Nurses’ knowledge of tuberculosis, HIV, and integrated HIV/TB care policies in rural Western Cape, South Africa
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Date
2018
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Elsevier
Abstract
HIV and tuberculosis (TB) co-infection remain the
leading causes of mortality in many developing countries.
Several policies for their prevention and management
exist; however, progress to meet the World
Health Organization’s indicators is slow. As nurses
in rural areas are the main health care professionals
responsible for the implementation of policies, questions
arose about nursing knowledge regarding TB
and HIV policies. A concurrent mixed method
research approach was used to investigate this issue
in a rural area of the Western Cape in South Africa.
After a two-step sampling process, data were
collected through 44 questionnaires and 12 interviews.
We used descriptive and inferential statistics
as well as content analysis methods. We found that
most of the nurses had insufficient knowledge on
certain aspects of policy guidelines that included
medications, intensive case findings, and management
of multidrug-resistant TB. It is recommended
that training be intensified to improve implementation
of policies.
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Keywords
Health policies, HIV, Tuberculosis, Rural, South Africa
Citation
Phetlhu, D.R., Bimerew, M., Marie-Modeste, R.R., Naidoo, M. & Igumbor, J. (2018). Nurses’ knowledge of tuberculosis, HIV, and integrated HIV/TB care policies in rural Western Cape, South Africa. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 29(6), 876-886. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2018.05.008