SynthesisPloS one2016
Healthcare Programmes for Truck Drivers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Pooled it
- Preferences, beliefs, and attitudes about oral fluid and blood-based HIV self-testing among truck drivers in Kenya choosing not to test for HIV.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
- Socio-economic condition and lack of virological suppression among adults and adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia.PloS one · 2020Trial
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- HIV prevalence, risk factors, prevention methods, and interventions among taxi drivers and commercial motorcyclists in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Sexual risk and HIV prevention choices among men who are mobile for work: Results from a rapid ethnographic assessment for the Mobile Men trial in South Africa and Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Using the Health Belief Model to Understand Why Making Oral HIV Self-Testing Available to Truck Drivers in Kenya Had Little Impact on Six-Month Testing.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
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- A Retrospective Medical Record Review to Describe Health Status and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors of Bus Drivers in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Impact of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Impairment on Driving Performance in Commercial Truck Drivers.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Characterization of geographic mobility among participants in facility- and community-based tuberculosis case finding in urban Uganda.PloS one · 2021Article
- A scoping review of the impact of long-distance truck drivers on the spread of COVID-19 infection.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Prevalence and clusters of modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors among intra-city commercial motor vehicle drivers in a Nigerian metropolitan city.Ghana medical journal · 2020Article
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- Uptake of health services among truck drivers in South Africa: analysis of routine data from nine roadside wellness centres.BMC health services research · 2017Article
- "Even Though He Had Expressed Willingness to Take PrEP, He Declined When He Noticed the Drugs Were Packed in a Container Like That of ARVs": Exploring Barriers to HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction Among Long-Distance Truckers in Kenya.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
- Behavior Change Communication Strategies on Human Immunodeficiency Virus /Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Risk Reduction for Long-Distance Truckers in Kenya.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTruck drivers have unique health needs, and by virtue of their continuous travel, experience difficulty in accessing healthcare. Currently, planning for effective care is hindered by lack of knowledge about their health needs and about the impact of on-going programmes on this population's health outcomes. We reviewed healthcare programmes implemented for sub-Saharan African truck drivers, assessed the evaluation methods, and examined impact on health outcomes.
methodsWe searched scientific and institutional databases, and online search engines to include all publications describing a healthcare programme in sub-Saharan Africa where the main clients were truck drivers. We consulted experts and organisations working with mobile populations to identify unpublished reports. Forest plots of impact and outcome indicators with unadjusted risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals were created to map the impact of these programmes. We performed a subgroup analysis by type of indicator using a random-effects model to assess between-study heterogeneity. We conducted a sensitivity analysis to examine both the summary effect estimate chosen (risk difference vs. risk ratio) and model to summarise results (fixed vs. random effects).
resultsThirty-seven publications describing 22 healthcare programmes across 30 countries were included from 5,599 unique records. All programmes had an HIV-prevention focus with only three expanding their services to cover conditions other primary healthcare services. Twelve programmes were evaluated and most evaluations assessed changes in input, output, and outcome indicators. Absence of comparison groups, preventing attribution of the effect observed to the programme and lack of biologically confirmed outcomes were the main limitations. Four programmes estimated a quantitative change in HIV prevalence or reported STI incidence, with mixed results, and one provided anecdotal evidence of changes in AIDS-related mortality and social norms. Most programmes showed positive changes in risk behaviours, knowledge, and attitudes. Our conclusions were robust in sensitivity analyses.
conclusionDiverse healthcare programmes tailored to the needs of truck drivers implemented in 30 sub-Saharan African countries have shown potential benefits. However, information gaps about availability of services and their effects impede further planning and implementation of effective healthcare programmes for truck drivers.
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