Elizabeth Secord
Wayne State University, USA
Title: Adherence Barriers in Youth with Perinatally Acquired HIV
Biography
Biography: Elizabeth Secord
Abstract
Adherence to antiretroviral medication is fraught with emotional baggage for many of our perinatally infected youth. This course will cover the reasons for poor adherence that we have encountered, and the programs we have designed to work with youth around these issues. Objectives for learners are: 1) To understand the multiple reasons for non-adherence in perinatally infected youth, including aversion to medication, lack of consistent housing, anger and disorganization. 2) Knowledge of possible interventions including home based programs, electronic interventions and the tools of motivational interviewing and other brief targeted psychological interventions versus long term therapy and 3) Use of a multi-disiplinary team approach. Cases will be discussed to illustrate various aspects of this very complex issue.