1. Adolescents and Young People UNICEF Data. https://data.unicef.org/topic/hivaids/adolescents-young-people/) 2017
2. Ruria EC, Masaba R, Kose J, Woelk G, Mwangi E, Matu L, Ng'eno H, Bikeri B, Rakhmanina N. Optimizing linkage to care and initiation and retention on treatment of adolescents with newly diagnosed HIV infection. AIDS. 2017 Jul 1;31 Suppl 3:S253-S260. doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000001538.
3. NACA (2015) ‘Nigeria GARPR 2015’ (pdf)
4. Idele P, Gillespie A, Porth T, Suzuki C, Mahy M, Kasedde S, et al. Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS among adolescents: current status, inequities, and data gaps. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014;66 (Suppl 2):S144–49. [PubMed].
5. Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health (2013) ‘National HIV & AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey 2012, (NARHS Plus II) (pdf).
6. Kapogiannis BG, Legins KE, Chandan U, Lee S. Evidence-Based Programming for Adolescent HIV Prevention and Care: Operational Research to Inform Best Practices. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2014;66:S228–S235. [PubMed]
7. Philbin, Morgan & E. Tanner, Amanda & L. DuVal, Anna & M. Ellen, Jonathan & Xu, Jiahong & Kapogiannis, Bill & Bethel, Jim & Dennis Fortenberry, J. (2013). Linkage to Care and Engagement in Care for Newly Diagnosed HIV-Positive Youth Within Fifteen Adolescent Medicine Clinics in the United States. AIDS and Behavior. 18. 10.1007/s10461-013-0650-6.
8. Philbin MM et al. HIV testing, care referral, and linkage to care intervals affect time to engagement in care for newly diagnosed HIV-infected adolescents in 15 Adolescent Medicine Clinics in the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 72: 222-29, 2016.
9. Inwani I, Chhun N, Agot K, Cleland CM, Buttolph J, Thirumurthy H, Kurth AE High-Yield HIV Testing, Facilitated Linkage to Care, and Prevention for Female Youth in Kenya (GIRLS Study): Implementation Science Protocol for a Priority Population JMIR Res Protoc 2017;6(12):e179 DOI: 10.2196/resprot.8200
10. Health for the world’s adolescents: a second chance in the second decade Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2014 [cited 2017 January 6]. Available from: http://apps.who.int/adolescent/second-decade/files/ 1612_MNCAH_HWA_Executive_Summary.pdf
11. Herek GM, Capitanio JP, Widaman KF. HIV-related stigma and knowledge in the United States: Prevalence and trends, 1991–1999. Am J Public Health 2002;92:371–377 [PMC free article][PubMed]
12. Gilliam PP, Ellen JM, Leonard L, Kinsman S, Jevitt CM, Straub DM. Transition of Adolescents With HIV to Adult Care: Characteristics and Current Practices of the Adolescent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 2011;22(4):283-294.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2010.04.003. [PMC free article] [PubMed]
13. Valenzuela JM, Buchanan CL, Radcliffe J, Ambrose C, Hawkins LA, Tanney M, Rudy BJ. Transition to Adult Services among Behaviorally Infected Adolescents with HIV--A Qualitative Study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2011;36(2):134–140. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsp051. [PubMed]
14. Kakkar F, Van Der Linden D, Valois S, Maurice F, Onnorouille M, Lapointe N, et al. Health outcomes and the transition experience of HIV-infected adolescents after transfer to adult care in Quebec, Canada. BMC Pediatr. 2016;16:109.
15. Dowshen N, D’Angelo L. Health Care Transition for Youth Living With HIV/AIDS. PEDIATRICS. 2011;128(4):762–771. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2011-0068. [PubMed]
16. Tanner AE, Philbin MM, Duval A, Ellen J, Kapogiannis B, Fortenberry JD The Adolescent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions. “Youth friendly” clinics: Considerations for linking and engaging HIV-infected adolescents into care. AIDS Care. 2014;26(2):199–205.https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2013.808800. [PMC free article] [PubMed]
17. Fair CD, Sullivan K, Dizney R, Stackpole A. “It’s Like Losing a Part of My Family”: Transition Expectations of Adolescents Living with Perinatally Acquired HIV and Their Guardians. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2012120611131552000. https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2012.0041. [PubMed]
18. NACA (2015) ‘Nigeria GARPR 2015’ (pdf)
19. Johnson LF, Davies MA, Moultrie H, Sherman GG, Bland RM, Rehle TM, et al. The effect of early initiation of antiretroviral treatment in infants on pediatric AIDS mortality in South Africa: a model‐based analysis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012;31(5):474–480. [PubMed]
20. http://www.ich.org/fileadmin/Public_Web_Site/ICH_Products/Guidelines/Efficacy/E6_R1/Step4/E6_R1__Guideline.pdf
21. Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria, 2016. National Guidelines for HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care. Available at: https://aidsfree.usaid.gov/sites/ default/files/ng_national_guidelines_hiv.pdf. Accessed May 2017
22. Hibbard JH , Mahoney ER , Stockard J , Tusler M . Development and testing of a short form of the patient activation measure . Health Serv Res . 2005 ; 40 ( 6 Pt 1 ): 1918 – 30 .
23. Alderfer M.A., Marsac M.L. (2013) Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL). In: Gellman M.D., Turner J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY
24. Harold D. Green, Jr., Matthew A. Hoover, Glenn J. Wagner, Gery W. Ryan, and Eric Ssegujja. Measuring Agreement between Egos and Alters: Understanding Informant Accuracy in Personal Network Studies Field Methods. Vol 26, Issue 2, pp. 126 - 140
25. Eldridge S Kerry S A Practical Guide to Cluster Randomised Trials in Health Services Research Chichester, UK Wiley, 2012
26. Donner A, Klar N, Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomization Trials in Health Research Chichester, UK, Wiley, 2000.
27. Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D; CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. BMJ. 2010 Mar23;340:c332
28. Institute of Medicine. “Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century”
29. Nicolaie M. A. and van Houwelingen, H. C. and de Witte, T. M. and Putter, H. (2012). Dynamic prediction in competing risks by landmarking. Stat Med, in press.
30. C. Hawkins, G. Chalamilla, J. Okuma, D. Spiegelman, E. Hertzmark, A. Aris, et al.Sex differences in antiretroviral treatment outcomes among HIV-infected adults in an urban Tanzanian setting AIDS, 25 (2011), pp. 1189-1197, 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283471deb