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Translating new evidence into clinical practice: a quasi-experimental controlled before–after study evaluating the effect of a novel outreach mentoring approach on knowledge, attitudes and confidence of health workers providing HIV and infant feeding counselling in South Africa

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  • Ameena Goga Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South AfricaDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaHIV Prevention Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tanya Doherty Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South AfricaSchool of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South AfricaSchool of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Samuel Manda Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South AfricaDepartment of Statistics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tshifhiwa Nkwenika Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lyn Haskins Centre for Rural Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Vaughn John School of Education, University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ingunn M S Engebretsen Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ute Feucht Department of Paediatrics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaGauteng Department of Health, Tshwane District Health Services, Pretoria, South AfricaResearch Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn and Child Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaMaternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ali Dhansay Division of Human Nutrition and Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South AfricaBurden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nigel Rollins Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Max Kroon Department of Neonatology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaMowbray Maternity Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Sanders School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South AfricaDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shuaib Kauchali National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Thorkild Tylleskär Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christiane Horwood Centre for Rural Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ameena Goga; Ameena.Goga{at}mrc.ac.za
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Goga A, Doherty T, Manda S, et al
Translating new evidence into clinical practice: a quasi-experimental controlled before–after study evaluating the effect of a novel outreach mentoring approach on knowledge, attitudes and confidence of health workers providing HIV and infant feeding counselling in South Africa
BMJ Open 2020;10:e034770. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034770

Publication history

  • Received October 18, 2019
  • Revised August 16, 2020
  • Accepted August 19, 2020
  • First published October 27, 2020.
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May 24, 2023
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