| Title |
Task Shifting Routine Inpatient Pediatric HIV Testing Improves Program Outcomes in Urban Malawi: A Retrospective Observational Study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0009626 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eric D. McCollum, Geoffrey A. Preidis, Mark M. Kabue, Emmanuel B. M. Singogo, Charles Mwansambo, Peter N. Kazembe, Mark W. Kline |
| Abstract |
This study evaluated two models of routine HIV testing of hospitalized children in a high HIV-prevalence resource-constrained African setting. Both models incorporated "task shifting," or the allocation of tasks to the least-costly, capable health worker. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Uganda | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 130 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 29 | 21% |
| Researcher | 26 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 11% |
| Other | 11 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 31 | 22% |
| Unknown | 17 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 63 | 45% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 9% |
| Psychology | 7 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 10% |
| Unknown | 22 | 16% |