Abstract
The Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC) formed a partnership with Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP), Department of Nutritional Sciences (DNS) to build nutrition research capacity in systematic review and qualitative research skills. The TFNC organizes nutrition research in Tanzania and advises the Tanzanian government on key matters related to nutrition. Due to this responsibility, they sought continuing education in nutrition research methods from Rutgers faculty for capacity building. The TFNC director and a Rutgers faculty member participated in the in-person, 10 day WHO/Cochrane/Cornell Systematic Review Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Global Nutrition Policy Making to meet the systematic review learning need. Post-training, a systematic review title and protocol were developed through remote communication with the author team. The qualitative research learning need was met with the provision of online education to TFNC staff. Rutgers faculty provided 3 months of education including modules on qualitative approaches, data collection, data analysis, and research protocol development. The objectives for this research education training were met: A Rutgers faculty member and the TFNC director participated in systematic review training, and a protocol with TFNC and Rutgers authors was submitted to Cochrane for review. Twenty TFNC staff participated in qualitative research online education taught by Rutgers faculty, and the TFNC staff developed a qualitative nutrition research protocol. It is feasible and productive to provide education and technical assistance through a combination of in-person and online training methods. The training resulted in sustainable research skills and in two research protocols that will be conducted collaboratively with TFNC staff and Rutgers faculty.
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