An educational intervention to update health workers about HIV and infant feeding
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Date
2020
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Wiley-Blackwell
Abstract
Clinical guidelines are used to translate research findings into evidence-based clinical practice but are frequently not comprehensively adopted by health workers (HWs). HIV and infant feeding guidelines were revised by the World Health Organization to align feeding advice for HIV-exposed and unexposed infants, and these were adopted in South Africa in 2017. We describe an innovative, team-based, mentoring programme developed to update HWs on these guidelines. The intervention was underpinned by strong theoretical frameworks and aimed to improve HWs' attitudes, knowledge, confidence, and skills about breastfeeding in the context of HIV.
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HIV, South Africa, Breastfeeding, Clinical practice guideline, Health worker
Citation
Horwood, C.M. et al. (2020). An educational intervention to update health workers about HIV and infant feeding. Maternal and Child Nutrition 16(2),e12922