Vanessa Paglione, Lindsay Morrison, Meghan H McDonough, Andrea Downie, Sarah J Kenny
Bringing Dance to Older Adults: Program Experts' Perspectives on the Role of Community Dance Classes to Support Older Adults
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement
assisted index case testing ict health care workers take active role referring atrisk contacts people living hiv hiv testing services widely recognized evidencebased intervention high potential increase status awareness people living hiv available evidence eastern southern africa suggests assisted ict effective efficient costeffective acceptable lowrisk strategy implement region reveals feasibility barriers implementation exist study aims inform design implementation strategies mitigate feasibility barriers examining assisting health care workers experiences barriers manifest throughout assisted ict process well perceptions potential opportunities facilitate feasibility indepth interviews conducted 26 lay health care workers delivering assisted ict malawian health facilities interviews explored health care workers experiences counseling index clients tracing clients contacts aiming inform development blended learning implementation package transcripts inductively analyzed using dedoose coding software identify describe key factors influencing feasibility assisted ict analysis included multiple rounds coding iteration data collection team participants reported variety barriers feasibility assisted index case testing implementation including sensitivities around discussing ict clients privacy concerns limited time assisted index case testing amid high workloads poor quality contact information logistical obstacles tracing participants also reported several health care worker characteristics facilitate feasibility knowledge interpersonal skills nonstigmatizing attitudes behaviors sense purpose well identified process improvements potential mitigate barriers maximizing assisted icts potential increase status awareness people living hiv requires equipping health care workers effective training support address overcome many feasibility barriers face implementation findings demonstrate need well inform development implementation strategies mitigate barriers promote facilitators feasibility assisted ict nct05343390 date registration april 25 2022