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