Building capacity for antiretroviral delivery in South Africa: A qualitative evaluation of the PALSA PLUS nurse training programme

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Stein, J ^a   Lewin, S ^b,c   Fairall, L ^a   Mayers, P ^a,d   English, R ^a   Bheekie, A ^e   Bateman, E ^a   Zwarenstein, M ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^f Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE TRAINING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICAL APPROACH TO LUNG HEALTH IN SOUTH AFRICA PROGRAMME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; HEALTH CENTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 58149312943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-240     Document Type: Article

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