Knowledge and practices of family care givers on infection prevention when caring for home based sick family members in Kawale Area, Lilongwe

The HIV prevalence rate in Malawi has resulted in patients with chronic illnesses being discharged for home based care where the family members play a major role in taking care of these patients with the assistance of the Home Based Care Volunteers. These family care givers can become exposed to i...

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Main Author: Mwandira, Tereza
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Kamuzu University of Health Sciences 2022
Online Access:http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12845/605
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description The HIV prevalence rate in Malawi has resulted in patients with chronic illnesses being discharged for home based care where the family members play a major role in taking care of these patients with the assistance of the Home Based Care Volunteers. These family care givers can become exposed to infection like HIV when providing care to patients if they do not apply infection prevention procedures. This descriptive quantitative study will specifically aim at assessing the knowledge of the family care givers, the practice, and factors that promote or hinder the practice of family care givers from practicing on infection prevention. The study will be conducted at Kawale catchment area, in Lilongwe District. The participants will be 15 women family care givers. Data will be collected through an interview and analyzed manually using content analysis.
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spelling oai:nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw:20.500.12845-6052023-03-12T00:07:29Z Knowledge and practices of family care givers on infection prevention when caring for home based sick family members in Kawale Area, Lilongwe Mwandira, Tereza The HIV prevalence rate in Malawi has resulted in patients with chronic illnesses being discharged for home based care where the family members play a major role in taking care of these patients with the assistance of the Home Based Care Volunteers. These family care givers can become exposed to infection like HIV when providing care to patients if they do not apply infection prevention procedures. This descriptive quantitative study will specifically aim at assessing the knowledge of the family care givers, the practice, and factors that promote or hinder the practice of family care givers from practicing on infection prevention. The study will be conducted at Kawale catchment area, in Lilongwe District. The participants will be 15 women family care givers. Data will be collected through an interview and analyzed manually using content analysis. 2022-04-29T13:13:36Z 2022-04-29T13:13:36Z 2010-10-14 Thesis http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12845/605 en application/pdf Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
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title Knowledge and practices of family care givers on infection prevention when caring for home based sick family members in Kawale Area, Lilongwe
title_full Knowledge and practices of family care givers on infection prevention when caring for home based sick family members in Kawale Area, Lilongwe
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title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and practices of family care givers on infection prevention when caring for home based sick family members in Kawale Area, Lilongwe
title_short Knowledge and practices of family care givers on infection prevention when caring for home based sick family members in Kawale Area, Lilongwe
title_sort knowledge and practices of family care givers on infection prevention when caring for home based sick family members in kawale area, lilongwe
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