Clinical mentorship of nurse initiated antiretroviral therapy in Khayelitsha, South Africa: A quality of care assessment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Green, Ann ^a,d   De Azevedo, Virginia ^b   Patten, Gabriela ^c   Davies, Mary Ann ^a   Ibeto, Mary ^c   Cox, Vivian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Department of Health City of Cape Town ^*  (South Africa)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MIXED INFECTION; NURSE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHER; CHILD; HIV INFECTIONS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PREGNANCY;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MENTORS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84902310630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098389     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. UNAIDS (2010)UNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic 2010.WHO, Geneva.
2. South African National Department of Health (2011) Clinical Mentorship Manual for Integrated Services.
3. WHO (2008) Task shifting: rational redistribution of tasks among health workforce teams: global recommendations and guidelines. http://www.who.int/ workforcealliance/knowledge/resources/taskshiftingguidelines/en/index.html. Accessed: 2012 March 24.
4. Callaghan M, Ford N, Schneider H (2010) A systematic review of task-shifting for HIV treatment and care in Africa. Human Resources for Health 8(8).
5. Sanne I, Orrell C, Fox MP, Conradie F, Ive P, et al. (2010) Nurse versus doctor management of HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (CIPRA-SA): a randomised non-inferiority trial. The Lancet 376(9734), pp. 33-40.
6. Fairall L, Bachmann MO, Lombard C, Timmerman V, Uebel K, et al. (2012) Task shifting of antiretroviral treatment from doctors to primary-care nurses in South Africa (STRETCH): a pragmatic, parallel, cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet 380(9845), pp. 889-898.
7. Kiweewa FM, Wabwire D, Nakibuuka J, Mubiru M, Bagenda D, et al. (2013) Noninferiority of a Task-Shifting HIV Care and Treatment Model Using Peer Counselors and Nurses Among Ugandan Women Initiated on ART: Evidence From a Randomized Trial. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 63(4).
8. Long L, Brennan A, Fox MP, Ndibongo B, Jaffray I, et al. (2011) Treatment outcomes and cost-effectiveness of shifting management of stable ART patients to nurses in South Africa: an observational cohort. PLoS Medicine 8(7), pp. e1001055.
9. Chung J (2008) Quantification of Physician-time Saved in a Task Shifting Pilot Program in Rwanda. Paper presented at the HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting. 3-7 June 2008. Kampala.
10. Shumbusho F, Van Griensven J, Lowrance D, Turate I, Weaver MA, et al. (2009) Task shifting for scale-up of HIV care: evaluation of nurse-centered antiretroviral treatment at rural health centres in Rwanda. PLoS Medicine 6(10), pp. e1000163.
11. Bemelmans M, Van Den Akker T, Ford N, Zachariah R, Harries A, et al. (2010) Providing universal access to antiretroviral therapy in Thyolo, Malawi through task shifting and decentralization of HIV/AIDS care. Tropical Medicine & International Health 15(12),pp. 1413-1420.
12. Naranbhai V, Karim QA, Naidoo K, Yende-Zuma N, Karim SSA (2012) Sustainability of task-shifting for antiretroviral treatment.The Lancet 380(9857), pp. 1907-1908.
13. Bachmann MO, Fairall L (2012) Sustainability of task-shifting for antiretroviral treatment-Authors' reply. The Lancet 380(9857), pp. 1908.
14. Kredo T, Bateganya M, Pienaar ED, Adeniyi FB (2012) Task shifting from doctors to non-doctors for initiation and maintenance of HIV/AIDS treatment. The Cochrane Library.
15. Cameron D, Gerber A, Mbatha M, Mutyabule J, Swart H (2012) Nurse-initiation and maintenance of patients on antiretroviral therapy: Are nurses in primary care clinics initiating ART after attending NIMART training. South African Medical Journal 102 (2), pp. 98-100.
16. South African National Department of Health (2011) National Strategic Plan for HIV and AIDS, STIs and TB, 2012-2016. Strategic Plan, South Africa.
17. Workneh G, Sherzer L, Kirk B, Draper H, Anabwani G, et al. (2013) Evaluation of the effectiveness of an outreach clinical mentoring programme in support of paediatric HIV care scale-up in Botswana. AIDS Care 25 (1), pp. 11-19.
18. Department of Social Services and Poverty Alleviation (2006) The Population Register Update: Khayelitsha 2005. Survey, Western Cape.
19. Médecins Sans Frontières (2011) Khayelitsha 2001-2011 ACTIVITY REPORT: 10 years of HIV/TB care at primary health care level. Activity report, Cape Town.
20. Médecins Sans Frontières (2012) Clinical Mentoring Toolkit. Available: http://msf.org.za/msf2012/publication/clinical-mentoring-toolkit. Accessed 2014 January 6.
21. Western Cape's HIV&AIDS, STI, TB Directorate (2012) Framework for Nurse Initiating and Management of Antiretroviral Therapy: Criteria of Mentors in NIMART. Circular, Cape Town.
22. Random.org website (2012) Available at: http://www.random.org/lists/. html.Accessed: 2012 November 19.
23. StataCorp (2011) Stata Statistical Software: Release 12. College Station, TX: StataCorp LP.
24. Bingham A, Bishop A, Coffey P, Winkler J, Bradley J, et al. (2003) Factors affecting utilization of cervical cancer prevention services in low-resource settings. Salud Pública de México 45, pp. 408-416.
25. International Agency for Research on Cancer (2010) GLOBOCAN 2008 Fast Stats: South African Republic. Available: http://globocan.iarc.fr/factsheet.asp [2012 October 11].
26. Penazzato M, Davies M A, Apollo T, Negussie E, Ford N (2013) Task shifting for the delivery of paediatric antiretroviral treatment: a systematic review. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000024 [accessed 2013 December 17].
27. Stinson K, Giddy J, Cox V, Burton R, Ibeto M, et al (2014) Reflections on a decade of delivering PMTCT in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 15(1),pp. 30-32.