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    Learning interventions and training methods in health emergencies: A scoping review by Utunen, Heini, Balaciano, Giselle, Arabi, Elham, Tokar, Anna, Bhatiasevi, Aphaluck, Noyes, Jane

    Published in PloS one (16-07-2024)
    “…Keeping the health workforce and the public informed about the latest evolving health information during a health emergency is critical to preventing,…”
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    Online learning for WHO priority diseases with pandemic potential: evidence from existing courses and preparing for Disease X by Utunen, Heini, Tokar, Anna, Dancante, Mafalda, Piroux, Corentin

    “…OpenWHO is the open-access learning platform of the World Health Organization (WHO) that provides online learning for health emergencies with essential health…”
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    Digital Transformation of Face-To-Face Focus Group Methodology: Engaging a Globally Dispersed Audience to Manage Institutional Change at the World Health Organization by Gamhewage, Gaya, Mahmoud, Mohamed Essam, Tokar, Anna, Attias, Melissa, Mylonas, Christos, Canna, Sara, Utunen, Heini

    Published in Journal of medical Internet research (26-05-2022)
    “…Focus group discussions (FGDs) are widely used to obtain qualitative data from purposely selected groups of people. This paper describes how the Learning and…”
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    ‘I don’t want anyone to know’: Experiences of obtaining access to HIV testing by Eastern European, non-European Union sex workers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands by Tokar, Anna, Osborne, Jacob, Hengeveld, Robbert, Lazarus, Jeffrey V, Broerse, Jacqueline E. W, Caylà, Joan A

    Published in PloS one (07-07-2020)
    “…Historically, the Netherlands has hosted a large number of migrant sex workers. Since sex work is considered a legal profession it might serve as an example of…”
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    Health Care Workers' Motivations for Enrolling in Massive Open Online Courses During a Public Health Emergency: Descriptive Analysis by Jones, Jennifer, Johnston, Jamie Sewan, Ndiaye, Ngouille Yabsa, Tokar, Anna, Singla, Saumya, Skinner, Nadine Ann, Strehlow, Matthew, Utunen, Heini

    Published in JMIR medical education (19-06-2024)
    “…Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are increasingly used to educate health care workers during public health emergencies. In early 2020, the World Health…”
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    Learning From a Massive Open Online COVID-19 Vaccination Training Experience: Survey Study by Goldin, Shoshanna, Kong, So Yeon Joyce, Tokar, Anna, Utunen, Heini, Ndiaye, Ngouille, Bahl, Jhilmil, Appuhamy, Ranil, Moen, Ann

    Published in JMIR public health and surveillance (03-12-2021)
    “…To prepare key stakeholders for the global COVID-19 vaccination rollout, the World Health Organization and partners developed online vaccination training…”
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    Online capacity building for the health workforce: the case of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response for the African region by Bonkoungou, Boukare, Utunen, Heini, Talisuna, Ambrose O., O’Connell, Gillian, Koua, Etien, Chamla, Dick D., Arabi, Elham, Tokar, Anna, Gueye, Abdou S.

    Published in Journal of public health in Africa (01-12-2023)
    “…Background: The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) has developed a comprehensive capacity development programme to support the…”
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    'Virus Carriers' and HIV testing: navigating Ukraine's HIV policies and programming for female sex workers by Tokar, Anna, Osborne, Jacob, Slobodianiuk, Kateryna, Essink, Dirk, Lazarus, Jeffrey V, Broerse, Jacqueline E W

    Published in Health research policy and systems (28-02-2019)
    “…There are an estimated 80,100 female sex workers (FSWs) in Ukraine, of whom 7% are living with HIV. Early HIV diagnosis continues to be a public health…”
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    HIV Testing and Counseling Among Female Sex Workers: A Systematic Literature Review by Tokar, Anna, Broerse, Jacqueline E. W., Blanchard, James, Roura, Maria

    Published in AIDS and behavior (01-08-2018)
    “…HIV testing uptake continues to be low among Female Sex Workers (FSWs). We synthesizes evidence on barriers and facilitators to HIV testing among FSW as well…”
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    Observations from three years of online pandemic learning response on OpenWHO by Utunen, Heini, Appuhamy, Ranil, Attias, Melissa, Ndiaye, Ngouille, George, Richelle, Arabi, Elham, Tokar, Anna

    “…PurposeOpenWHO is the World Health Organization's online learning platform that was launched in 2017. The COVID-19 pandemic led to massive growth in the number…”
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    Learning interventions and training methods in health emergencies: A scoping review by Heini Utunen, Giselle Balaciano, Elham Arabi, Anna Tokar, Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, Jane Noyes

    Published in PloS one (01-01-2024)
    “…BackgroundKeeping the health workforce and the public informed about the latest evolving health information during a health emergency is critical to…”
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    Ensuring equity in access to online courses: Perspectives from the WHO health emergency learning response by George, Richelle, Utunen, Heini, Ndiaye, Ngouille, Tokar, Anna, Mattar, Lama, Piroux, Corentin, Gamhewage, Gaya

    Published in World medical and health policy (01-06-2022)
    “…The World Health Organization's (WHO) open‐source learning platform, OpenWHO, allows diverse audiences worldwide to access self‐paced, asynchronous online…”
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    Scale Up Multilingualism in Health Emergency Learning: Developing an Automated Transcription and Translation Tool by Utunen, Heini, Staubitz, Thomas, George, Richelle, Zhao, Yu Ursula, Serth, Sebastian, Tokar, Anna

    “…World Health Organization's (WHO) emergency learning platform OpenWHO provided by Hasso Plattner Institut (HPI) delivered online learning in real-time and in…”
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    HIV testing behaviour and HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Ukraine: findings from an Integrated Bio-Behavioural Survey, 2013-2014 by Tokar, Anna, Sazonova, Iana, Mishra, Sharmistha, Smyrnov, Pavlo, Saliuk, Tetiana, Lazarus, Jeffrey V, Broerse, Jacqueline E W, Roura, Maria, Blanchard, James, Becker, Marissa L

    Published in Sexually transmitted infections (01-05-2019)
    “…Ukraine has one of the largest HIV epidemics in Europe, with high prevalence among female sex workers (FSWs). We aimed to identify factors associated with HIV…”
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    One Year of Pandemic Learning Response: Benefits of Massive Online Delivery of the World Health Organization's Technical Guidance by Utunen, Heini, Van Kerkhove, Maria D, Tokar, Anna, O'Connell, Gillian, Gamhewage, Gaya M, Fall, Ibrahima Socé

    Published in JMIR public health and surveillance (21-04-2021)
    “…The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the first web-based learning course on COVID-19 on January 26, 2020, four days before the director general of the…”
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    Social learning and peer education in responding to opiate overdose among injection drug users in Ukraine by Tokar, Anna, Andreeva, Tatiana I, Shulga, Liudmyla

    “…Opiate overdoses constitute one of the leading causes of avoidable deaths among people aged 20-40 years old in Ukraine. As peer-administered help in cases of…”
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