Does a youth intern programme strengthen HIV service delivery in South Africa? An interrupted time-series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Since 2018, Youth Health Africa (YHA) has placed unemployed young adults at health facilities across South Africa in 1-year non-clinical internships to support HIV services. While YHA is primarily designed to improve employment prospects for youth, it also strives to strengthen the health system. Hundreds of YHA interns have been placed in programme (e.g. HIV testing and counselling) or administrative (e.g. data and filing) roles, but their impact on HIV service delivery has not been evaluated.

Methods

Using routinely collected data from October 2017 to March 2020, we conducted an interrupted time-series analysis to explore the impact of YHA on HIV testing, treatment initiation and retention in care. We analysed data from facilities in Gauteng and North West whe

SUBMITTER: Tollefson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10098286 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature