Homero Mart??nez|Kartika Palar|Sebastian Linnemayr|Alexandria Smith|Kathryn Pitkin Derose|Blanca Ramírez|Hugo Farías|Glenn Wagner
Tailored Nutrition Education and Food Assistance Improve Adherence to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy: Evidence from Honduras
RAND Corporation|RAND Corporation|RAND Corporation|RAND Corporation|RAND Corporation|World Food Programme|World Food Programme|RAND Corporation
food insecurity malnutrition negatively affect adherence antiretroviral therapy art associated poor hiv clinical outcomes examined effect providing household food assistance nutrition education art adherence 12month prospective clinical trial compared effect monthly household food basket fb plus nutrition education ne versus ne alone art adherence 400 hiv patients four clinics honduras participants receiving art average 37 years selected suboptimal adherence primary outcome measures missed clinic appointments delayed prescription refills selfreported missed doses art three adherence measures improved groups 12 months p 001 mostly within 6 months ontime prescription refills improved fb plus ne group 196 group receiving ne alone 6 months p 001 change 12 months change missed appointments selfreported missed art doses significantly differ intervention group