Sentence examples for lay providers from inspiring English sources

These findings do not support perception that lay providers provide inferior quality of service.

While the predictors and biologic consequences of non-adherence to ART are well documented, there is a general lack of information comparing the quality of adherence counseling provided by lay providers such as ASWs with HCWs [23], [29], [30].

The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) in Uganda has been working with lay providers, called "field officers", providing ART at home since June 2004.

Capacity building of health care workers and lay providers, opt out approach and providing same testing and results are the most critical interventions that influences uptake in the early steps of the cascade.

This study, the first of its kind in Zambia, contributes to understanding how effective lay providers such as ASWs are in providing quality adherence counseling services, reducing loss to follow rates and HCWs' workload, not only in the community but as part of the ART clinical team in the health facilities.

Spio also explains that her company has developed an immersive voice-activated model of CPR for choking in infants or adults for lay providers as well as medical professionals allowing one to virtually manipulate patients, perform CPR, and remove a potential foreign body.

Decentralisation of services, task shifting to lay care providers, longer drug refill periods for stable patients, as well as provision of transport vouchers for those in need are some of the strategies that could address this issue.

There was also the involvement of lay service providers, such as counselors and treatment supporters, and people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) in prevention, treatment, care and support of those infected and affected by HIV.

Recently, health systems research has increasingly explored the potential benefits of two other types of task shifting; namely, the shifting of tasks to lay community providers and counsellors (type III) and to the PLWHA themselves (type IV) [ 29].

Our in-depth analysis of the IOGA concept underscores the lack of pertinent data for really understanding the nature of such a complex approach, the organisational and practice changes required, and the outcomes that may realistically be anticipated for older patients with cancer, as well as for professional and lay care providers.

Consumers have a role to play in this, but much of the responsibility lies with providers, payers and policymakers.