“I Have to Push Him with a Wheelbarrow to the Clinic”: Community Health Workers' Roles, Needs, and Strategies to Improve HIV Care in Rural South Africa
Loeliger KB, Niccolai LM, Mtungwa LN, Moll A, Shenoi SV. “I Have to Push Him with a Wheelbarrow to the Clinic”: Community Health Workers' Roles, Needs, and Strategies to Improve HIV Care in Rural South Africa. AIDS Patient Care And STDs 2016, 30: 385-394. PMID: 27509239, PMCID: PMC4991585, DOI: 10.1089/apc.2016.0096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity health workersHIV careCommunity health worker rolesHIV care provisionAntiretroviral therapy initiationHIV treatment outcomesHealth worker rolesHealthcare systemBasic emergency careHIV/AIDS epidemicRural KwaZulu-NatalCommunity-based programsAdherence persistTherapy initiationAntiretroviral medicationsHIV prevalenceTreatment outcomesCHW rolesHealth workersHolistic careCentered careHIV resourcesEmergency careClinical practiceRural South AfricaAntiretroviral therapy initiation and adherence in rural South Africa: community health workers’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators
Loeliger KB, Niccolai LM, Mtungwa LN, Moll A, Shenoi SV. Antiretroviral therapy initiation and adherence in rural South Africa: community health workers’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators. AIDS Care 2016, 28: 982-993. PMID: 27043077, PMCID: PMC4917424, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1164292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-HIV AgentsAnti-Retroviral AgentsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveBlack PeopleCommunity Health WorkersCounselingFocus GroupsHealth Services AccessibilityHIV InfectionsHumansInterviews as TopicLost to Follow-UpMaleMedication AdherenceQualitative ResearchRural PopulationSocial StigmaSocial SupportSocioeconomic FactorsSouth AfricaTruth DisclosureConceptsCommunity health workersAntiretroviral therapyART initiationHealth workersAntiretroviral therapy initiationInsufficient patient educationLong-term adherenceAcute infectious diseasesGlobal HIV/AIDS epidemicPublic health strategiesHealthcare servicesHIV/AIDS managementAlternative medicine (CAM) providersHIV/AIDS epidemicHIV/AIDSTherapy initiationInitial diagnosisLifelong therapyPrevent patientsAdherence ratesPatient counsellingPatient educationPatient dissatisfactionCHW rolesMedicine providers