Patient and nurse perspectives of a nurse-led community-based model of HIV care delivery in Malawi: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Differentiated models of care (DMOC) are used to make antiretroviral therapy (ART) accessible to people living with HIV (PLHIV). In Malawi, Lighthouse Trust has piloted various DMOCs aimed at providing quality care while reducing personal and logistical barriers when accessing clinic-based healthcare. One of the approaches was community-based provision of ART by nurses to stable patients.

Methods

To explore how the nurse-led community ART programme (NCAP) is perceived, we interviewed eighteen purposively selected patients receiving ART through NCAP and the four nurses providing the community-based health care. Information obtained from them was complemented with observations by the study team. Interviews were recorded and transcribed. Data was analysed using manua

SUBMITTER: Sande O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7227037 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature