Sylvie Naar's Healthy Choices Intervention Published in JAMA

August 29, 2020
Naar Healthy Choices Visual Abstract

Dr. Naar et al. (2020), had their research published in the JAMA Network entitled “Comparative Effectiveness of Community-Based vs Clinic-Based Healthy Choices Motivational Intervention to Improve Health Behaviors Among Youth Living With HIV: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” The focus of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Healthy Choices intervention in a home or community setting versus a medical clinic. The target population was youth living with HIV and they discovered that the delivery of the intervention in a clinical setting had greater long-term effects on viral load and of decreasing alcohol use severity. Here is the link to read the full study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2769829