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COMPLETED
NA
412 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-05-01
2022-09-20
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Those who were in the intervention arm participated in a 4-day sexual health curriculum followed by a post-test survey measuring sexual health knowledge, attitudes, and evaluation of sexual health training.
Three to four months later, intervention and waitlist control participants completed a follow-up survey assessing sexual health knowledge and attitudes toward sexual health topics and standardized patients scenarios.
Multiple linear regression was used to assess the overall effectiveness of the sexual health curriculum on the attitudes, knowledge, and skills of health professionals after it has been implemented.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Intervention Arm
A four-day comprehensive sexual health curriculum tailored for Africa.
Comprehensive sexual health curriculum
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.
Waitlist control
Participants in this arm completed a follow-up survey and were scheduled to receive the intervention after the end of the trial.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Comprehensive sexual health curriculum
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.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. 3rd or 4th year for medical students or 2nd or 3rd year for nursing and midwifery students.
3. able to attend the full 4-day training during the first week of student vacation.
4. fluent in English (the language of instruction at MUHAS) and Kiswahili (the lingua franca in Tanzania).
5. willing to volunteer and complete all evaluation procedures.
Exclusion Criteria
2. students who express severe reservations about attending (e.g., due to religious objections).
3. Students who express fear of violence due to attending (e.g., from a spouse or relative).
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
OTHER
Johns Hopkins University
OTHER
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH
University of Minnesota
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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B.R Simon Rosser, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Minnesota
Locations
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University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)
Dar es Salaam, , Tanzania
Countries
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References
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Ross MW, Leshabari S, Rosser BRS, Trent M, Mgopa L, Wadley J, Kohli N, Agardh A. Evaluation of an assessment instrument for a sexual health curriculum for nurses and midwifery students in Tanzania: The sexual health education for professionals scale (SHEPS). Appl Nurs Res. 2018 Apr;40:152-156. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2018.01.005. Epub 2018 Feb 1.
Rosser BRS, Mgopa L, Leshabari S, Ross MW, Lukumay GG, Massawe A, Mkonyi E, Mohammed I, Mushy S, Mwakawanga D, Trent M, Wadley J. Legal and Ethical Considerations in the Delivery of Sexual Health Care in Tanzania. Afr J Health Nurs Midwifery. 2020;3(7):84-102. Epub 2020 Dec 27.
Mgopa LR, Rosser BRS, Ross MW, Lukumay GG, Mohammed I, Massae AF, Leshabari S, Mkonyi E, Mushy SE, Mwakawanga DL, Trent M, Wadley J, Bonilla ZE. Cultural and clinical challenges in sexual health care provision to men who have sex with men in Tanzania: a qualitative study of health professionals' experiences and health students' perspectives. BMC Public Health. 2021 Apr 7;21(1):676. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10696-x.
Mgopa LR, Ross MW, Lukumay GG, Mushy SE, Mkony E, Massae AF, Mwakawanga DL, Leshabari S, Mohamed I, Trent M, Wadley J, Bonilla ZE, Rosser BRS. Perceptions of Sexual Healthcare Provision in Tanzania: a Key Informant Qualitative Study. Sex Res Social Policy. 2022 Sep;19(3):849-859. doi: 10.1007/s13178-021-00607-5. Epub 2021 Jul 3.
Mgopa LR, Rosser BRS, Ross MW, Mohammed I, Lukumay GG, Massae AF, Mushy SE, Mwakawanga DL, Mkonyi E, Trent M, Bonilla ZE, Wadley J, Leshabari S. Clinical Care of Victims of Interpersonal Violence and Rape in Tanzania: A Qualitative Investigation. Int J Womens Health. 2021 Jul 24;13:727-741. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S301804. eCollection 2021.
Mushy SE, Rosser BRS, Ross MW, Lukumay GG, Mgopa LR, Bonilla Z, Massae AF, Mkonyi E, Mwakawanga DL, Mohammed I, Trent M, Wadley J, Leshabari S. The Management of Masturbation as a Sexual Health Issue in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Qualitative Study of Health Professionals' and Medical Students' Perspectives. J Sex Med. 2021 Oct;18(10):1690-1697. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2021.07.007. Epub 2021 Aug 24.
Mwakawanga DL, Mkonyi E, Mushy SE, Trent M, Bonilla Z, Massae AF, Lukumay GG, Mgopa LR, Mohammed I, Wadley J, Ross MW, Leshabari S, Rosser BRS. Would you offer contraception to a 14-year-old girl? Perspectives of health students and professionals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Reprod Health. 2021 Dec 11;18(1):245. doi: 10.1186/s12978-021-01294-6.
Mkonyi E, Mwakawanga DL, Rosser BRS, Bonilla ZE, Lukumay GG, Mohammed I, Mushy SE, Mgopa LR, Ross MW, Massae AF, Trent M, Wadley J. The management of childhood sexual abuse by midwifery, nursing and medical providers in Tanzania. Child Abuse Negl. 2021 Nov;121:105268. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105268. Epub 2021 Aug 17.
Lukumay GG, Mgopa LR, Mushy SE, Rosser BRS, Massae AF, Mkonyi E, Mohammed I, Mwakawanga DL, Trent M, Wadley J, Ross MW, Bonilla Z, Leshabari S. Community myths and misconceptions about sexual health in Tanzania: Stakeholders' views from a qualitative study in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. PLoS One. 2023 Feb 10;18(2):e0264706. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264706. eCollection 2023.
Rosser BRS, Mkoka DA, Rohloff CT, Mgopa LR, Ross MW, Lukumay GG, Mohammed I, Massae AF, Mkonyi E, Mushy SE, Mwakawanga DL, Kohli N, Trent ME, Wadley J, Bonilla ZE. Tailoring a sexual health curriculum to the sexual health challenges seen by midwifery, nursing and medical providers and students in Tanzania. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2022 May 31;14(1):e1-e9. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v14i1.3434.
Rosser BRS, Kohli N, Bates AJ, Talley KMC, Wright MM, Polter EJ, Wheldon CW, Haggart R, Dickstein DR, Ross MW, Zhang Z, West W, Konety BR. Does sexual rehabilitation work for gay and bisexual prostate cancer patients? Acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy results from the Restore-2 randomized controlled trial. J Cancer Surviv. 2024 Sep 12. doi: 10.1007/s11764-024-01672-6. Online ahead of print.
Mushy SE, Mkoka DA, Lukumay GG, Massae AF, Rohloff CT, Mgopa LR, Mwakawanga DL, Kohli N, Ross MW, Mkonyi E, Trent M, Athumani K, Kulasingam S, Rosser BRS. The need for and acceptability of a cancer training course for medical and nursing students in Tanzania: a convergent mixed methods study. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Jun 3;24(1):614. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05497-w.
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Document Type: Study Protocol
Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan
Other Identifiers
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STUDY00006904
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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