Training the Addiction Treatment Workforce in HIV Endemic Regions: An Overview of the South Africa HIV Addiction Technology Transfer Center Initiative.

ABSTRACT: The South Africa HIV Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) was formed in 2017 to train health professionals and nonprofessional lay workers in evidence-based addiction interventions as a strategy for addressing the country's HIV epidemic. This article describes the Year 1 activities of the South Africa HIV ATTC including an initial needs assessment with high-level stakeholders, an advisory board meeting with South African government and nongovernment agencies, a learning exchange with other international ATTCs, and the identification of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) as a focal intervention for widespread training. The article details the culmination of Year 1 activities via a national forum on SBIRT and presents posttraining satisfaction data across

SUBMITTER: Scott K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8184107 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature