title: [Need for health and human rights training: survey in six French-speaking African countries].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the need of healthcare and non-healthcare professionals for training in the field of health and human rights as a basis for developing relevant education programs. In 2007 a self-administered survey questionnaire was sent to 360 health professionals and human rights activists in Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Mali, Burkina-Faso, and Ivory Coast. The response rate was 67% (242/360). The most common training needs involved planning tools (87%), types of human rights violations in health systems (85%), risk factors for human rights violations (80%), and human rights monitoring tools (74%). The preferred training approaches were mixed and participative methods (60%) and practical applications as a means of validation (65%). There was a high degree of homogeneity between the needs expressed by the healthcare and non-healthcare professionals. The findings of this survey indicate that healthcare and non-healthcare professionals wish to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent and/or identify human rights issues in healthcare systems and to provide adequate responses. Training programs dealing with human rights in healthcare systems should reflect these needs.
authors.affiliation: Institut de médecine sociale et préventive, Faculté de médecine, Université de Genève et Ecole suisse de santé publique, Suisse. emmanuel.kabengele@unige.ch
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Mpinga
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Klohn
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zesiger
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Freigburghaus
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jeannot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chastonay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006806:Human Rights / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires