Bolaños GMR, Díaz LM

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: In Cuba, work has been done to promote gender transversalization in the national response to STIs/HIV/AIDS, but incorporating this aspect into the health interventions for community development is a challenge.
Objective: To design a course on gender transversalization in education, promotion and prevention of STIs/HIV/AIDS aimed at training health professionals at the primary level of care.
Methods: A descriptive-development research was carried out that culminated with the design of a course for the training of health professionals at the primary level of care in Havana in the period between April and December 2015. Techniques such as bibliographic and documentary review were used. Experts' criteria were taken into account for the definition of objectives, contents and the organizational structure of the course.
Results: The postgraduate course was developed in six subjects: Fundamentals on Gender and HIV, Inequality and Gender Violence and HIV, Gender Research and Reproductive Sexual Health, Gender in HIV Prevention, Gender and Health Care, Current HIV/AIDS and Gender Legislation. The course had a dynamic, active, participatory approach, emphasizing the different modalities of education at work.
Conclusions: The course was designed to respond to the prevailing need for the integration of the gender perspective in education, promotion and prevention of STIs/HIV/AIDS to be developed by health professionals in their community.