Challenges to Implementation of Community Health Worker-Led Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Screening and Referral in Rural Uganda: A Qualitative Study using the Implementation Outcomes Framework
Ingenhoff R, Robertson N, Munana R, Bodnar B, Weswa I, Sekitoleko I, Gaal J, Kirenga B, Kalyesubula R, Knauf F, Siddharthan T. Challenges to Implementation of Community Health Worker-Led Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Screening and Referral in Rural Uganda: A Qualitative Study using the Implementation Outcomes Framework. International Journal Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2023, 18: 2769-2783. PMID: 38046984, PMCID: PMC10693197, DOI: 10.2147/copd.s420137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseImplementation Outcomes FrameworkCOPD screeningRural UgandaBurden of COPDReferral processCommunity health worker interventionHealth worker interventionObstructive pulmonary diseaseHealthcare providers' perceptionsCause of deathHigh patient volumeCommunity-based interventionsCHW supportCOPD awarenessCOPD careMiddle-income countriesPulmonary diseaseMedication accessBody of evidenceOutcomes FrameworkQualitative studyHealth outcomesProviders' perceptionsPatient volumeSputum Microbiome and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Rural Ugandan Cohort of Well-Controlled HIV Infection
Kayongo A, Bartolomaeus T, Birkner T, Markó L, Löber U, Kigozi E, Atugonza C, Munana R, Mawanda D, Sekibira R, Uwimaana E, Alupo P, Kalyesubula R, Knauf F, Siddharthan T, Bagaya B, Kateete D, Joloba M, Sewankambo N, Jjingo D, Kirenga B, Checkley W, Forslund S. Sputum Microbiome and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Rural Ugandan Cohort of Well-Controlled HIV Infection. Microbiology Spectrum 2023, 11: e02139-21. PMID: 36790203, PMCID: PMC10100697, DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02139-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseAntiretroviral therapySputum microbiomeHIV cohortPulmonary diseaseSputum microbiotaRespiratory microbiotaStable chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseLower respiratory tract microbiotaNoninfectious lung diseasePost-ART initiationRural UgandaRural Ugandan cohortHIV-positive patientsChronic lung inflammationRisk stratification strategiesCross-sectional studyRespiratory tract microbiotaHIV/AIDSCOPD statusHIV suppressionCOPD severityViral suppressionLung inflammation