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Table 1 Overview of training provided to peer nutrition counselors

From: A pre-post pilot study of peer nutritional counseling and food insecurity and nutritional outcomes among antiretroviral therapy patients in Honduras

Training settings

Total hours

Topics covered

5 day intensive workshop

50

1. Nutrition and healthy eating

2. HIV, nutrition and food security

3. ART and adherence

4. How to manage secondary effects of ART through diet

5. Anthropometry and dietary assessment

Practical training in “Centro de Atención Integral”

240

1. How to deliver nutritional counseling

2. How to use supportive educational materials

3. How to administer evaluation questionnaires (food frequency recall, anthropometry)