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
2007
Prevention of nosocomial transmission of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural South African district hospitals: an epidemiological modelling study
Basu S, Andrews JR, Poolman EM, Gandhi NR, Shah NS, Moll A, Moodley P, Galvani AP, Friedland GH. Prevention of nosocomial transmission of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural South African district hospitals: an epidemiological modelling study. The Lancet 2007, 370: 1500-1507. PMID: 17964351, PMCID: PMC3711808, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61636-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection control strategiesDrug-resistant tuberculosisXDR tuberculosisTuberculosis casesTuberculosis transmissionRural South African district hospitalSouth African district hospitalMask useTugela FerryAfrican district hospitalEffects of HIVInfection control measuresDrug resistance testingCommunity-based dataResource-limited settingsEpidemiological modelling studyCommunity-based programsAntiretroviral therapyNosocomial transmissionHospitalisation timeHIV treatmentOutpatient therapyDistrict hospitalTuberculosis epidemicHospital staff