Friendship Bench intervention to address depression and improve HIV care engagement among adolescents living with HIV in Malawi: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

• Thuy Thi Dieu Dao ,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: thuydao@unc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, Center for Research and Training on Substance Abuse and HIV, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2633-110X

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• Bradley N. Gaynes,

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

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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• Brian W. Pence,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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• Steven M. Mphonda,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of North Carolina Project Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Kazione Kulisewa,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mental Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Michael Udedi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NCDs & Mental Health Division, Malawi Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Melissa A. Stockton,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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• Jack Kramer,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mental Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Katherine Grace Waddell,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of North Carolina Project Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Maria Faidas,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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• Hillary Mortensen,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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• Nivedita L. Bhushan

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Communication and Engagement Research, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

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