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Training for Health Professionals in Tanzania
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Comprehensive sexual health curriculum for Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice and Training. Completed, enrolled 412 participants across 2 sites in 2 countries.
Detailed Summary
The goal of this randomized, controlled, single blinded trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of an Afrocentric sexual health curriculum on health professional students' knowledge, attitudes, and clinical skills in providing sexual health care in Tanzania.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
This is a randomized, controlled, single blinded, trial, stratified by health profession, of the intervention versus waitlist control assessing knowledge, attitude change and skill development. At the end of the intervention as compared with waitlist controls. The intervention was a 4-day, Afrocentric, comprehensive sexual health curriculum. Tanzanian faculty wrote the curriculum in English and Kiswahili to address the most common sexual health challenges clinicians experience in Tanzania. The 4-day curriculum covers sexual health across the lifespan, LGBT and sexual violence, clinical skills training, ethics and policy writing, and community resources and cultural considerations.