The Treatment Adherence Project (TAP) and Win! puts innovative research on increasing treatment adherence into practice. It will help high-need, HIV-positive people improve their health by incentivizing adherence with a lottery. Treatment adherence is critical to improve the quality of life of HIV- infected persons and to reduce the spread of HIV, but is a great challenge for many who are infected. There are formidable barriers that keep some PLWH from adhering to their medication regimen (pill fatigue, depression, side effects) but in many cases, incentives have increased adherence and contributed to improved health. Further, TAP builds upon medication adherence as prevention. PLWH who have an undetectable viral load are healthier and less likely to spread infection. The program empowers PLWH by teaching skills to track medication adherence and educating about its importance for health. Participants who are adherent will be entered into a prize drawing.
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