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Evaluating the Effects of Reproductive Health Training on Provider Behavior
Sponsor: University of Minnesota
Summary
The goal of this randomized, controlled, single blinded trial is to evaluate the medium to long-term effects of an Afrocentric sexual health curriculum on health professional students' knowledge, attitudes, and clinical skills in providing sexual health in Tanzania.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
310
Start Date
2024-06-28
Completion Date
2026-10-01
Last Updated
2026-02-24
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Comprehensive sexual health curriculum
This is a randomized, controlled, single blinded, trial, stratified by health profession, of the intervention versus waitlist control assessing the effects on sexual health knowledge, attitudes, and sexual history and counseling skills at medium (6-) and long-term (12 and 24 months) follow-up. 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, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) and sexual violence, clinical skills training, ethics, and community resources and cultural considerations.
Locations (1)
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania