Task-shifting of antiretroviral delivery from health care workers to persons living with HIV/AIDS: Clinical outcomes of a community-based program in Kenya

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 483-490

  Selke, Henry M ^a   Kimaiyo, Sylvester ^b   Sidle, John E ^a   Vedanthan, Rajesh ^c   Tierney, William M ^a,d   Shen, Changyu ^a   Denski, Cheryl D ^a   Katschke, Adrian R ^a   Wools Kaloustian, Kara ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

antiretroviral therapy; health information technology; healthcare delivery; HIV AIDS; sub Saharan Africa; task shifting

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650252584     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181eb5edb     Document Type: Article

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