A globally networked hybrid approach to public health capacity training for maternal health professionals in low and middle income countries

摘要: MundoComm is a current NIH-funded project for sustainable public health capacity building in community engagement and technological advances aimed at improving maternal issues. Two to four teams are selected annually, each consisting of three healthcare professionals one technical person from specific low middle income countries (LMICs) including Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, other LMICs. course with parts: in-person workshops, online modules, mentored development. annual 1-week on-site “short courses” convened Rica supplemented six monthly training modules using the Moodle® platform e-learning, The year-long comprises over 20 topics divided into - module further segmented 4 week-long assignments, readings assigned tasks covering different aspects community-engaged interventions. content peer reviewed by experts respective fields University Rochester, UCIMED faculty Republic who maintain regular contact trainees mentor learning progress. purpose this paper report first year results project. Both quantitative qualitative feedback (using data capturing forms) assess baseline post-training knowledge skills strategies. currently has team Honduras total 12 trainees. include best practices information communication technologies (ICTs), ethical reviews, engagement, evidence-based interventions, e-Health To maximize successful culturally appropriate approaches, multi-media didactic presentations, flexible distance strategies, use tablets offline collection offered trainees, then lessons learned aid refinement subsequent curricular improvements. Through remark discussion, authors on 1) feasibility globally networked environment (GNLE) plus workshop approach 2) LMIC complete trainings produce ICT-based interventions address issue their regions.