Outcome assessment of a dedicated HIV positive health care worker clinic at a central hospital in Malawi: a retrospective observational study
| العنوان: | Outcome assessment of a dedicated HIV positive health care worker clinic at a central hospital in Malawi: a retrospective observational study |
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| المؤلفون: | Monique van Lettow, Moses Kumwenda, Austin Mnthambala, Lucy Gawa, Adrienne K. Chan, Marion Kambanji, Alice Kadzanja, Lyson Tenthani |
| المصدر: | PLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 5, p e19789 (2011) PLoS ONE |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011. |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Malawi, Non-Clinical Medicine, Economics, Health Care Providers, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Health Care Sector, lcsh:Medicine, HIV Infections, Outcome assessment, Global Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, medicine.disease_cause, Cohort Studies, HIV Seropositivity, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Health care, Medicine, Program Development, lcsh:Science, Human Capital, Multidisciplinary, High prevalence, Delivery of Health Care, Integrated, HIV diagnosis and management, Hospitals, Socioeconomic Aspects of Health, Survival Rate, AIDS, Infectious diseases, Female, Public Health, Research Article, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Clinical Research Design, Health Personnel, education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Developing country, Viral diseases, Young Adult, Health Economics, Nursing, Humans, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, lcsh:R, Economics of Health, HIV, Retrospective cohort study, Focus group, Antiretroviral therapy, Cross-Sectional Studies, Family medicine, lcsh:Q, business |
| الوصف: | Background Malawi has one of the world's lowest densities of Health Care Workers (HCW) per capita. This study evaluates outcomes of a dedicated HCW HIV clinic in Malawi, created at Zomba Central Hospital in January 2007. Methods and Findings Retrospective cohort data was analyzed comparing HCW clinic patient baseline characteristics and treatment outcomes at 18 months after inception, against those attending the general HIV clinic. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted to explore perceptions of patients and caregivers regarding program value, level of awareness and barriers for uptake amongst HCW. 306 patients were enrolled on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the HCW HIV clinic, 6784 in the general clinic. Significantly (p |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e2db697d493f38cac8f9db1c4884321dTest http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3098249?pdf=renderTest |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e2db697d493f38cac8f9db1c4884321d |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19326203 |
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