HIV index case testing (ICT) aims to identify people living with HIV and their contacts, engage them in HIV testing services, and link them to care. Enhancing capacity through centralized face-to-face training is logistically complex and expensive. A decentralized blended learning approach to HCW capacity-building, combining synchronous face-to-face and asynchronous digital modalities, may be an acceptable way to address this challenge.
The objective of this analysis is to describe factors influencing HCWs’ anticipated acceptability of blended learning using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). This formative qualitative study by Sarah E. Rutstein, MD, PhD, and Vivian Go, PhD, involved conducting 26 in-depth interviews with HCWs involved in the ICT program across 14 facilities in Machinga and Balaka, Malawi (November-December 2021). Results were analyzed thematically using TAM.