The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has proposed the ambitious 95-95-95 target to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. It indicates at least 95% of people living with HIV (PLWH) should know their HIV-positive status, 95% of people diagnosed with HIV should receive sustained antiretroviral therapy (ART), and 95% of PLWH on ART should reach HIV virally suppressed status. To approach this target, giant endeavors must be taken since the achievement of each 95 will be with complexity and impacted by individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and political factors. How does individuals’ psychological process impact people’s health decisions regarding HIV testing, ART initiation and sustaining, and engagement in HIV care? How do the process’s interactions with other factors (such as social discrimination toward HIV and sexual minorities, economical status, access to HIV continuum care, ART regimens, etc. ) influence these decisions? The answer to these questions will be beneficial for enhancing the current progress and facilitating novel strategies toward ending the HIV epidemic.
Ending the HIV epidemic needs further endeavors and time for all countries. The aim of this research topic is to provide a collection of studies exploring how the psychological factors impact the work to approach the 95-95-95 HIV/AIDS target. So, the understanding of what we can do in the aspect of psychology will be more clarified, which facilitates progress toward this goal.
This research topic will welcome original studies, reviews, and protocols. The potential topics can include but are not limited to the following:
Discrimination and HIV-test promotion among risk population
Novel strategies to facilitate self-HIV test among risk population
Decision mechanism and experiences of early or delayed ART initiation
The psychological factors influencing the maintenance of the virally suppressed status
The relationship between cognition toward “undetectable equals untransmittable” and ART adherence and outcomes
Reasons why PLWH engaged in risky sexual behaviors
Mechanism underlying PLWH lost to HIV care
Approaches to enhance the quality of HIV care for PLWH
The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has proposed the ambitious 95-95-95 target to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. It indicates at least 95% of people living with HIV (PLWH) should know their HIV-positive status, 95% of people diagnosed with HIV should receive sustained antiretroviral therapy (ART), and 95% of PLWH on ART should reach HIV virally suppressed status. To approach this target, giant endeavors must be taken since the achievement of each 95 will be with complexity and impacted by individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and political factors. How does individuals’ psychological process impact people’s health decisions regarding HIV testing, ART initiation and sustaining, and engagement in HIV care? How do the process’s interactions with other factors (such as social discrimination toward HIV and sexual minorities, economical status, access to HIV continuum care, ART regimens, etc. ) influence these decisions? The answer to these questions will be beneficial for enhancing the current progress and facilitating novel strategies toward ending the HIV epidemic.
Ending the HIV epidemic needs further endeavors and time for all countries. The aim of this research topic is to provide a collection of studies exploring how the psychological factors impact the work to approach the 95-95-95 HIV/AIDS target. So, the understanding of what we can do in the aspect of psychology will be more clarified, which facilitates progress toward this goal.
This research topic will welcome original studies, reviews, and protocols. The potential topics can include but are not limited to the following:
Discrimination and HIV-test promotion among risk population
Novel strategies to facilitate self-HIV test among risk population
Decision mechanism and experiences of early or delayed ART initiation
The psychological factors influencing the maintenance of the virally suppressed status
The relationship between cognition toward “undetectable equals untransmittable” and ART adherence and outcomes
Reasons why PLWH engaged in risky sexual behaviors
Mechanism underlying PLWH lost to HIV care
Approaches to enhance the quality of HIV care for PLWH
