Teachers' Perceptions of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Implementation of an Evidence-based HIV Prevention Program in the Bahamas.

Autor: Schieber E; Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA., Cottrell L; Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University, 959 Hartman Run Road. Morgantown, WV, Morgantown, 26506, USA. lcottrell@hsc.wvu.edu., Deveaux L; Office of HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health, Shirley Street, Nassau, Bahamas., Li X; Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, 915 Greene Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA., Taylor M; Government and Public Policy Institute, University of The Bahamas, Oakes Field Campus University Drive, Nassau, Bahamas., Adderley R; Office of HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health, Shirley Street, Nassau, Bahamas., Marshall S; Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 400 Mack Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA., Forbes N; Office of HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health, Shirley Street, Nassau, Bahamas., Wang B; Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: AIDS and behavior [AIDS Behav] 2024 Oct; Vol. 28 (Suppl 1), pp. 90-102. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 20.
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-024-04345-8
Abstrakt: Information on how school-based programs is implemented and sustained during crises is limited. In this study, we assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of a HIV prevention intervention in The Bahamas. Data were collected from 139 Grade 6 teachers in 2021-2022. Teachers attended virtual training and received implementation monitoring from coordinators. On average, teachers taught 26.4 (SD = 9.2) of the 35 core activities, and 7.4 (SD = 2.4) out of 9 sessions. More than half (58.3%) of teachers completed 28 or more core activities; 69.1% covered eight or all nine sessions, which is equivalent to 80% of the HIV intervention curriculum. Almost half of the teachers (43%) reported that the pandemic negatively impacted their ability to teach the program; 72% of teachers maintained that the program remained "very important" during times of crisis. Greater self-efficacy and supports increased implementation fidelity.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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