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Community health workers (CHWs) play a significant role in supporting health services delivery in communities with few trained health care providers. There has been limited research on ways to optimize the role of CHWs in HIV prevention service delivery. This study explored CHWs' experiences with offering HIV prevention services [HIV testing and HIV pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP and PEP)] during three pilot studies in rural communities in Kenya and Uganda, which aimed to increase biomedical HIV prevention coverage via a structured patient-centered HIV prevention delivery model.
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Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Aims Of The Study: Interprofessional ward rounds are a cornerstone of patient-centred care for medical inpatients and offer opportunities to discuss and coordinate patient treatment and further management. We aimed to identify factors associated with lower satisfaction and efficiency of interprofessional ward rounds, as reported by physicians and nurses.
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Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
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Robot-assisted upper limb therapy for personalized rehabilitation in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review.
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Department of Oral Medical Science and Biotechnology, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, BIND, CARES, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
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