2013
A Pilot Study of an mHealth Application for Healthcare Workers: Poor Uptake Despite High Reported Acceptability at a Rural South African Community-Based MDR-TB Treatment Program
Chaiyachati KH, Loveday M, Lorenz S, Lesh N, Larkan LM, Cinti S, Friedland GH, Haberer JE. A Pilot Study of an mHealth Application for Healthcare Workers: Poor Uptake Despite High Reported Acceptability at a Rural South African Community-Based MDR-TB Treatment Program. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e64662. PMID: 23724075, PMCID: PMC3665589, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse event formsMDR-TB patientsMDR-TB therapyHealthcare workersMobile healthcare workersMDR-TB treatment programmeMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis epidemicPoor uptakeAdverse clinical eventsResource-poor settingsRural South African communityEvent formsMixed-methods evaluationClinical eventsSpecialty centersCommunity hospitalHCWs' perceptionsTuberculosis epidemicOwn careIntensive phaseHealth professionalsHealth interventionsPoor settingsTreatment programQualitative focus groups
2011
Tuberculosis infection control in rural South Africa: survey of knowledge, attitude and practice in hospital staff
Kanjee Z, Catterick K, Moll AP, Amico KR, Friedland GH. Tuberculosis infection control in rural South Africa: survey of knowledge, attitude and practice in hospital staff. Journal Of Hospital Infection 2011, 79: 333-338. PMID: 21978608, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.06.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMDR-TB/XDRHuman immunodeficiency virus statusRural South African hospitalNosocomial TB transmissionStigma of TBTuberculosis infection controlTB/HIVDrug-resistant TBInfection control knowledgeHealth informationSouth African hospitalsSurvey of knowledgeBehavioral change interventionsTB-ICTB infectionXDR-TBTB deathsTB transmissionVirus statusHealthcare workersAfrican hospitalsInfection controlHospital staffRural South AfricaBaseline assessment