What is it about?
The study is about understanding why patients on antiretroviral therapy who previously were excited about receiving their antiretroviral treatment through a group-based peer-support programme (adherence club) are not happy using the adherence club intervention any longer and how structural changes at the healthcare facility is affecting their adherence to medication and returning to collect their medication.
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Why is it important?
The adherence club intervention is one of the important strategies that the South African government has recommended to help improve patient adherence to medication and returning to collect their medication. Understanding why patients are not willing to use the programme would help improve the rollout and implementation of the programme in other settings.
Perspectives
This publication could increase our understanding of some of the health system factors that could mitigate the proper functioning of the adherence club intervention.
Ferdinand Mukumbang
University of the Western Cape
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This page is a summary of: “Patients Are Not Following the [Adherence] Club Rules Anymore”: A Realist Case Study of the Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence Club, South Africa, Qualitative Health Research, July 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1049732318784883.
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