Trial reportPloS one2016
"We Are Now Free to Speak": Qualitative Evaluation of an Education and Empowerment Training for HIV Patients in Namibia.
Trial report in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Person-centred interventions to improve patient-provider relationships for HIV services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Pooled it
- Factors associated with loss-to-follow-up of HIV-positive mothers and their infants enrolled in HIV care clinic: A qualitative study.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Experiences of people living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries and their perspectives in self-management: a meta-synthesis.AIDS research and therapy · 2024Review
- A Mixed Methods Exploration of the Role of Participation in a Nutrition-Sensitive Agroecology Intervention in Rural Tanzania.Current developments in nutrition · 2023Article
- Listening to Transgender Patients and Their Providers in Non-Metropolitan Spaces: Needs, Gaps, and Patient-Provider Discrepancies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Patient-provider communication styles in HIV treatment programs in Bamako, Mali: A mixed-methods study to define dimensions and measure patient preferences.SSM - population health · 2017Article
- Patient-reported barriers and facilitators to antiretroviral adherence in sub-Saharan Africa.AIDS (London, England) · 2017Review
- Exploring factors associated with ART adherence and retention in care under Option B+ strategy in Malawi: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2017Article
- Health Communication and the HIV Continuum of Care.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2017Article
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Abstract
Although numerous studies provide evidence that active patient engagement with health care providers improves critical outcomes such as medication adherence, very few of these have been done in low resource settings. In Namibia, patient education and empowerment trainings were conducted in four antiretroviral (ART) clinics to increase patient engagement during patient-provider interactions. This qualitative study supplements findings from a randomized controlled trial, by analyzing data from 10 in-depth patient interviews and 94 training evaluation forms. A blended approach of deductive and inductive coding was used to understand training impact. Findings indicated the trainings increased patients' self-efficacy through a combination of improved HIV-related knowledge, greater communication skills and enhanced ability to overcome complex psychosocial barriers, such as fear of speaking up to providers. This study suggests patient empowerment training may be a powerful method to engage HIV patients in their own care and treatment.
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