Task shifting HIV care in rural district hospitals in cameroon: Evidence of comparable antiretroviral treatment-related outcomes between nurses and physicians in the stratall ANRS/ESTHER trial

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 569-576

  Boullé, Charlotte ^a   Kouanfack, Charles ^b   Laborde Balen, Gabrièle ^c   Carrieri, Maria Patrizia ^d,e,f   Dontsop, Marlise ^b   Boyer, Sylvie ^d,e,f   Aghokeng, Avelin Fobang ^g   Spire, Bruno ^d,e,f   Koulla Shiro, Sinata ^b,h   Delaporte, Eric ^a,i   Laurent, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^c French Ministry of Foreign Affairs   (Cameroon)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^g Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^h UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

ⁱ MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Antiretroviral; Effectiveness; HIV; Nurse; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH NURSING; SHIFT WORKER; SURVIVAL RATE; TASK SHIFTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS STRAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CAMEROON; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876409785     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318285f7b6     Document Type: Article

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