Harmonization of community health worker programs for HIV: A four-country qualitative study in Southern Africa

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  De Neve, Jan Walter ^a,b   Garrison Desany, Henri ^c   Andrews, Kathryn G ^b   Sharara, Nour ^d   Boudreaux, Chantelle ^b   Gill, Roopan ^e   Geldsetzer, Pascal ^b   Vaikath, Maria ^b   Bärnighausen, Till ^a,b,f   Bossert, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COORDINATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEADERSHIP; LESOTHO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIATOR; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; COMMUNITY CARE; HIV INFECTIONS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LESOTHO; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND;

EID: 85028567123     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002374     Document Type: Article

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