Couples ART Adherence Intervention for PWID in Kazakhstan

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• Participant inclusion criteria for Phase 3: 66 couples (n=132) will participate in a randomized control trial of the adapted couple-based intervention.
• Couples are eligible to participate if:
• both partners are ≥18 years old,
• both identify each other as their primary sexual partner (e.g. spouse, girlfriend/boyfriend, regular sexual partner),
• the relationship has existed at least 3 months,
• both report feeling safe participating with their partner in the study,
• neither reports any severe physical or sexual violence perpetrated by the other partner in the past year,
• both are able to provide informed consent and follow study procedures, and
• both are fluent in Russian.
  • In addition, the "index case" (partner initially recruited from AIDS Center) must: (1) be confirmed HIV+ by the AIDS Center, (2) have been on ART at least 3 months, (3) not be virally suppressed according to the AIDS Center standard (<500 copies/ml), and (4) report injecting any drug in the past year.
  • Participant exclusion criteria for Phase 3:
  • Individuals who do not meet inclusion criteria or who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from the study:
• unable to provide informed consent,
• unwilling or unable to participate in study procedures,
• any condition that, in the opinion of the principal investigator and research staff, would make participation in the study unsafe, complicate interpretation of study outcome data, or otherwise interfere with achieving the study objectives.