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Rest assured that this course will cover all relevant bases to make sure you have all the necessary skills to work with the Classic Akka modules: - Core Actors - Akka HTTP - Akka Persistence (intro) - Akka Remoting (Artery) and Cluster Primer (intro) - Akka Streams (intro) Note that this course does not cover Akka Typed.

Background: The burden of diabetes and obesity are greater for some racial/ethnic minority groups in the United States, including non-Hispanic blacks, underscoring the importance of raising community awareness of diabetes prevention. Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a critical role in extending our reach into communities to raise awareness of diabetes prevention. Systematic training and support are central to their work. Virtual approaches have been helpful in delivering training to overcome common participation barriers. One virtual approach, immersive three-dimensional (3D) virtual worlds (VW) offer a unique approach to providing remote training incorporating engaging interactive contextual learning opportunities. Objective: The overall aims were to implement and evaluate an internet-based 3D VW model to remotely deliver an adapted CHW training program on diabetes prevention awareness for racial/ethnic minority communities. Methods: A sequential mixed-methods design, including a pre-post pilot and explanatory phase, examined the #feasibility, acceptability, and impact of the virtual world training. Female CHWs who self-identified as African American/black/African Ancestry; between 21-65 years of age, fluent in English, and with risk factors for diabetes were recruited. CHW input was gathered to adapt a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s CHW diabetes prevention awareness training and the VW environment for this study. The final adapted training was standardized for delivery over 10 weeks. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected to examine acceptability, #feasibility, and impact of the training model. Primary quantitative pre-post outcomes included training content knowledge and confidence; and secondary behavioral outcomes included motivation for lifestyle change and eating habits. Focus group feedback was collected on acceptability and #feasibility during the explanatory phase. Quantitative descriptive and qualitative thematic analysis approaches were used to examine the acceptability, #feasibility, and impact of the virtual world training model. Results: A total of 26 CHWs initiated the study and 22 completed the post-assessment. Greater than 95% of participants, on average, felt that their expectations were met across all sessions and content topics. Participants generally felt satisfied with the information provided (94.8% rated very good-excellent) and reported high levels of interactivity in the training (73.6% rated very good-excellent). Results of the post-training acceptability and #feasibility quantitative survey and qualitative feedback were generally positive. Mean pre-post values improved across all quantitative outcomes for the VW training group (e.g., 92% improved in knowledge; 62-77% improved across eating habits measures). Explanatory focus group findings were generally positive, highlighting satisfaction with the overall training, its interactivity, and content. The main constructive feedback was related to providing more training and support in using the avatar. Conclusions: Preliminary findings on the acceptability, #feasibility, and preliminary impact of the VW training model are promising and support continued use, development, and research on this approach. Clinical Trial: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04161846; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04161846

Rest assured that this course will cover all relevant bases to make sure you have all the necessary skills to work with the Classic Akka modules: - Core Actors - Akka HTTP - Akka Persistence (intro) - Akka Remoting (Artery) and Cluster Primer (intro) - Akka Streams (intro) Note that this course does not cover Akka Typed.

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