Improving the Counselling Skills of Lay Counsellors in Antiretroviral Adherence Settings: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in the Western Cape, South Africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 157-165

  Dewing, Sarah ^a   Mathews, Cathy ^a,b   Schaay, Nikki ^c   Cloete, Allanise ^d   Simbayi, Leickness ^b,d   Louw, Johann ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adherence counselling; Cluster trial; Implementation research; Lay counsellors; Motivational interviewing

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDS;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COUNSELING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84938687236     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0781-4     Document Type: Article

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