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Analyzing implementation dynamics using theory-driven evaluation principles: lessons learnt from a South African centralized chronic dispensing model
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Centralized dispensing of essential medicines is one of South Africa’s strategies to address the shortage of
pharmacists, reduce patients’ waiting times and reduce over-crowding at public sector healthcare ...
Towards developing an initial programme theory: Programme designers and managers assumptions on the antiretroviral treatment adherence club programme in primary health care facilities in the metropolitan area of Western Cape province, South Africa
(PLOS one, 2016)
Background
The antiretroviral adherence club intervention was rolled out in primary health care facilities
in the Western Cape province of South Africa to relieve clinic congestion, and improve
retention in care, and ...
Barriers to adherence to antiretroviral treatment in a regional hospital in Vredenburg, Western Cape, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2016)
BACKGROUND: South Africa currently runs the largest public antiretroviral treatment (ART)
programme in the world, with over 80% of people living with HIV and/or AIDS on ART.
However, in order to appreciate the benefits ...
Development of the health system in the Western Cape: experiences since 1994
(Health Systems Trust (HST), 2017)
Provincial governments in South Africa have a critical responsibility in terms of population health, yet few provincial-level analyses of health-system development have been undertaken. This chapter reports on research ...
Reasons for missed appointments linked to a public-sector intervention targeting patients with stable chronic conditions in South Africa: results from in-depth interviews and a retrospective review of medical records
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND
Missed appointments serve as a key indicator for adherence to therapy and as such, identifying patient reasons for this inconsistency could assist in developing programmes to improve health outcomes. In this ...
Understanding and responding to prescribing patterns of sodium valproate-containing medicines in pregnant women and women of childbearing age in Western Cape, South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2020)
Growing evidence of the teratogenic potential of sodium valproate (VPA) has changed prescribing practices across the globe; however, the impact of this research and the consequent dissemination of a Dear Health Care ...
Exploring the sustainability of perinatal audit in four district hospitals in the Western Cape, South Africa: a multiple case study approach
(BMJ, 2022)
Introduction Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) is an intervention process that uses a continuous cycle of identification, notification and review of deaths to determine avoidable causes followed ...