Open AccessHealth System Factors Influencing Partner Notification for STIs and HIV in Lilongwe Malawi. A Pre-intervention Phase Assessment for a Quality Improvement Project
Author(s) -
Mitch Matoga,
Pearson Mmodzi,
Cecelia Massa,
Agatha Bula,
Mina C. Hosseinipour,
Charles Chasela
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of infectious diseases and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-1420
DOI - 10.4172/2576-1420.1000125
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , medicine , incentive , reproductive health , intervention (counseling) , partner notification , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , demography , nursing , population , syphilis , economics , microeconomics , sociology
Despite its wide use, passive partner notification (PN) has a low yield of sexual partners influenced by patient-related and health system (HS) factors.