2024
Ukrainian healthcare providers under siege during the first year of war: challenges and adaptations
Deac A, Zaviryukha I, Zeziulin O, Peycheva A, de Souza R, Skipper H, Abubakar A, Gustilo V, Shenoi S, Thornicroft G, Rozanova J. Ukrainian healthcare providers under siege during the first year of war: challenges and adaptations. BJPsych International 2024, 21: 35-37. PMID: 38693956, PMCID: PMC11035963, DOI: 10.1192/bji.2023.43.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthcare workers' mental healthFront-line healthcare workersPsychosocial support servicesWorkers' mental healthPre-existing difficultiesHealthcare providersHealthcare reformMental healthHealthcare workersJob retentionSupport servicesExpert consultationMedical documentationWell-beingHealthcarePanel discussionCOVID-19ProvidersHealthConsultationCliniciansCOVID-19 crisisYears of warWorkersServices
2021
“We’ve Got Our Own Beliefs, Attitudes, Myths”: A Mixed Methods Assessment of Rural South African Health Care Workers' Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards PrEP Implementation
Asabor EN, Lett E, Moll A, Shenoi SV. “We’ve Got Our Own Beliefs, Attitudes, Myths”: A Mixed Methods Assessment of Rural South African Health Care Workers' Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards PrEP Implementation. AIDS And Behavior 2021, 25: 2517-2532. PMID: 33763802, PMCID: PMC8450017, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03213-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal healthcare workersHealthcare workersPrEP implementationHealth care workers' knowledgeHIV pre-exposure prophylaxisSkilled clinical staffPre-exposure prophylaxisImpact of HIVPrEP interventionsHIV prevalenceHCW roleClinical staffTravel burdenMixed-methods assessmentDisproportionate burdenHIVWorkers' knowledgeAdditional concernsSexual behaviorBlack South AfricansBarriers researchersPrEPRisk compensationBurdenImplementation scientists
2020
1656. Factors associated with low TB preventative therapy prescription rates among healthcare workers in rural South Africa
Ahmed A, Grammatico M, Malinga S, Makhunga P, Moll A, Ladines-Lim J, Jones J, Choi K, Shenoi S. 1656. Factors associated with low TB preventative therapy prescription rates among healthcare workers in rural South Africa. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2020, 7: s816-s817. PMCID: PMC7778258, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary care clinicsLower prescription ratesPrescription ratesHealthcare workersPatients' nondisclosureRural South AfricaConclusions Healthcare workersIsoniazid preventive therapyProfessional nursesRural district hospitalMedical officersCross-sectional surveyEligible patientsMortality benefitPreventive therapyMedian ageCare clinicsPreventative therapyTuberculosis incidenceDistrict hospitalSelf-reported knowledgePatientsHCW trainingMultivariate analysisPrescribers1031. Mobility and Structural Barriers Contribute to Loss to Follow up from HIV Care in Rural South Africa
Hannaford A, Moll A, Madondo T, Khoza B, Shenoi S. 1031. Mobility and Structural Barriers Contribute to Loss to Follow up from HIV Care in Rural South Africa. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2020, 7: s546-s546. PMCID: PMC7776485, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV careHIV transmissionRural South AfricaLongitudinal HIV careViral load suppressionRisk of tuberculosisRural settingsPatient-centered careStructural barriersART discontinuationPill fatigueART prescriptionMedian durationART accessPrimary careHIV knowledgeChronic careHealthcare workersHIV stigmaHigh riskPatient motivationSpecific clinicPrevents transmissionMajor precipitantSexual partners
2017
“It’s about my life”: facilitators of and barriers to isoniazid preventive therapy completion among people living with HIV in rural South Africa
Jacobson KB, Niccolai L, Mtungwa N, Moll AP, Shenoi SV. “It’s about my life”: facilitators of and barriers to isoniazid preventive therapy completion among people living with HIV in rural South Africa. AIDS Care 2017, 29: 936-942. PMID: 28147705, PMCID: PMC5545149, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1283390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAmbulatory Care FacilitiesAntitubercular AgentsCounselingFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth Services AccessibilityHIV InfectionsHumansIncidenceInterviews as TopicIsoniazidMalePatient ComplianceQualitative ResearchRural PopulationSocial StigmaSouth AfricaTrustTuberculosisConceptsIsoniazid preventive therapyIPT completionPreventive roleAbsence of symptomsHealth care workersKnowledge of TBHealth service deliveryResource-limited settingsHealth care systemRural KwaZulu-NatalAntiretroviral therapyHIV patientsHIV diagnosisPreventive therapyTherapy completionTB incidenceAppropriate counselingHealthcare workersIndividual patientsCare workersRural South AfricaHIVPatientsUnrelated conditionsIndividual semi-structured interviews