Good-evidence MA interventions include interventions that focus on medication adherence behaviors among persons living with HIV, have been sufficiently evaluated, and have shown significant effects in reducing HIV viral load or improving HIV medication adherence behaviors. These interventions meet the PRS MA efficacy criteria for good evidence and are considered to be scientifically sound and to provide sufficient scientific evidence of efficacy.

KEY: MA=medication adherence; TxE=treatment experienced; TxN=treatment naïve; HS=Heterosexual; HR=High-risk; MSM=Men who have sex with men; DU=Drug users; M=Male; F=Female; T=Transgender; W=White; AA=African American; AI=American Indian; H=Hispanic; API=Asian/Pacific Islander; O=Other racial/ethnic group; GLI=group-level intervention; ILI=individual-level intervention; CLI = community-level intervention

• Adherence Through Home Education and Nursing Assessment (ATHENA) NEW 2010
  Good
  Risk category: TxE
  Sex: 52% M, 48% F
  Race: 42% W, 35% AA, 19% H, 4% O
  Intervention level: ILI
• Directly Administered Antiretroviral Therapy (DAART) for Drug Users NEW 2010
  Good
  Risk category: TxE, TxN, DU
  Sex: 69% M, 31% F
  Race: 58% AA, 22%W, 19% H, 1%  O
  Intervention level: ILI
• Directly Administered Antiretroviral Therapy (DAART) in Methadone Clinic NEW 2010
  Good
  Risk category: TxE, TxN, DU
  Sex: 65% M, 35% F
  Race: 79% AA
  Intervention level: ILI
• Helping Enhance Adherence to antiRetroviral Therapy (Project HEART) NEW 2010
  Good
  Risk category: TxN
  Sex: 64% M, 36% F
  Race: 83% AA, 12% W, 3% O, 2% H
  Intervention level: ILI,GLI
• Pager Messaging NEW 2010
  Good
  Risk category: TxE, TxN
  Sex: 76% M, 24% F
  Race: 47% W, 30% AA, 12% O, 11% H
  Intervention level: ILI
• Partnership for Health NEW 2010
  Good
  Risk category: TxE, MSM
  Sex: 88% M, 12% F
  Race: 40% W, 39% H, 15% AA, 6% O
  Intervention level: ILI
• Peer Support NEW 2010
  Good
  Risk category: TxE, TxN
  Sex: 76% M, 24% F
  Race: 47% W, 30% AA, 12% O, 11% H
  Intervention level: ILI,GLI
• Sharing Medical Adherence Responsibilities Together (SMART Couples) NEW 2010
  Good
  Risk category: TxE
  Sex: 54% M, 46% F
  Race: 62% AA, 24% H
  Intervention level: GLI

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