Does peer-navigated linkage to care work? A cross-sectional study of active linkage to care within an integrated non-communicable disease-HIV testing centre for adults in Soweto, South Africa

• Kathryn L. Hopkins ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: HopkinsK@PHRU.co.za

  Affiliations Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2809-3686

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• Khuthadzo E. Hlongwane,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Kennedy Otwombe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Janan Dietrich,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Maya Jaffer,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Mireille Cheyip,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Jacobus Olivier,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Heidi van Rooyen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Human and Social Development Programme, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Alisha N. Wade,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1158-2523

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• Tanya Doherty,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Glenda E. Gray

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Office of the President, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

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