Learners’ perspectives on training for HIV management in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from the AFREhealth HIV project
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Learners’ perspectives on training for HIV management in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from the AFREhealth HIV project | |
| Creator | Lediga, Manoko Couper, Ian Martin, Shayanne Reid, Michael Dassah, Edward Derbew, Miliard de Villiers, Marietjie Forster, Maeve Gachuno, Onesmus Haruzivishe, Clara Kazembe, Abigail Motlhatlhedi, Keneilwe Nadesan-Reddy, Nisha Ngoma, Catherine Odaibo, Georgina Suleman, Fatima von Zinkernagel, Deborah Sears, David | |
| Description | Background: The African Forum for Health Education and Research human immunodeficiency virus management training (AFREhealth HIV) project was launched in 2019. The project offers a reimagined model for interprofessional training and mentorship to improve clinical care and equip healthcare workers with the technical knowledge and clinical tools to respond to HIV and other health issues.Aim: The study aims to evaluate learners’ experiences of interprofessional health workforce capacity building across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to enhance HIV management.Setting: Participants included pre-service medical and nursing students and early career professionals (learners). Learners were associated with 14 AFREhealth partners in 11 SSA countries.Methods: Learners attending AFREhealth HIV training workshops were invited to provide feedback using a standardised online form, which included 28 Likert-type questions and 3 open-ended questions. Analysis of the 3 open-ended questions was done by coding responses into a set of common themes and sub-themes.Results: Findings showed that of the 3711 learners who participated, only 2570 completed the post-training evaluation. Findings also showed that the learners appreciated the approach adopted in the workshops and believed they gained significant knowledge and skills for themselves. The importance of collaborative, team-based and interprofessional approaches throughout the training was highlighted.Conclusion: The training approach adopted by the AFREhealth HIV project has proven to be highly effective. The project has thus continued to target final-year health professional students and working health professionals at affiliated training sites, with module workshops being offered both online and onsite.Contribution: Collaborative and interprofessional approaches to training health professionals for HIV management can improve knowledge, skills and, very importantly, attitudes, with the potential thus to improve the quality of team-based care provided especially in low-resource settings. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2025-10-24 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/phcfm.v17i1.4789 | |
| Source | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 17, No 1 (2025); 8 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928 | |
| Language | eng | |
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