The impact of leadership hubs on the uptake of evidence-informed nursing practices and workplace policies for HIV care: A quasi-experimental study in Jamaica, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Edwards, Nancy ^a   Kaseje, Dan ^b   Kahwa, Eulalia ^c   Klopper, Hester C ^d   Mill, Judy ^e   Webber, June ^f   Roelofs, Susan ^a   Harrowing, Jean ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES UNIVERSITY OF KISUMU   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Evidence informed clinical practice; Health system strengthening; HIV; Leadership; Low and middle income countries; Nurses; Participatory action research; Quality assurance; Stigma; Workplace policies

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; JAMAICA; KENYA; LEADERSHIP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STIGMA; STUDENT T TEST; UGANDA; WORKPLACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING PROCESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

CAPACITY BUILDING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; KENYA; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING PROCESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UGANDA;

EID: 84982740786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0478-3     Document Type: Article

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