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Zambart

Research Assistants

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Required skills

consent processlocal zambian languages (advantage)testingquestionnaire administrationblood pressure measurementpmp developmentpsychosocial supportstakeholder engagementblood glucose testingconfidentialitydata collection

About the role

Zambart is an independent Zambian research organization whose headquarters is at the University of Zambia’s Ridgeway Campus in Lusaka. Zambart is globally renowned for its interdisciplinary research on HIV and Tuberculosis and has contributed to HIV and TB policy and practice at national and global levels. Zambart’s research portfolio now includes a broader scope of urgent public health issues. Zambart staff form an interdisciplinary team with a range of expertise including epidemiology, clinical science, social science, laboratory, operations research, health systems and services research, health policy analysis, health economics, health communication and counselling.

Study summary:

Co-designing Health Innovations to reach Mobile Men with Co-Morbidities in Uganda and Zambia (HIMM) Study is a 4.5-year cross-national (Zambia and Uganda) study funded by the NovoNordisk, Denmark. For men whose livelihoods depend on travel away from a primary residence, mobility complicates diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and continuity of care, critical for managing co-morbidities. Mobile men need flexible, mobility-sensitive health strategies to attain universal access to health care. The HIMM study seeks to co-adapt/codesign a mobility-sensitive intervention that can support mobile men’s access to care for NCD-ID comorbidity whilst being on the move. The HIMM study aims to fill this mandate through five work packages to be conducted in Chawama (Lusaka) and Dambwa (Livingstone). This study is a collaboration between research institutions in the UK, Uganda, Zambia, Belgium and Sweden.

To support our research activities, we seek to recruit male candidates who will fulfil the position of Research Assistants in Chawama and Dambwa.

Position: Research Assistants (04) Full-Time (Short-term)

Reporting To: Study Manager

Job Location: Lusaka-Chawama community (02) and Livingstone-Dambwa community (02)

Position Summary:

The Research Assistants will be responsible for quantitative data collection activities, including the consenting process during the “HIMM” study. This will be specifically as part of the Time Location Sampling Survey.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Locating locations identified and randomly selected for the survey using maps
  • Providing information about the “HIMM” study and the survey to potential participants from the randomized survey
  • Obtaining consent for participation from study participants
  • Administering the survey questionnaire
  • Electronic data collection (using a tablet), including administering the survey questionnaire
  • Filing and completing study documents
  • Conducting finger-prick HIV testing, blood glucose testing, and measuring blood pressure
  • Engaging with study participants in a respectful way
  • Referring study participants to the health facility for appropriate HIV, diabetes, and BP prevention and treatment services
  • Maintaining confidentiality and privacy of study participants
  • Performing any other duties as required by the supervisor