Successes and challenges of HIV mentoring in Malawi: The mentee perspective

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Chien, Emily ^a   Phiri, Khumbo ^b   Schooley, Alan ^a,b   Chivwala, Mackenzie ^b   Hamilton, John ^a,b   Hoffman, Risa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Partners in Hope Medical Center   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MODEL; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; RESPONSIBILITY; TEACHER; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION STUDY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; MENTOR; MENTORING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MENTORING; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84978062352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158258     Document Type: Article

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