Skills training of health workers in the use of a non surgical device (PrePex) for adult Safe Male Circumcision.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) is a proven approach for partial protection of men from acquisition of HIV infection. Several sub-Saharan African countries have a target to circumcise 80% of males aged 15 to 49. The use of devices such as PrePex would aid scaling up of SMC. Since most health workers would have no prior experience with use of devices, skills training is needed. This paper explores a skills transfer model at an urban site in Uganda.

Objective

To assess the practicability and feasibility of rapid short duration training for safe PrePex device use.

Methods

A prospective study, conducted over 8 weeks (August-October 2012) at International Hospital Kampala, an urban Kampala hospital, examining the performance of various health worker cadres after tr

SUBMITTER: Galukande M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4132017 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature