Integrating HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Impairment Screening within Primary Healthcare Facilities: A Pilot Training Intervention.

ABSTRACT: HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment (H-NCI) remains a common comorbidity, which may affect several key health outcomes among people with HIV. However, there are shortages of appropriately skilled healthcare workers able to identify and manage H-NCI in low- and middle-income countries. We conducted an exploratory, quasi-experimental, pre- and post-cohort training intervention in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Thirty-four healthcare workers (two general medical doctors, twenty-two nurses, and ten adherence counsellors) from six facilities and a mobile clinic unit attended two, two-hour face-to-face, training sessions. The training included knowledge and skill transfer components. Pre- and post-knowledge questionaries demonstrated an improvement among 82% (n = 28) of the attendees f

SUBMITTER: Munsami A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9392617 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature