Adherence 2023 – International Association of Providers of AIDS Care

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Adherence 2023 is sponsored by the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC). The 2023 conference’s Co-Chairs are Jane M. Simoni (University of Washington, Seattle, WA) and Carmen Zorrilla (University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR).

The conference Track Chairs:

Optimizing ART Adherence – Andrew Mujugira (Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda)
PrEP Uptake, Adherence, and Persistence – Kiplagat Anthony (CASCO, Nairobi, Kenya)
HIV Care Continuum – Aadia Rana (University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA)
Implementation Science – Elvin Geng (Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA)

DISCLOSURE
Adherence 2023 was made possible through commercial sponsorships and educational grants from Gilead Sciences, Merck & Co., and ViiV Healthcare.

PROGRAM
Following are conference presentations. The conference organizers request that any use of these presentations should include citations to both their presenting authors and relevant conference information (e.g., 18th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence, June 11-13, 2023).

SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2023

PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION
Achieving Equitable HIV Outcomes
(Moderated discussion; no presentations available)

Moderators:
Cecilia Chung (Transgender Law Center, Oakland, CA, USA)
Corey Prachniak-Rincón (CenterLink, Boston, MA, USA)

Panelists:
Mandy Hill (UTHealth Houston, Houston, TX, USA)
Arianna Lint (Arianna’s Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA)
Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz (George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

CONFERENCE WELCOME

Jane M. Simoni (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA)
Carmen Zorrilla, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA)
José M. Zuniga (IAPAC, Tampa, FL, USA)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Beyond the Rhetoric: Implementing Solutions to Health Inequities
Antonia C. Novello (14th US Surgeon General, Orlando, FL, USA)

HIV CARE CONTINUUM

Moderator: Aadia Rana (University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA)

Cutting Edge Services: Clinical Implementation of Long-Acting ART
Iván Meléndez-Rivera (Centro Ararat, San Juan, PR)

Impact Innovation: Utilizing mHealth Interventions to Advance Equity in the Care Continuum
Karen Ingersoll (UVA Health, Charlottesville, VA, USA)

Equitable Health Literacy Interventions: Promoting Adherence to HIV Treatment and Care
Tamara Taggart (George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)

ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSIONS 1

ADHERENCE AND RETENTION IN HIV CARE: UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING CHALLENGES
Moderator: Andrew Mujugira

1015 Factors Associated with ART Adherence for Prevention and Treatment Among Sexual Minority Men: Integrating Traditional and Machine Learning Approaches
Presenter: Audrey Harkness

1166 Fidelity of Multi-month ARV Dispensing and Viral Load Outcomes: Results from a Cohort Study in Cote d’Ivoire
Presenter: Lauren Greenberg

1225 PWID Living with HIV in India Experience Viral Rebound on ART and Persistent Viremia
Presenter: Talia Loeb

1253 Men Interrupted: High Rates of Treatment Interruptions among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) Necessitate Tailored Approaches
Presenter: Dorian Gule

1259 Limited Receipt of Annual Routine Preventive Care Services among Medicaid Enrollees Living with HIV in the US South
Presenter: Jessica Kiernan

HIV TREATMENT CONTINUITY AND RETENTION IN CARE
Moderator: Corey Prachniak-Rincón

1063 Re-Linkage Protocol for Out of Care HIV Patients at an Urban Emergency Department
Presenter: Heather Henderson

1226 Community Solutions for Promoting Treatment Continuity and Re-Engaging Children and Adolescents Living with HIV (C/ALHIV) in HIV Treatment and Care in Uganda
Presenter: Emmanuel Tibenderana

1235 Scaling up Rapid Linkage to HIV Treatment in Los Angeles County Using a Learning Collaborative Approach
Presenter: Elise Berrier

1239 Fostering Engagement in Care and Medication Adherence through a Systematic Quality Improvement Initiative for Continued Enrollment in the AIDS Drug Assistance Program
Presenter: Kellie Hawkins

1298 Treatment Continuity: The Cornerstone of HIV Epidemic Control in Resource Constrained Settings
Presenter: Yussif Ahmed Abdul Rahman

