Task-shifting in HIV care: A case study of nurse-centered community-based care in rural Haiti

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Ivers, Louise C ^a,b,c   Jerome, Jean Gregory ^d   Cullen, Kimberly A ^c   Lambert, Wesler ^d   Celletti, Francesca ^e   Samb, Badara ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^d Harvard Medical School Center for AIDS Research ^*  (Haïti)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOLLOW UP; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING SHORTAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HAITI; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 79955897068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019276     Document Type: Article

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