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J Hosp Infect
July 2022
Healthcare Infection Society, London, UK; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Electronic address:
Transl Behav Med
May 2022
School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Alcohol and tobacco use may lead to negative treatment outcomes in tuberculosis (TB) patients, and even more so if they are HIV-infected. We developed and tested the feasibility of a complex behavioral intervention (ProLife) delivered by lay health workers (LHWs) to improve treatment outcomes in TB patients who smoke tobacco and/or drink alcohol, at nine clinics in South Africa. The intervention comprised three brief motivational interviewing (MI) sessions augmented with a short message service (SMS) program, targeting as appropriate: tobacco smoking, harmful or hazardous drinking and medication adherence.
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July 2021
Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Biocapteurs-Analyse-Environnement, 66860, Perpignan, France; Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes, USR 3579 Sorbonne Universités (UPMC) Paris 6 et CNRS Observatoire Océanologique, 66650, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France.
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