Scaling Up Integration: Development and Results of a Participatory Assessment...
In South Africa the need to integrate HIV, TB and STI programmes has been recognised at a policy and organisation level; the challenge is now one of translating policies into relevant actions and...
View ArticleFamily Planning and HIV Services Toolkit
This toolkit is your one-stop source for evidence-based knowledge and promising practices to support the successful integration of family planning (FP) and HIV services. It summarizes the latest...
View ArticleImplementation of Integrated Care: the Empirical Validation of the...
This study empirically validated a model for integrated care in practice by assessing the relevance, implementation and plans of the elements in three integrated care service settings in The...
View ArticleTask Shifting and Integration of HIV Care into Primary Care in South Africa:...
Task shifting and the integration of HIV care into primary care services have been identified as possible strategies for improving access to antiretroviral treatment. This paper describes the...
View ArticleIntegrating HIV Screening into Routine Health Care in Resource-Limited Settings
This article reviews the benefits of knowledge of HIV serostatus and evidence from multiple countries surrounding the successes and pitfalls of provider-initiated testing in health care and home-based...
View ArticleFrom PALSA PLUS to PALM PLUS: Adapting and Developing a South African...
This report describes the development of a guideline and training program (PALM PLUS) designed to integrate HIV/AIDS care with other primary care in Malawi. [from abstract]
View ArticleIntegrating Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Services: Health Workforce...
Governments and the global health community are increasingly paying attention to maximizing and measuring impact through service delivery integration efforts in family planning/HIV service integration....
View ArticleExperiences of Health Care Providers with Integrated HIV and Reproductive...
This qualitative study was conducted among frontline health workers to explore provider experiences with integration in order to ascertain their significance to the performance of integrated health...
View ArticleIntegrating Palliative Care into HIV Services: A Practical Toolkit for...
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide HIV care and treatment programme managers and clinicians with practical steps on how to integrate palliative care into adult and paediatric HIV services. [from...
View ArticleStrengthening Human Resources for Adolescent Health in Sri Lanka through...
This study found that intersectoral collaboration would ensure effiecient use of current health care workforce to improve the provision of health services and information to adolescents. [adapted from...
View ArticleIntegrating HIV Care into Nurse-Led Primary Health Care Services in South...
This study documents different factors influencing models of integration within clinics of HIV care into nurse-led primary care services to increase access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS...
View ArticleIntegration of HIV Care into Primary Care in South Africa: Effect on Survival...
This study measured the impact of integration of HIV care into primary care during a randomized controlled trial of task shifting and decentralization of HIV care in South Africa. [adapted from abstract]
View ArticleIntegrating HIV Treatment with Primary Care Outpatient Services:...
This paper examines the effect of the integrated model for HIV treatment with other primary care services on the organization of clinic services, and explores service providers’ perceptions of the...
View ArticleImproving Health through the Social Quality Approach in 800 Communes in...
The social quality approach is a community-based approach for encouraging service recipients to get involved in the availability, use, and quality of health services. This report, based on Santenet2...
View ArticleAccelerating Progress On Maternal Health In Africa: Lessons From Emerging...
This paper examines three groups of innovative ideas have been institutionalized in African countries to improve maternal health: policy, institutional and experimental innovations. [adapted from...
View ArticleCommunity Health Workers for Universal Health-Care Coverage: From...
To achieve universal health coverage, health systems will have to reach into every community, including the poorest and hardest to access. Since Alma-Ata, inconsistent support of community health...
View ArticleIntegrating Family Planning and Antiretroviral Therapy: A Client-Oriented...
The purpose of this program guide is to assist readers in thinking through a successful and efficient plan for [Family Planning and Antiretroviral Therapy] service integration, but the principles apply...
View ArticleContext-specific, Evidence-Based Planning for Scale-Up of Family Planning...
Local health planners are in a prime position to devise feasible context-specific activities to overcome constraints and increase met need for family planning to accelerate progress towards MDG 5....
View ArticleBuilding Health Literate Organizations: A Guidebook to Achieving...
This guidebook is intended to complement the many excellent health literacy resources that already exist and are emerging every day, and to help organizations of any size use them to become health...
View ArticleExploring Accountable Care in Canada: Integrating Financial and Quality...
[Accountable Care Organ] ACOs are promising vehicles for aligning physician and hospital interests in improving quality and reducing cost. However, successful implementation and realization of the ACO...
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