Supporting middle-cadre health care workers in Malawi: Lessons learned during implementation of the PALM PLUS package

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Sodhi, Sumeet ^a,b,c   Banda, Hastings ^d   Kathyola, Damson ^e   Joshua, Martias ^e,f   Richardson, Faye ^a   Mah, Emmay ^a   Macgregor, Hayley ^g   Kanike, Emmanuel ^a   Thompson, Sandy ^a   Fairall, Lara ^h   Bateman, Eric ^h   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^a,h   Schull, Michael J ^a,b,i,j  

^a DIGNITAS INTERNATIONAL   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^f Zomba Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁱ SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j Department of Medicine University of Toronto ^*  (Canada)

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Author keywords

antiretroviral treatment; clinical officers; continuing professional development; educational outreach; formation; guideline; health surveillance assistants; integrated primary care; medical assistants; nurses; south south collaboration; task shifting; train the trainer; training

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MALE; MANPOWER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84900842052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-S1-S8     Document Type: Article

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