Alcohol Consumption Among Persons Living with HIV: Perceptions, Messages and Interventions-A Qualitative Study at an HIV Treatment Clinic in South Western Uganda.

AIDS HIV People living with HIV Qualitative methods Screening and brief interventions Sub-Saharan Africa Uganda Unhealthy alcohol use

Journal

AIDS and behavior
ISSN: 1573-3254
Titre abrégé: AIDS Behav
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9712133

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 Jun 2024
Historique:
accepted: 15 05 2024
medline: 6 6 2024
pubmed: 6 6 2024
entrez: 5 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

In Sub-Saharan Africa, efficacy trials of brief interventions to reduce unhealthy drinking among persons living with HIV (PLWH) have yielded mixed results. A better understanding of the perceptions of drinking, especially by PLWH, and how drinking is talked about at HIV treatment clinics in this setting, may guide more optimal designs for future trials. We conducted a qualitative study at an HIV treatment clinic in South Western Uganda to better understand perceptions of drinking, how drinking is talked about, and perceptions of interventions, especially a protocolled screening and brief intervention (SBI) for unhealthy drinking among PLWH. We conducted in-depth interviews with 17 PLWH who engaged in unhealthy drinking and 6 health workers, and one focus group discussion with 3 community advisory-board members. We performed manual preliminary data analysis and computer-assisted detailed thematic analysis to identify emergent themes. Four themes emerged: perceptions of alcohol use in the general population; perceptions of alcohol use in PLWH; interaction between PLWH and health workers about alcohol use; perceptions of interventions for unhealthy drinking including SBI. Unhealthy drinking was seen as a problem in the general population and among those with HIV, where it was negatively perceived. Communication about drinking was done by counselors, but doctors participated in screening for unhealthy alcohol use. Messages about drinking covered reduction and abstinence. Participants expressed positive attitudes towards SBI and preference for person-delivered SBI over technological alternatives. A protocolled SBI for unhealthy alcohol use among PLWH would be well-received but successful implementation may depend on mode of delivery.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38839725
doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04377-0
pii: 10.1007/s10461-024-04377-0
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Subventions

Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : K24-AA022586
Pays : United States
Organisme : Center for AIDS Research, University of California, San Francisco
ID : 5P30AI027763

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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Auteurs

Stephen B Asiimwe (SB)

Uganda AIDS Commission, Plot 1-3 Salim Bay Road, Ntinda, P.O Box 10779, Kampala, Uganda. asiimwesteve@gmail.com.

Allen Kekibiina (A)

Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.

Sarah E Woolf-King (SE)

Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.

Robin Fatch (R)

University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nneka Emenyonu (N)

University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Judith A Hahn (JA)

University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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