Challenges Impacting on the Quality of Care to Persons Living with HIV/AIDS...
This paper aims to discuss the challenges influencing the state of caregiving in the Kanye community home-based care programme in Botswana. [from abstract]
View ArticleCommunity Health Workers and Home-Based Care Programs for HIV Clients
This paper discusses the role and impact of community health workers in Nyanza Province, Kenya, in response to the growing demands the HIV epidemic has placed on the people and communities in this...
View ArticleCommunity-Based Skilled Birth Attendants in Bangladesh: Attending Deliveries...
A program to create a cadre of skilled birth attendants for home births was launched by the Government of Bangladesh Bangladesh in 2004. This article suggests that the task-shifting program can only...
View ArticleRates of Virological Failure in Patients Treated in a Home-Based Versus a...
Identification of new ways to increase access to antiretroviral therapy in Africa is an urgent priority. We assessed whether home-based HIV care was as effective as facility-based care. [from summary]
View ArticleHome-Based Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing Found Highly Acceptable and...
Low uptake of voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) in sub-Saharan Africa is raising acceptability concerns which might be associated with ways by which it is offered. This study investigated the...
View ArticleGrowing Caseload of Chronic Life-Long Conditions Calls for a Move towards...
The aim of this paper is to show that present provider-centred models of chronic care are not adequate and to propose full self-management as an alternative for low-income countries, facilitated by...
View ArticleHome Support Workers: Human Resource Strategies to Meet Chronic Care Needs of...
This paper is a synthesis of research on recruitment and retention challenges for home support workers in Canada. [from author]
View ArticleHIV/AIDS Related Home Based Care Practices among Primary Health Care Workers...
HIV/AIDS is fast becoming a chronic disease with the advent of antiretroviral drugs, therefore making home based care key in the management of chronically ill HIV/AIDS patient. The objective of this...
View ArticleClient Characteristics and Acceptability of a Home-Based HIV Counselling and...
There is growing interest in expanding testing coverage through the implementation of innovative models such as home-based HIV counselling and testing (HBHCT) by trained lay counsellors. With the aim...
View ArticlePlanning, Implementing, and Monitoring, Home-Based HIV Testing and...
Because programming for home-based HIV testing and counselling (HBHTC) services poses a series of practical challenges with design, cost, human resource, and logistical implications, the purpose of...
View ArticleHigh HIV Testing Uptake and Linkage to Care in a Novel Program of Home-Based...
This study piloted home-based counseling and testing with point-of-care CD4 count testing and follow-up visits from lay counselors to facilitate linkage of HIV-infected persons to local HIV clinics and...
View ArticleStrong Effects of Home-Based Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing on...
This study investigated the acceptance of home-based counselling and testing by lay counselors, its equity in uptake and the effect of negative life events with a cluster-randomized trial. [adapted...
View ArticleCommunity Caregivers: The Backbone for Accessible Care and Support
This report is the result of research undertaken in South Africa to review community and home-based care, especially in regards to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. The research highlights...
View ArticleCost-Effectiveness of Facility and Home Based HIV Voluntary Counseling and...
This article evaluates the cost effectiveness of facility-and home-based voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) utilizing community health workers with the primary outcome measure of extra cost per HIV...
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