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Submission Number: 127
Submission ID: 165
Submission UUID: 4d191072-d3b8-41f7-992d-147354178b88
Submission URI: /2023/abstracts
Created: Mon, 07/10/2023 - 03:36
Completed: Mon, 07/10/2023 - 03:43
Changed: Wed, 08/16/2023 - 13:48
Remote IP address: 102.249.1.153
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Presenters
Dr.
Seepamore
Boitumelo
UKZN
Boitumelo Seepamore is a lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She is an experienced public health social worker and qualitative researcher working in the field of Drug-resistant TB and HIV. Her work in South Africa examines public health social work interventions, palliative care, psychosocial support, caregiving practices, and adherence in vulnerable and stigmatized populations particularly in TB care. Boitumelo currently participates in a randomized control adherence intervention trial for people with DR-TB HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, and works closely with other organizations and groups in public health.
Yes
Prof.
Daftary
Amrita
York University
Dr. Daftary is a social and behavioural global health researcher. She has expertise in qualitative research methods, implementation science and evaluation, and health services research. Dr. Daftary examines health care seeking and caregiving practices for tuberculosis (TB) and HIV. She is well cited for her work on stigma associated with TB, including drug-resistant TB and TB-HIV coinfection. Her projects are based in a number of global settings, particularly South Africa, India, and Canada. Dr. Daftary is Director and Founder of SSHIFTB, a global virtual centre on Social Science & Health Innovations For Tuberculosis, at York University's Dahdaleh Institute of Global Health Research. She is an editor in two high impact internaltional journals and was recently nominated to the inaugural list of Canadian Women Leaders in Global Health.
No
Abstract
PATIENT-CENTERED CARE IN HIV/DRTB CARE: HEALTHCARE WORKER CHALLENGES IN A KZN HOSPITAL
THEME 4: Quality management and enhancement of social services
SUB 4.2 Building professional capacity in social service professions through supervision, support, and development
Oral Presentation
The complexities of treating and caring for people with drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV (DRTB/HIV) demand multiple allied supports. However, few studies have examined how diverse categories of healthcare workers, with different training, orientation, value base, and roles, work towards patient care. This study used three focus groups to investigate the experiences and perceptions of social workers, pharmacists, and nurses at a centralised TB hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Across the 16 healthcare workers, a lack of specialized training and resources to deliver optimal patient-centered care for illnesses as complex as DRTB-HIV, concern for personal, nd routine exposure to two life-threatening diseases were concerns. Each cadre of healthcare workers felt underappreciated by others and stigmatized by other workers in the wider healthcare system through association with DRTB patients. Role overlap, lack of staff development and job-specific training, and an overriding sense of feeling unappreciated hinders patient-centered care. The workplace environment should factor in efforts to improve patient-centered care delivery, creating connected teams and positive workplace experiences.
Reviewer ONE Feedback
Dr
Somaya
Abdullah
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Prof
Linda
Harms Smith
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
