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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/94153, first published .
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A Stepped Care, Peer-Delivered Intervention to Improve Substance Use and HIV Medication Adherence in Primary Care in South Africa (Project Khanya): Protocol for a Hybrid Type 2 Effectiveness-Implementation Randomized Controlled Trial

A Stepped Care, Peer-Delivered Intervention to Improve Substance Use and HIV Medication Adherence in Primary Care in South Africa (Project Khanya): Protocol for a Hybrid Type 2 Effectiveness-Implementation Randomized Controlled Trial

Jessica F Magidson   1, 2 , PhD ;   Abigail C Hines   2 , MPH ;   Sybil Hlombekazi Majokweni   3 , MPH ;   Lwandile Tokwe   3 , RN, PhD ;   Bronwyn Myers   4, 5, 6 , PhD ;   Stefani Du Toit   7 , PhD ;   Kristen Regenauer   1, 8 , PhD ;   Lena S Andersen   3, 9 , PhD ;   Warren Burnhams   10 , MA ;   Catherine Orrell   11, 12 , PhD ;   Sean M Murphy   13 , PhD ;   Goodman Sibeko   14 , PhD ;   Noah Triplett   1 , PhD ;   Esonasethu Ndwandwa   3 , MA ;   Neliswa Naledi Kotelo   3 , BA ;   Tianzhou Ma   15 , PhD ;   Steven Safren   16 , PhD ;   John Joska   3 , PhD

1 Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United States

2 Center for Substance Use, Addiction and Health Research (CESAR), University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United States

3 HIV Mental Health Research Unit, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

4 Curtin enAble Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia

5 Mental Health, Alcohol, Substance Use, and Tobacco Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

6 West Australian Country Health Service and Curtin University Research and Innovation Alliance, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

7 Institute for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

8 Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

9 Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

10 City of Cape Town Health and Substance Abuse, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

11 HIV and Other Infectious Diseases Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

12 Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

13 Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States

14 Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

15 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, United States

16 Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Jessica F Magidson, PhD
  • Center for Substance Use, Addiction and Health Research (CESAR)
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • College Park, MD 20742
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 301-405-5095
  • Email: jmagidso@umd.edu