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. 2023 Dec:2:100110.
doi: 10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100110. Epub 2023 Feb 6.

Use of mobile technology to enhance the capacity of teachers to teach family life and HIV education in Nigeria: Overview of methods for a randomized controlled trial

Emmanuel Adebayo  1 , Halimat O Olaniyan  1 , Adesola O Olumide  1   2 , Adesola Ogunniyi  2   3 , Wafaie Fawzi  4
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Use of mobile technology to enhance the capacity of teachers to teach family life and HIV education in Nigeria: Overview of methods for a randomized controlled trial

Emmanuel Adebayo et al. Dialogues Health. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

Background: Family Life and HIV Education (FLHE) program is a national school-based sexual education intervention program to prevent the spread of HIV among young people in Nigeria. The FLHE curriculum was first implemented nationwide in 2003. However, there have been challenges mitigating the implementation of this intervention. An important challenge is the low capacity of teachers to adequately deliver the contents of the developed curriculum. Considering the significant roles teachers play in the implementation of this important prevention program, it is important that they have the capacity to deliver it. Literature review has shown that there are no documented studies in Nigeria that have considered the use of mobile technology to improve the capacity of teachers to teach FLHE. Therefore, in this paper we have documented the methodology of a study that tested the feasibility of enhancing the self-reported capacity of teachers to deliver the FLHE curriculum through mobile technology.

Methods: This study was a multiphase study. In this paper, we present an overview of the methods employed in the mobile-FLHE (m-FLHE) program for teachers. We describe study design, participant eligibility and recruitment, assessments, intervention procedures, and measures in the assessments. We also present treatment fidelity assessment, procedures utilized to enhance retention of study participants, and data analysis plans.

Discussion: Although, the role of teachers and instructors in ensuring the fidelity of CSE has been shown to be critical to its success, very few programs have sought to improve the capacity of teachers to teach FLHE. This study presents the methods of an innovative and sustainable way to improve the capacity of teachers to increase the comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents.

Keywords: Adolescent; Comprehensive sexuality education; Family life and HIV education; HIV prevention; Methodology; mHealth.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

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