Outreach education for integration of HIV/AIDS care, antiretroviral treatment, and tuberculosis care in primary care clinics in South Africa: PALSA PLUS pragmatic cluster randomised trial

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7806, 2011, Pages

  Zwarenstein, Merrick ^a,b,g,i   Fairall, Lara R ^b,d   Lombard, Carl ^c   Mayers, Pat ^b,d   Bheekie, Angeni ^e   English, René G ^b   Lewin, Simon ^b,c,f   Bachmann, Max O ^b,h   Bateman, Eric ^d  

^a Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^f NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALSA PLUS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; WELLBEING; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955958965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2022     Document Type: Article

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