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Authors: Aisha Saddiqua (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic), Muhammad Zunnurain
Background: The education sector, particularly universities, plays a crucial role in the implementation of preventive initiatives. To participate in effective evidence-based prevention programs, educators at universities must undergo professional training. Colombo Plan's Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) attempts to bridge the gap between the scientific knowledge of substance use prevention and its implementation in universities. This study intends to train university professionals for the UPC core course on the key concepts of prevention intervention through digital approach, followed by a learning outcome assessment. This course was offered to university educators from low- and middle-income countries of Africa & Asia; fifty participants from six countries and twelve universities attended the program. CP-DAP accredited Global Master Trainers conducted the training.
Method: Using the Zoom platform, ten online face-to-face synchronous sessions spanning three hours were held for each group of twenty-five. The assessment was based on a standardized pre- and posttest with 20 multiple-choice items. After six months, a follow-up on the integration plan was conducted.
Results: All of the fifty participants completed pretest, posttest and submitted their integration plan. Subjects demonstrated a significant improvement in post-test scores. After six months, a follow-up on the integration plan was conducted, indicating that prevention knowledge was improved significantly.
Discussion: The findings emphasis the importance of prevention training for professional growth and the implementation of prevention programs at universities. These findings are equally relevant to university instructors, emphasizing the importance of prevention trainings in order to develop the workforce.
| Conflict of interest | There is no conflict of interest |
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