Integrating the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV into primary healthcare services after AIDS denialism in South Africa: perspectives of experts and health care workers - a qualitative study

dc.contributor.authorZarowsky, Christina
dc.contributor.authorMutabazi, Jean Claude
dc.contributor.authorGray, Corie
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-08T09:46:26Z
dc.date.available2021-01-08T09:46:26Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIntegrating Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programmes into routine health services under complex socio-political and health system conditions is a priority and a challenge. The successful rollout of PMTCT in sub-Saharan Africa has decreased Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), reduced child mortality and improved maternal health. In South Africa, PMTCT is now integrated into existing primary health care (PHC) services and this experience could serve as a relevant example for integrating other programmes into comprehensive primary care. This study explored the perspectives of both experts or key informants and frontline health workers (FHCWs) in South Africa on PMTCT integration into PHC in the context of post-AIDS denialism using a Complex Adaptive Systems framework. METHODS: A total of 20 in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted; 10 with experts including national and international health systems and HIV/PMTCT policy makers and researchers, and 10 FHCWs including clinic managers, nurses and midwives. All interviews were conducted in person, audio-recorded and transcribed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZarowsky, C. et al. (2020). Integrating the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV into primary healthcare services after AIDS denialism in South Africa: perspectives of experts and health care workers - a qualitative study. BMC health services research, 20(1), 582en_US
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963
dc.identifier.uri10.1186/s12913-020-05381-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5620
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.subjectHealth systemsen_US
dc.subjectHIV preventionen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectPMTCT programmeen_US
dc.subjectPrevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIVen_US
dc.titleIntegrating the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV into primary healthcare services after AIDS denialism in South Africa: perspectives of experts and health care workers - a qualitative studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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