ArticleAIDS patient care and STDs2022
Acceptability of Home-Based HIV Care Offered by Community Health Workers in Tshwane District, South Africa: A Survey.
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- Experiences of nurses in patient adherence to antiretoroviral therapy in Mpumalanga, South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- Mental health literacy among secondary school learners in Tshwane region 1: A quantitative study.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2025Article
- Facilitators and barriers to community-based HIV testing in Guinea: a CFIR-based implementation analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Community members' perceptions of community health workers in Melusi, Tshwane, South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains the biggest public health challenge faced by South Africa (SA). To alleviate overcrowding in health facilities, ward-based primary health care outreach teams, consisting of community health workers (CHWs) led by a nurse, were introduced. The aim of this study was to assess the acceptability of community-based HIV services offered by CHWs. A survey was conducted in 10 clinics across Tshwane district, Gauteng, SA, between November 2020 and May 10, 2021. CHWs conducted interviewer-administered standardized questionnaires with 674 adult participants. Overall, 95.5% of participants thought that home-based HIV care is a good initiative and rated screening for illnesses and referral to health facilities highly. Although the vast majority (>94%) were willing to disclose their status to health professionals in clinics, women were more willing to do so. Only 53.6% of participants were willing to disclose their HIV status to a CHW from the same neighborhood and 28.8% would find it problematic if CHWs visited them at home with branded cars. Participants had different preferences, mostly determined by region, how long they had been on antiretroviral treatment, whether they had been informed about CHWs, age, and gender. More work is needed to understand and accommodate regional differences and individual preferences.
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