Health worker experiences of and perspectives on engaging men in HIV care: A qualitative study in Cape Town, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMbokazi, N.
dc.contributor.authorMadzima, R.
dc.contributor.authorLeon, N.
dc.contributor.authorLurie, M.N.
dc.contributor.authorCornell, M.
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, B.M.
dc.contributor.authorColvin, C.J.
dc.contributor.departmentHealth Systems Research Unit & Cocrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Councilen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-17T12:43:35Z
dc.date.available2023-04-17T12:43:35Z
dc.date.epub2020
dc.date.issued2020-05-29
dc.description.abstractMen generally fare worse than women across the HIV cascade. While we know much about how men perceive the health services, we know little about how health workers (HWs) themselves have experienced engaging with men and what strategies they have used to improve this engagement. We interviewed 12 HWs in public health care services in Cape Town to better understand their experiences and perspectives. Health workers felt there were significant gaps in men's engagement with HIV care and identified masculine gender norms, the persistent impact of HIV stigma, and the competing priorities of employment as key barriers. They also highlighted a number of health service-related challenges, including a poor perception of the patient-provider relationship, frustration at low service quality, and unrealistic expectations of the health services. Health workers also described several strategies for more effectively engaging men and for making the health services both more male friendly and more people friendly.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and the South African Medical Research Council (R01 MH106600). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the South African Medical Research Council.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMbokazi N, Madzima R, Leon N, et al. Health Worker Experiences of and Perspectives on Engaging Men in HIV Care: A Qualitative Study in Cape Town, South Africa. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2020 Jan-Dec;19:2325958220935691.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/2325958220935691
dc.identifier.journalJournal of the International association of Providers of AIDS Careen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://infospace.mrc.ac.za/handle/11288/595304
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGEen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2325958220935691en_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7325454/pdf/10.1177_2325958220935691.pdfen_US
dc.research.unitHealth Systems Researchen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectMenen_US
dc.subjectQualitative researchen_US
dc.subjectHealthcare workersen_US
dc.titleHealth worker experiences of and perspectives on engaging men in HIV care: A qualitative study in Cape Town, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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