Evaluating the Effects of Reproductive Health Training on Provider Behavior

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · May 20, 2024

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All enrollees will be health students at MUHAS recruited through announcements in class, flyers on student noticeboards, and email. Students who are interested in learning more about the study can do so by asking questions of the recruiting faculty member, by going to, telephoning, or emailing the study office (at MUHAS). Students can also visit the study website. In addition, all students who contact the office will be given a copy of a flyer advertising the study and a copy of the consent documents to preview prior to participation. Students contacting the office by email will be sent ele...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • A health student studying at MUHAS and verified by being registered as a pre-final year midwifery, nursing or medical student (or its equivalent).
• • "Pre-final" year is defined as a student who is just about to enter year 3 of nursing, or year 4 of midwifery or medicine.
• • Living or studying in Tanzania
• • Experienced, operationalized as having worked at least 100 hours as a health worker in a clinic, hospital or community setting so students can discuss what happens in the clinical setting
• • Able to speak English and Kiswahili.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Students who will not be able to attend all days of the seminar at their health institution or be on their campus for the follow-up.
• • Students who express any reservations about attending (e.g., due to religious objections)
• • Students who express a fear of violence due to attending (e.g., from a spouse or relative).
• • Students who attended the sexual health seminar (e.g., during THP-1 or at another site). This is to prevent a student participating more than once.

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