PrEP UPTAKE AND ADHERENCE
Moderator: Kiplagat Anthony

1041 Eligibility for PrEP Referral, Referral to PrEP Provider, and Assistance with Linkage to PrEP Provider among Persons Testing Negative for HIV Infection via CDC-Funded HIV Testing in Non-Healthcare Settings
Presenter: Deesha Patel

1086 Preference for Long-Acting Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) by Adherence and Persistence on Daily Oral PrEP among Cisgender Women and Black and Hispanic Men in the United States
Presenter: Carolyn Brown

1093 Preferences Regarding a Real-time Urine Assay for Monitoring and Providing Feedback on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence among Women in Kenya
Presenter: Phelix Okello

1100 Pharmacologic Drug Detection and Self-reported Adherence in the HPTN069/ACTG5305 Phase II PrEP Trial
Presenter: Stanley Cooper

1129 Qualitative Analysis of a Warm Handoff Linkage Approach for Cisgender Black Women to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): A Systems Focus
Presenter: Mandy Hill

1171 Vuka+, Novel Smartphone-based PrEP Adherence Support Intervention for Adolescent Girls and Young Women, Pilot Study
Presenter: Homaira Hanif

THREE TOP-RATED ABSTRACTS

Moderator: Carmen Zorrilla, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR

1153 Preference for Daily Oral Pills over Long-acting Antiretroviral Therapy Options among People with HIV
Jane M. Simoni, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

1159 From Concept to Implementation: The Story of PositiveLinks, An Evidence-based mHealth Intervention for HIV Care
Karen Ingersoll, UVA Health, Charlottesville, VA, USA

1278 Optimal Strategies to Improve Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake among Youth at Risk for HIV: A Randomized Controlled Trial (ATN 149)
Dallas Swendeman, UCLA Dept of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Los Angeles CA, USA

MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2023

ANDREW KAPLAN AND GARY S. REITER MEMORIAL LECTURE
HIV Stigma: Researching Innovations for Behavioral and Social Change
Dianne Rausch (National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA)

OPTIMIZING ART ADHERENCE
Moderator: Andrew Mujugira (Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda)

Long-Acting Options: Lessons Learned from Prevention to Inform Treatment
Ariane van der Straten (HIV Prevention Trials Network, San Francisco, CA, USA)

Optimizing ART Adherence to Reach the Third 95
Juliana de Oliveira Costa (University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia)

Point-of-Care Technologies for Supporting HIV Treatment Adherence
Monica Gandhi (UCSF Center for AIDS Research, San Francisco, CA, USA)

ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSIONS 2

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR ADHERENCE SUPPORT
Moderator: Elvin Geng

1069 Mechanisms of Successful Implementation of Tailored Motivational Interviewing in a Multi-site Study of Youth HIV Clinics in the United States
Presenter: Sylvie Naar

1101 Exploring Longitudinal Engagement in PrEP Care in a Cohort of Individuals Newly Initiating PrEP in St. Louis, Missouri from 2015-2021: A Multi-state Analysis
Presenter: Lindsey Filiatreau

1113 How Ready are Ryan White Clinics to Implement Long-acting Injectable Antiretrovirals? Findings from a National Cross-sectional Survey
Presenter: Adati Tarfa

1224 Beyond the Clinic: Improving Adherence and Viral Load Suppression for Children and Adolescents Living with HIV (C/ALHIV) in Uganda through Home-based Root Cause Analysis and Joint Action Planning
Presenter: Baker Sserwambala

1236 HIV Implementation Literature Review Dashboard: Disseminating HIV Implementation Science
Presenter: Artur Queiroz

1265 Health Department Based Intensive Case Management for Pregnant People Living with HIV as a Key Strategy to End the HIV Epidemic in Los Angeles County
Presenter: Azita Nagdhi and Megan Foley

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR HIV TREATMENT AND PREVENTION
Moderator: Aadia Rana

1058 Implementation of Injectable Cabotegravir-Rilpivirine in an Ambulatory Infectious Diseases Clinic
Presenter: Taylor Ward

1120 Preparing for Pharmacy-based Delivery of Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy
Presenter: Jennifer Cocohoba

1201 Long-Acting Injectable ARV to Advance Health Equity: US Clinic Perspectives on Barriers, Needed Support, and Program Goals for Implementation
Presenter: Nadia Nguyen

1205 Developing Implementation Strategies to Enhance PrEP Delivery to Immigrant Latino Men who have Sex with Men
Presenter: Elena Rosenberg-Carlson

1245 Implementation Strategies and Determinants among Prevention-Focused Ending the HIV Epidemic Projects
Presenter: Morgan Purrier

1263 Primary Care Providers’ Perceived Implementation Barriers for Biomedical HIV Prevention Strategies in Puerto Rico
Presenter: Carlos Rodríguez-Díaz

1401 Long-Acting ART in an Adherence Challenged Population Including those with Viremia Results in High Rates of Virologic Suppression
Presenter: Monica Gandhi

STIGMA AND MENTAL HEALTH
Moderator: Corey Prachniak-Rincón

1031 Loneliness Among Black/African American Adults Living with HIV: Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Correlates and Implications for Adherence
Presenter: Nipher Malika

1140 A Longitudinal Examination of Intersectional Stigma, Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence, and Viral Load
Presenter: Kristi Stringer

1182 Tujuane Tujiamini: Community Perspectives of Stigma and Recommendations from People Living with HIV in Obunga, Kenya
Presenter: Lauren Harrison

1218 Barriers to Mental Health Care, Anxiety and Depression, and HIV Care Engagement among People with HIV in Rural Florida
Presenter: Preeti Manavalan

SPONSORED LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
It Starts with a Conversation: What Would it Mean for Your Patients to Have an Alternative to Daily Oral HIV Treatment?
Sponsored by ViiV Healthcare
(Presentations unavailable per sponsor’s request)
Presenters:
Beata Casanas, USF Health, Tampa, FL, USA
Mark Lewandowski, ViiV Healthcare, Raleigh, NC, USA

ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSIONS 3

STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE ART ADHERENCE
Moderator: Christopher Duncombe

1118 Improved Adolescent-Caregiver Relationships and Self-efficacy among Adolescents and Young Adults Living with HIV through Use of an ART Adherence Monitor
Presenter: Julian Adong

1161 Usability and Acceptability of an mHealth Platform for People Living with HIV in Washington, DC
Presenter: Sylvia Caldwell

1183 A Lateral Flow Device to Detect Emtricitabine in Urine for PrEP and ART Adherence Monitoring
Presenter: Thomas Vanderford

TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESS TO HIV CARE: CHALLENGES AND NEW APPROACHES
Moderator: Helen Olowofeso

1037 Prevalence and Risk Factors for Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID among People Living with HIV in Washington, DC
Presenter: Shannon Barth

1076 Dynamic Association between Intra-patient Variability in ARV Plasma Concentration and HIV RNA Viral Suppression – Findings from a Longitudinal HIV Study with Ingestible Sensor Monitoring
Presenter: Yan Wang

1199 A Pilot Randomized Control Trial of Striving Towards EmPowerment and Medication Adherence (STEP-AD) among Black Women Living with HIV in the US
Presenter: Sannisha Dale

1223 Telehealth Perspectives, Barriers, and Facilitators among People with HIV in Rural Florida: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings
Presenter: Anne Gracy

1237 Does Size Matter? A Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Impact of External Diameter on Adherence to 3 Different Intravaginal Rings among 24 US Couples
Presenter: Irene Bruce

PrEP UPTAKE, ADHERENCE, AND PERSISTENCE
Moderator: Kiplagat Anthony (CASCO, Nairobi, Kenya)

Service Optimization: Expanding PrEP Delivery through Telehealth and mHealth Services
Elzette Rousseau (Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa)

New Opportunities: Implementing Long-Acting PrEP in Clinical Practice
Kenneth H. Mayer (Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA)

Data to Action: Leveraging Data to Enhance PrEP Uptake and Persistence
Rupa Patel (Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA)

TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023

MARIO S. COOPER MEMORIAL COLLOQUIUM
Truth to Power: Exercising our Voices to Achieve Health Equity
(Moderated discussion; no presentations available)
Kamaria Laffrey (The Sero Project Winter Haven, FL, USA)
Rafael Torruella (Intercambios, Fajardo, PR)

IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE
Moderator: Elvin Geng (Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA)

Long Acting Injectables – Learning as We Go: An Implementation Science Agenda
Katerina Christopoulos (University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA)

Ethnography and Implementation Science: The Case of Traditional Healers for HIV Testing
Radhika Sundararajan (Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA)

Equity in the HIV Response: Implementation Science as Resistance
Cory Bradley (Fast-Track Cities St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA)

ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSIONS 4

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR HIV PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
Moderator: Shanna L. Hastie

1053 Combining Community-based Chronic Disease Care with Economic Strengthening Opportunities for Adults Living with HIV: Clustered Randomized Trial Evidence from Kenya
Presenter: Marta Wilson-Barthes

1085 Safe in the Safe Space: Harnessing the Reach of Female Sex Workers (FSW) through Social Networks for Integrated Prevention and Treatment services: The Case of Mwanjuni Health Post
Presenter: Julius Chilongoshi

1149 Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention for Mothers Living with HIV Reduces Mother to Child Transmission Rates at 6 Weeks, 12 Months and 24 Months
Presenter: Deliwe Msiska

1207 Peer-Delivered HIV Self-Testing, STI Self-Sampling and PrEP for Transgender Women in Uganda: A Randomized Trial
Presenter: Andrew Mujugira

1280 Examining the Effects of an Urban Gardens and Peer Nutritional Counseling Intervention on Alcohol Consumption and Tobacco Use among PLHIV in the Dominican Republic
Presenter: Alane Celeste-Villalvir

OPTIMIZING CARE FOR KEY POPULATIONS
Moderator: Kalvin Pugh

1066 Cultural-adaption of an Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Intervention among Young Men who have Sex with Men in China
Presenter: Benjamin Eisenstadt

1071 Willingness to Receive HIV Self-testing Kits from Recent Sexual Partners among Men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Findings from the STEP Project Baseline Survey
Presenter: Kelia Olughu

1098 Structural Syndemics and HIV Care Among Justice Involved South Floridians Living with HIV
Presenter: Felicia O. Casanova

1198 Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs Assessment of Adolescents and Young People Living with HIV (AYPLHIV) in Lagos State
Presenter: Helen Omowumi Olowofeso

1200 Baylor College of Medicine ECHO Facilitating Antiretroviral StART Earlier (BE FASTER) Community of Practice for Increasing Rapid ART in Houston: A Qualitative, Longitudinal Study
Presenter: Shital Patel

1256 Analyzing Policy Gaps in Optimal Pediatric HIV Treatment Regimens: A Global Overview
Presenter: Amanda Banda

PrEP IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND PREFERENCES
Moderator: Christopher Duncombe

1165 High Interest for Long-acting Injectable PrEP among Pregnant Women Taking Daily Oral PrEP in Kisumu, Kenya
Presenter: Tessa Concepcion

1174 A Qualitative Exploration of Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Partner Notification Preferences and Practices among Women Planning for Pregnancy and Considering HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Durban, South Africa
Presenter: Pooja Chitneni

1187 Who Starts — and Who Stays — on PrEP: An Analysis of Routine Facility Records in Lesotho
Presenter: Lauren Greenberg

1252 An Economic Analysis of Factors Associated with Preexposure Prophylaxis Use for HIV Prevention in Women
Presenter: Dion Allen

SPONSORED LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
A Conversation with Puerto Rican Community Providers: Root Causes of Low PrEP Uptake on the Island
Hosted by Latino Commission on AIDS
(Moderated discussion; no presentations available)
Moderator: Gustavo Morales (Latino Commission on AIDS, New York, NY, USA)
Opening Remarks: Alexandra M. Bonnet (SEX-ED, San Juan, PR)
Panelists:
Maribel Acevedo (Centro Ararat, San Juan, PR)
Iván Meléndez-Rivera (Centro Ararat, San Juan, PR)
Rafael Torruella (Intercambios, Fajardo, PR)