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Needs Assessment and Best Practices for Digital Trainings for Health Professionals in Ethiopia Using the RE-AIM Framework: COVID-19, Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2022

Joshua S. Yudkin Open the ORCID record for Joshua S. Yudkin [Opens in a new window] ,
Richard M. Hodes ,
Avital Sandler-Loeff  and
Sarah E. Messiah
Joshua S. Yudkin*
Affiliation:
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, Dallas, TX, USA
Richard M. Hodes
Affiliation:
The Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY, USA
Avital Sandler-Loeff
Affiliation:
The Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY, USA
Sarah E. Messiah
Affiliation:
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, Dallas, TX, USA Center for Pediatric Population Health, UTHealth School of Public Health and Children’s Health System of Texas, Dallas, TX, USA
*
Corresponding author: Josh Yudkin, Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Objectives:

This study is aimed to assess the implementation science outcomes of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) e-health educational intervention in Ethiopia targeting health care workers via the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adaption, Implementation, Maintenance) framework.

Methods:

A series of three 1-hour medical seminars focused on COVID-19 prevention and treatment education were conducted between May and August 2020. Educational content was built from medical sites previously impacted by COVID-19. Post-seminar evaluation information was collected from physician and other participants by a survey instrument. Cross-sectional evaluation results are reported here by RE-AIM constructs.

Results:

The medical seminars reached 324 participants. Key success metrics include that 90% reporting the information delivered in a culturally sensitive/tailored manner (effectiveness), 80% reporting that they planned to share the information presented with someone else (adoption and implementation), and 64% reporting using information presented in their daily clinical responsibilities 6 months after the first medical seminars (maintenance).

Conclusion:

Grounded in a theoretical framework and following evidence-based best practices, this intervention advances the field of dissemination and implementation science by demonstrating how to transition health care training and delivery from an in-person to digital medium in low-resource settings like Ethiopia.

Keywords

COVID-19dissemination and implementation sciencee-healthEthiopiaRE-AIM
Type
Original Research
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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e292
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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