Task-shifting to community health workers: Evaluation of the performance of a peer-led model in an antiretroviral program in Uganda

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-107

  Alamo, Stella ^a   Wabwire Mangen, Fred ^b   Kenneth, Ekoru ^b   Sunday, Pamella ^a   Laga, Marie ^c   Colebunders, Robert Leon ^c  

^a Reach Out Mbuya Parish HIV/AIDS Initiative   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIFT WORKER; UGANDA; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856365361     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2011.0279     Document Type: Article

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