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The Team
Trial Investigators
The Implementation Team
The intervention is delivered by 3 teams each covering one province. A team is made up of 4 community health workers, 2 research nurses, 2 youth workers and a counsellor. Each province has 4 intervention clusters; a team spends one day a week at each intervention cluster.
CHIEDZA
Harare
CHIEDZA
Mashonaland East
UKUKHANYA
Bulawayo
Youth Researchers
Affectionately known as the "YRA" or the "YRs", the Youth Researchers Academy was established to train young people to undertake SRH (Sexual & Reproductive Health) research. YRs were trained on research methods at a residential course. They then conducted research in groups mentored by a member of the CHIEDZA study team. Their research projects were embedded within CHIEDZA and another study called FAST (Feasibility and Acceptability of HIV Self-testing in adolescents and young people)
The aim was to create a model for youth participation and representation in research, and to promote the involvement of youth as equal partners in shaping the health agenda.