JHPIEGO TrainerNews™ |
Care of Women with HIV Living in
Limited-Resource Settings Multimedia Tutorials Available
(December 2001)
In response to the international HIV/AIDS epidemic, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau, of the US Department of Health and Human Services has begun collaborating with USAID and the JHPIEGO Corporation. The goal of this collaboration is to develop training and education programs in limited-resource settings.
Drawing on its international resources and expertise, JHPIEGO has developed a series of ReproLearn® multimedia tutorials entitled Care of Women with HIV Living in Limited-Resource Settings. The tutorials are designed to provide physicians, faculty and healthcare trainers with the technical knowledge they need to provide high quality healthcare services to women with HIV/AIDS and to train other healthcare providers. ReproLearn tutorials are a unique learning tool because they bring international experts to the learner through a multimedia experience that includes:
- Audio narration
- Presentation graphics
- Photographs, charts and graphics
- Links to related articles
- Synchronized text
- Downloadable text transcript
- Self-grading quiz
To date, eight tutorials have been developed using the HRSA publication "A Guide to the Clinical Care of Women with HIV" and the Academy for Educational Development (AED) publication "HIV/AIDS and Nutrition: A Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Nutritional Care and Support in Sub-Saharan Africa" as resources. Topics include:
- Overview
- Prevention
- Voluntary Counseling and Testing
- Reproductive Health
- HIV and Pregnancy
- HIV and Breastfeeding
- HIV and Nutrition: An Overview
- HIV and Nutrition: Care and Support
Authors of the tutorials include: Dr. Jean Anderson, Director of the Johns Hopkins HIV Women's Health Program, Dr. Ellen Piwoz, Director of the Center of Nutrition at AED and Dorcas Lwanga, Nutrition Advisor for the SARA Project at AED.
All eight tutorials are available online.
A CD-ROM with all eight tutorials was distributed at the CISMA 12th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Africa in Burkina Faso 9-13 December 2001.
Copies of the CD-ROM will be available in late January and may be obtained by contacting HRSA's "Womencare" project at: womencare@hrsa.gov.