Purpose: This comprehensive three-day program trained clinical staff of the Quit4Lfife+ study sites in both clinical knowledge (TB, HIV, adherence, tobacco, and alcohol) and counseling skills (brief advice and motivational interviewing) in preparation to provide tobacco cessation support. Content: The manual opens with foundational clinical content related to tobacco cessation support among people living with HIV (PLWH) and key terminology, such as distinguishing adherence (f

Purpose: The training's purpose is to teach clinicians about the medications available to help patients quit tobacco — how they work, how to select and dose them based on a patient's level of nicotine dependence, and how to manage side effects, combination regimens, and relapse. It's meant to move providers beyond behavioral counseling alone into the pharmacologic side of treatment. Content: The training opens by introducing the two broad categories of tobacco cessation medic

Purpose: The training is designed to build research capacity in dissemination and implementation science, specifically as it applies to cancer prevention and care in HIV clinical settings in Uganda and Zambia. The training's goals are to help participants understand the foundations of implementation science, recognize its significance for public health, become familiar with implementation frameworks and terminology, and be able to evaluate evidence-based interventions, strate

Purpose: The training aims to equip health care workers to deliver very short, opportunistic interventions that help tobacco-using patients understand the risks of continued use and the benefits of quitting, and to motivate a quit attempt. It also trains clinicians to recognize when a patient should be referred to more intensive cessation support, such as quitlines or specialist clinics. The underlying rationale is that brief advice—even just a few minutes long—is feasible wi