All the facility managers and ART clinic in-charges interviewed confirmed that ASWs were conducting adherence counseling in their facilities and contributing to the reduction of the workload of HCWs.
Their main role is to conduct adherence counseling and health education for patients.
Very similarly, three studies assessed the contribution of peer health workers, defined as CHWs who are HIV positive and whose role it is to conduct adherence counselling and provide health education and psychosocial support [ 27, 44, 45].
The research reported in this paper was conducted in adherence to the Declaration of Helsinki and received IRB approval from the University of Utah, #IRB_00057678.
Experiments were conducted in adherence with the NIH Guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and were approved by the University of North Texas Health Science Center Animal Care and Use Committee.
Extant evidence is that life within Chan monastic communities was conducted in adherence with the disciplining precepts of Buddhist ordination, and that interactions with the lay community were for the most part consistent with prevailing moral and social norms.
