From PALSA PLUS to PALM PLUS: Adapting and developing a South African guideline and training intervention to better integrate HIV/AIDS care with primary care in rural health centers in Malawi

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Schull, Michael J ^a,b,c,d   Cornick, Ruth ^e   Thompson, Sandy ^a   Faris, Gill ^e   Fairall, Lara ^e   Burciul, Barry ^a   Sodhi, Sumeet ^a   Draper, Beverley ^e   Joshua, Martias ^f,g   Mondiwa, Martha ^h   Banda, Hastings ⁱ   Kathyola, Damson ^f   Bateman, Eric ^e   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^a,c,d  

^a DIGNITAS INTERNATIONAL   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^g Zomba Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^h Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi   (Malawi)

ⁱ Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALAWI; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79960668463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-82     Document Type: Article

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