Patient-centred approaches to providing care at HIV diagnosis: perspectives from healthcare and peer-support workers

Nathanael Wells, Garrett Prestage, Dean Murphy, Nicholas Medland, Limin Mao, Chris Howard, Christopher Fairley, Graham Brown, Steven P. Philpot, Patient-centred care is considered an important aspect of health care delivery, management of HIV, and can improve uptake of and adherence to HIV treatments. This paper draws on semi-structured interviews with experienced sexual health clinicians and HIV support workers to understand their approaches to delivering HIV diagnoses and care immediately thereafter. We found patient-centred approaches to care enabled clinicians and support workers to better consider the levels of care patients required, and the types of psychosocial support were most appropriate.

Source: Sexual Health - July 22, 2022 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Nathanael Wells Garrett Prestage Dean Murphy Nicholas Medland Limin Mao Chris Howard Christopher Fairley Graham Brown Steven P. Philpot Source Type: research