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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Eval Program Plann. 2013 Nov 7;43:38–47. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2013.10.006

Table 1.

Components of the Mozambique PP Training

Module
Number		 Module Title Main topics covered / Goals for each
section		 Time
per
module
1 Introductions and Overview

  1. Introduce trainers and participants to each other.

  2. Begin to create a comfortable and interactive learning environment.

  3. Provide an overview of the Positive Prevention program, priority prevention areas, and discuss HIV/AIDS in Mozambique.

 2 hours and 5 minutes
2 Intervention Overview and Positive Prevention Model

  1. Introduce the Positive Prevention Model to participants.

  2. Introduce model for conducting HIV prevention counseling with HIV-positive patients in hospital and community-based settings.

  3. Involve participants in skills-building exercises related to opening prevention conversation and risk assessment.

 1 hour and 5 minutes
3 Risk Reduction and Prevention Messages

  1. Give providers the skills necessary to provide clear and relevant prevention messages to PLHIV by:

    • -

      Identifying ways to design prevention messages for PLHIV.

    • -

      Examining ways to make risk reduction suggestions.

    • -

      Describing skills for interactive risk reduction planning.

    • -

      Identifying additional ways of prevention support for PLHIV.

    • -

      Discuss alcohol and drug use as it relates to patient risk

 2 hours and 15 minutes
4 Discussing Disclosure

  1. Explore the important role disclosure plays in HIV prevention with PLHIV.

    • -

      Discuss steps in disclosure

    • -

      Discuss HIV discordance counseling

  2. Understand the impact of stigma on disclosure, steps in supporting disclosure, and unique issues for providers counseling discordant couples.

 2 hours and 10 minutes
5 Reducing Risk and Family Planning

  1. Make the connection between risks for HIV/STIs and issues of family planning.

  2. Present strategies for family planning and a chance for providers to practice discussing methods of family planning and negotiating sexual risk reduction or strategies to avoid an unintended pregnancy.

 2 hours and 2 minutes
6 Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission

  1. Discuss strategies for women living with HIV/AIDS to reduce transmission of HIV from mother to child.

  2. Present the biomedical aspects of PMTCT.

  3. Identify ways to equip healthcare workers with tools to support HIV-positive women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.

 1 hour and 50 minutes
7 Living Positively

  1. Understand the role of living positively in maintaining the good health of HIV infected persons.

  2. Encourage patients to make healthy choices, such as being open about sero-status, eating well, taking medications as prescribed and treating ailments such as TB and STIs

 50 minutes
8 Wrap Up and Conclusion

  1. Address any issues that may have come up during the training and have not been addressed. Once those issues are covered, participants have an opportunity to evaluate the trainers and the course.

 45 minutes