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Table 4 A summary of barriers to sustainability in the selected health center

From: Sustainability of the streamlined ART (START-ART) implementation intervention strategy among ART-eligible adult patients in HIV clinics in public health centers in Uganda: a mixed methods study

Behavioral determinants

Barriers to sustainability

Capability

1. Psychological

2. Physical

• Lack of knowledge about the intervention

• No continuous training for the staff about the intervention

• Newly transferred to the center without having acquired the skills previously trained by the STARTS-ART implementing team in the new health center

• None

• Pima cartridges would expire/stock out with no replacements

• None

• Health care providers attributed their more relaxed approach in the way they carried out their duties to staff transfers from one facility to another

• Absence of support supervision which was previously provided by the study team

• None

Opportunity

1. Physical

2. Social

Motivation

1. Automatic

2. Reflective