... point. Traditionally, Dr Abdel Rahim, Dr El Faki and Dr Ghorashi are at the Faculty of Medici... more ... point. Traditionally, Dr Abdel Rahim, Dr El Faki and Dr Ghorashi are at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, P. 0. Box 20, Wad Medani, Sudan. Ms ... USA. The authors thank Professor Bashir Hamad for reviewing the manuscript. ...
Background: The Peer Education Training Initiative funded by the Health Resources & Service Admin... more Background: The Peer Education Training Initiative funded by the Health Resources & Service Administration provides training to people living with HIV/AIDS from communities of color to serve as peer educators. Three centers, located in California, Missouri, and New York, have developed peer training programs tailored to their target populations. The training sites all address key peer educator competencies including treatment adherence and communication with health care providers. Methods: The training curricula for peers will be presented. A Peer educator will discuss the successes and challenges encountered with training and strategies for sustaining the peer programs as part of HIV care. Techniques for evaluating the emerging role of peers in HIV care and preliminary results of a multisite evaluation exploring the impact of the peer training on participants' knowledge and skills will be shared. Results: To date 423 peers have been trained. At the time of the 6-month interview...
A new approach to the training, role and responsibilities of community health workers (CHWs) is p... more A new approach to the training, role and responsibilities of community health workers (CHWs) is proposed in this book, emanating from ideas and methods developed through informal networks of community based health programmes. More specifically it is based on 16 years of experience with a villager-run health programme in Ajoya, Sinaloa, Other CABI sites ISBN : 0942364090 Record Number : 19866702192 Publisher : Hesperian Foundation Location of publication : Palo Alto Country of publication : USA Language of text : English Language of summary : English Indexing terms for this abstract: Organism descriptor(s) : man Descriptor(s) : children, collection, education, handbooks, health, health care, health programmes, health services, personnel, teaching, training, training courses Identifier(s) : employees, health programs, instruction, manuals, networks, staff Geographical Location(s) : Mexico Broader term(s) : Homo, Hominidae, primates, mammals, vertebrates, Chordata, eukaryotes, APEC c...
This book, divided in 5 parts with 27 chapters, contains practical approaches to community health... more This book, divided in 5 parts with 27 chapters, contains practical approaches to community health care. It focuses on teaching and learning methods. The first 2 parts describes several teaching and learning techniques, including the use of visual aids. Part 3 gives a detailed ...
Background: The Peer Education Training Initiative funded by the Health Resources & Service Admin... more Background: The Peer Education Training Initiative funded by the Health Resources & Service Administration provides training to people living with HIV/AIDS from communities of color to serve as peer educators. Three centers, located in California, Missouri, and New York, have developed peer training programs tailored to their target populations. The training sites all address key peer educator competencies including treatment adherence and communication with health care providers. Methods: The training curricula for peers will be presented. A Peer educator will discuss the successes and challenges encountered with training and strategies for sustaining the peer programs as part of HIV care. Techniques for evaluating the emerging role of peers in HIV care and preliminary results of a multisite evaluation exploring the impact of the peer training on participants' knowledge and skills will be shared. Results: To date 423 peers have been trained. At the time of the 6-month interview...
... point. Traditionally, Dr Abdel Rahim, Dr El Faki and Dr Ghorashi are at the Faculty of Medici... more ... point. Traditionally, Dr Abdel Rahim, Dr El Faki and Dr Ghorashi are at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, P. 0. Box 20, Wad Medani, Sudan. Ms ... USA. The authors thank Professor Bashir Hamad for reviewing the manuscript. ...
Background: The Peer Education Training Initiative funded by the Health Resources & Service Admin... more Background: The Peer Education Training Initiative funded by the Health Resources & Service Administration provides training to people living with HIV/AIDS from communities of color to serve as peer educators. Three centers, located in California, Missouri, and New York, have developed peer training programs tailored to their target populations. The training sites all address key peer educator competencies including treatment adherence and communication with health care providers. Methods: The training curricula for peers will be presented. A Peer educator will discuss the successes and challenges encountered with training and strategies for sustaining the peer programs as part of HIV care. Techniques for evaluating the emerging role of peers in HIV care and preliminary results of a multisite evaluation exploring the impact of the peer training on participants' knowledge and skills will be shared. Results: To date 423 peers have been trained. At the time of the 6-month interview...
A new approach to the training, role and responsibilities of community health workers (CHWs) is p... more A new approach to the training, role and responsibilities of community health workers (CHWs) is proposed in this book, emanating from ideas and methods developed through informal networks of community based health programmes. More specifically it is based on 16 years of experience with a villager-run health programme in Ajoya, Sinaloa, Other CABI sites ISBN : 0942364090 Record Number : 19866702192 Publisher : Hesperian Foundation Location of publication : Palo Alto Country of publication : USA Language of text : English Language of summary : English Indexing terms for this abstract: Organism descriptor(s) : man Descriptor(s) : children, collection, education, handbooks, health, health care, health programmes, health services, personnel, teaching, training, training courses Identifier(s) : employees, health programs, instruction, manuals, networks, staff Geographical Location(s) : Mexico Broader term(s) : Homo, Hominidae, primates, mammals, vertebrates, Chordata, eukaryotes, APEC c...
This book, divided in 5 parts with 27 chapters, contains practical approaches to community health... more This book, divided in 5 parts with 27 chapters, contains practical approaches to community health care. It focuses on teaching and learning methods. The first 2 parts describes several teaching and learning techniques, including the use of visual aids. Part 3 gives a detailed ...
Background: The Peer Education Training Initiative funded by the Health Resources & Service Admin... more Background: The Peer Education Training Initiative funded by the Health Resources & Service Administration provides training to people living with HIV/AIDS from communities of color to serve as peer educators. Three centers, located in California, Missouri, and New York, have developed peer training programs tailored to their target populations. The training sites all address key peer educator competencies including treatment adherence and communication with health care providers. Methods: The training curricula for peers will be presented. A Peer educator will discuss the successes and challenges encountered with training and strategies for sustaining the peer programs as part of HIV care. Techniques for evaluating the emerging role of peers in HIV care and preliminary results of a multisite evaluation exploring the impact of the peer training on participants' knowledge and skills will be shared. Results: To date 423 peers have been trained. At the time of the 6-month interview...
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