2023
Community health workers can be trained to identify patients eligible for tuberculosis preventive therapy, but encounter barriers to programme implementation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Norton S, Moll A, Madi J, Nkomo N, Brooks R, Andrews L, Shenoi S. Community health workers can be trained to identify patients eligible for tuberculosis preventive therapy, but encounter barriers to programme implementation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. African Journal Of AIDS Research 2023, 22: 131-135. PMID: 37337826, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2023.2213213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCommunity Health WorkersHIV InfectionsHumansNoncommunicable DiseasesSouth AfricaTuberculosisConceptsTuberculosis preventive therapyCommunity health workersLargest HIV epidemicCause of deathNon-communicable diseasesHealth workersPreventive therapyRural resource-limited settingsHigh TB incidence ratesFurther implementation researchTB incidence rateRate of referralResource-limited settingsMedian ageTreatment initiationHIV epidemicIncidence rateRural South AfricaHIVInfectious diseasesTuberculosisImplementation researchScreening resultsDiseasePatients
2019
Opportunities for community health workers to contribute to global efforts to end tuberculosis
Sinha P, Shenoi SV, Friedland GH. Opportunities for community health workers to contribute to global efforts to end tuberculosis. Global Public Health 2019, 15: 474-484. PMID: 31516079, PMCID: PMC7028491, DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2019.1663361.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
“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