ExtraCECI Project Theory of Change Workshop with stakeholders to refine the ExtraCECI intervention

Start date and time

Tuesday 21 January 2025

Location

Accra, Ghana

The Theory of Change workshop was oraganised with stakeholders at the Cedi Auditorium, University of Ghana. This workshop involved stakeholders who were invited to contribute to the 'extra' components proposed for the refinement of the community-based enhanced care intervention (CECI) intervention to become ExtraCECI.

Following the introduction of the concept of theory of change, stakeholders were grouped into five discusion groups to answer the following questions on the 'extra' components:
1. How can we empower people living with HIV/AIDS to engage, participate and contribute to their care decisions as part of the ExtraCECI intervention?
2. What ways can we work with healthcare professionals and Models of Hope to use mobile phones (text messaging for information sharing and voice calls for follow up, assessment and enabling feedback in the communication process) to deliver ExtraCECI?

Group Discussion The group discussions lasted for 30 - 45minutes, during which participants discussed the above questions providing answers that were later categorised following the s steps to achieving the theory of change starting from the step 8 and working down to step 1:
8. What do we want to achieve (for PLWHA and their careers, and health care professionals)? IMPACT
7. What do we want to be different about existing care services for PLWHA in the future? LONG TERM OUTCOMES
6. What changes would we like to see in PLWHA and their family's wellbeing? IMMEDIATE OUTCOMES
5. What should we do in terms of care and support for PLWHA- what should be delivered for them? TREATMENT AND CARE
4. How can we best identify all those who could benefit? AWARENESS
3. What does staff need to do this? TRAINING & SUPPORT
2. What do we need (eg. people, equipment, place, etc)? RESOURCES 1. How & Who do we need to support this intervention and make it happen? BUY-IN
Group responses and categorisations using the above steps were summarised and feedback provided to the team and stakeholders.