tailieunhanh - báo cáo sinh học:" HIV and infant feeding counselling: challenges faced by nurse-counsellors in northern Tanzania"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : HIV and infant feeding counselling: challenges faced by nurse-counsellors in northern Tanzania | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Research HIV and infant feeding counselling challenges faced by nurse-counsellors in northern Tanzania Sebalda C Leshabari 1 2 Astrid Blystad2 4 Marina de Paoli5 and Karen M Moland2 3 Open Access Address 1School of Nursing Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences Dar es Salaam Tanzania 2Centre for International Health University of Bergen Norway 3Bergen University College Norway 4Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care University of Bergen Norway and 5Fafo Institute of Applied International Studies AIS Norway Email Sebalda C Leshabari - seolesh@ Astrid Blystad - Marina de Paoli - Karen M Moland - Corresponding author Published 24 July 2007 Received 7 November 2006 Human Resources for Health 2007 5 18 doi 1478-4491-5-18 Accepted 24 July 2007 This article is available from http content 5 1 18 2007 Leshabari et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Infant feeding is a subject of worry in prevention of mother to child transmission pMTCT programmes in settings where breastfeeding is normative. Nurse-counsellors expected to counsel HIV-positive women on safer infant feeding methods as defined in national international guidelines are faced with a number of challenges. This study aims to explore the experiences and situated concerns of nurses working as infant feeding counsellors to HIV-positive mothers enrolled in pMTCT programmes in the Kilimanjaro region northern Tanzania. Methods A qualitative study was conducted using in-depth interviews and focus group discussions FGDs with 25 nurse-counsellors at four pMTCT .