Perceived benefits, challenges, and recommendations for HIV research dissemination and implementation science efforts in Tanzania: Findings from the HIV/AIDS Research Forum brainstorming session.

Autor:	Conserve DF; Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.; Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America., Saini S; College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America., Issango J; Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Kilale AM; National Institute of Medical Research, Muhimbili Medical Research Centre, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania., Kamwela J; Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Maboko L; Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Sims W; San Francisco School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America., Shirima S; Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America., Vargo J; Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America., Rawson R; Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America., Ondrus A; Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America., Ezeanolue EE; Center for Translation and Implementation Research, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.; HealthySunrise Foundation, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America., Whembolua GL; Department of Africana Studies, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	PLOS global public health [PLOS Glob Public Health] 2022 Oct 26; Vol. 2 (10), pp. e0000952. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 26 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pgph.0000952
Abstrakt:	Although several international and national HIV/AIDS conferences exist, there was not a national conference in Tanzania focusing on HIV/AIDS disseminating and implementation research conducted in the country and abroad. This created a missed opportunity for researchers to share their research findings with local policymakers and HIV program implementers who can influence the adoption and implementation of promising research in public health and clinical practice settings. In response, the first HIV/AIDS D&I Research Forum designed to enhance local D&I efforts for HIV research, was organized in Tanzania in 2018. This paper explores the perceived benefits of the HIV/AIDS D&I Research Forum and potential challenges of developing similar forums and recommendation for future HIV research D&I conference in Tanzania. During the second day of the Forum, which was held in September 2018 in Morogoro, Tanzania, a 1-hour structured brainstorming session was conducted with the Forum attendees (n = 50), including researchers, medical professionals, policymakers, representatives from different ministries. Transcription of the brainstorming session was analyzed to identify benefits of the Forum, perceived challenges for organizing similar HIV/AIDS research dissemination events, and recommendations for addressing the challenges. Overall, participants perceived the forum to be beneficial because it provided opportunities for strategic collaborations between researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders and for them to discuss challenges for D&I efforts. Forum attendees also identified several potential challenges for future D&I research forums such as the abstract requirement which may deter non-researchers, costs, meeting frequencies, and lack of funding and coordination between organizations involved in D&I research efforts. To address these concerns, a recommendation was made to host a biennial national conference in order to allow more time for ethical review and feedback that can enhance contribution of the project to D&I efforts and to raise funds. The benefits identified for the Forum highlight the importance of organizing similar D&I meetings for HIV-related research at the national level in Tanzania. However, the potential challenges discussed need to be addressed in order to develop a sustainable national D&I research conference by incorporating recommendations that forum attendees proposed. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright: © 2022 Conserve et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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