How can we achieve person-centred care for people living with HIV/AIDS? A qualitative interview study with healthcare professionals and patients in Ghana

Abboah-Offei, Mary, Bristowe, Katherine, Koffman, Jonathan, Vanderpuye-Donton, Naa Ashiley, Ansa, Gloria, Abas, Melanie, Higginson, Irene and Harding, Richard (2020) How can we achieve person-centred care for people living with HIV/AIDS? A qualitative interview study with healthcare professionals and patients in Ghana. AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 32 (12). pp. 1479-1488. ISSN 0954-0121

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Abstract

Although person-centred care (PCC) has been identified as a means to achieve the 90-90-90 targets, limited research has considered PCC in low- or middle-income settings. We aimed to explore what constitutes PCC from the perspectives of PLWHA and healthcare professionals (HCP) in Ghana. We conducted 39 semi-structured qualitative interviews with PLWHA and HCP in two community clinics in Ghana, West Africa. Interviews were analysed deductively using thematic analysis, and sampling continued until thematic saturation was achieved. Twenty-four PLWHA (median age 42.5, 50% female) and 15 HCP (median age 34, 53% female) were interviewed. Three interconnected themes emerged across PLWHA and HCP: (1) care structures not built around the person, (2) priority outcomes and components of PCC and (3) re-engineering HIV care to be more person-centred. A conceptual model showing the overlap between PLWHA and HCP’s perspectives of PCC and a framework to inform PCC delivery have been developed from these findings. Our data revealed that PLWHA want PCC to improve care outcomes, well-being and quality of life. Further testing of this model is required to inform PCC delivery for PLWHA in low- and middle-income countries.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	community-based care,ghana,aids,holistic care,person-centred care,health(social science),social psychology,public health, environmental and occupational health,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3306
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	11 Feb 2026 09:30
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2026 01:28
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/101906
DOI:	10.1080/09540121.2019.1698708

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