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Project Khanya: results from a pilot randomized type 1 hybrid effectiveness‐implementation trial of a peer‐delivered behavioural intervention for ART adherence and substance use in HIV care in South Africa

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Magidson, Jessica F, Joska, John A, Belus, Jennifer M, Andersen, Lena S, Regenauer, Kristen S, Rose, Alexandra L, Myers, Bronwyn, Majokweni, Sybil +2 more·2021·Journal of the International AIDS Society

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INTRODUCTION: South Africa (SA) has the highest number of people living with HIV (PLWH) globally, and a significant burden of alcohol and other drug use (AOD). Although integrating AOD treatment into HIV care may improve antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, this is not typically routine practice in SA or other low-resource settings. Identifying interventions that are feasible and acceptable for implementation is critical to improve HIV and AOD outcomes. METHODS: A pilot randomized hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial (N = 61) was conducted to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of Khanya, a task-shared, peer-delivered behavioral intervention to improve ART adherence and reduce AOD in HIV care in SA. Khanya was compared to enhanced treatment as usual (ETAU), a facilitated referral to on-site AOD treatment. Implementation outcomes, defined by Proctor's model, included feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness and fidelity. Primary pilot effectiveness outcomes were ART adherence at post-treatment (three months) measured via real-time electronic adherence monitoring, and AOD measured using biomarker and self-report assessments over six months. Data collection was conducted from August 2018 to April 2020. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Ninety-one percent of participants (n = 56) were retained at six months. The intervention was highly feasible, acceptable, appropriate and delivered with fidelity (>90% of components delivered as intended by the peer). There was a significant treatment-by-time interaction for ART adherence (estimate = -0.287 [95% CI = -0.507, -0.066]), revealing a 6.4 percentage point increase in ART adherence in Khanya, and a 22.3 percentage point decline in ETAU. Both groups evidenced significant reductions in alcohol use measured using phosphatidylethanol (PEth) (F(2,101) = 4.16, p = 0.01), significantly decreased likelihood of self-reported moderate or severe AOD (F(2,104) = 7.02, p = 0.001), and significant declines in alcohol use quantity on the timeline follow-back (F(2,102) = 21.53, p < 0.001). Among individuals using drugs and alcohol, there was a greater reduction in alcohol use quantity in Khanya compared to ETAU over six months (F(2,31) = 3.28, p = 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Results of this pilot trial provide initial evidence of the feasibility and acceptability of the Khanya intervention for improving adherence in an underserved group at high risk for ongoing ART non-adherence and HIV transmission. Implementation results suggest that peers may be a potential strategy to extend task-sharing models for behavioral health in resource-limited, global settings.

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  • Approximately one-third of clinic-based patients with HIV/TB screened positive for substance use or depression, with rates likely even higher among patients with HIV/TB care disengagement.

    “In our prior work (Magidson et al., 2021; Myers et al., 2022), approximately one-third of clinic-based patients with HIV/TB screened positive for SU or depression, with rates likely even higher among patients with HIV/TB care disengagement (Myers et al., 2021; Peltzer et al., 2012; Truong et al., 2021).”

    From Siyakhana: A Hybrid Type 2 Effectiveness-Implementation Stepped-Wedge Trial to Reduce Stigma Towards Substance Use and Depression Among Community Health Workers in HIV/TB Care in South Africa (2025) · cites this paper as Magidson et al., 2021

    The Results and Discussion > Participants section reports that approximately one-third of 61 enrolled HIV-care participants had current drug use. But Methods > Recruitment and screening shows that participants were selected for at least moderate alcohol or other drug use and ART non-adherence; the paper does not establish a one-third positive-screening rate among clinic-based HIV/TB patients or report a corresponding depression rate. The higher-rate claim about care disengagement is attached to other citations in the citing sentence. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Magidson, J. F., Joska, J. A., Belus, J. M., Andersen, L. S., Regenauer, K. S., Rose, A. L., Myers, B., Majokweni, S., O’Cleirigh, C., & Safren, S. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Maryland, College Park (US)
  • Groote Schuur Hospital (ZA)
  • South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of Miami (US)
Corresponding author
Magidson, Jessica F
Venue
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2021-06
Volume
24
Issue
S2
Pages
e25720-e25720
ISSN
1758-2652 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3175788566
Cited by
82
References
58
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 2
FWCI
4.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH103770)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (K23DA041901, K24DA040489)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
Keywords
HIV, antiretroviral therapy adherence, alcohol consumption, substance use, peer-mediated intervention, task sharing, HIV care, implementation outcomes, feasibility and acceptability, electronic adherence monitoring, phosphatidylethanol, South Africa, resource-limited settings, retention in care, timeline follow-back
MeSH terms
Humans, Pilot Projects, South Africa, HIV Infections, Substance-Related Disorders, Medication Adherence

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