Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council
Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council
Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council
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Module 3 The Work of the <strong>Health</strong> Committee<br />
Topic 4 <strong>Training</strong> of health volunteers (VHC, CHV)<br />
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<strong>Training</strong> of Volunteers<br />
When we mention health volunteers we normally refer to both the health committee and<br />
the health volunteers. Though they perform slightly different tasks, their training needs are<br />
virtually the same. This is so because a community health volunteer can become a health<br />
committee member and vice versa. In some communities the distinction is very clear and a<br />
volunteer may be the secretary to the health committee and take part in their deliberations.<br />
<strong>Training</strong> is a very important means of giving volunteers new knowledge and skills to do their<br />
work. The district health authorities train the VHCs and CHVs on preventive and limited<br />
curative health care. Exercise 3.1.3 will help identify the training needs of volunteers.<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Volunteers are trained in various aspects of primary health care so that they can<br />
help improve access to low-cost essential drugs and services. Their training includes:<br />
IPT for pregnant women, birth preparedness, care of the new born, breast feeding and<br />
complementary feeding, anti-malarial drug dosage and usage, proper use of ITNs, and home<br />
based care for malaria. In order to know the kind of training volunteers need, it is important<br />
to review what the volunteer does and what they are not supposed to do.<br />
Exercise 3.1.3: Brainstorm<br />
Objective<br />
1. To know the training needs of<br />
volunteers<br />
Time: 10 Minutes<br />
Question<br />
1. What are some of the things you<br />
would like to be trained in as a<br />
volunteer?<br />
Dos and Don’ts of Volunteers<br />
Instructions to the Facilitator<br />
1. Read the statements in the<br />
Box 3.1.3 (Do’s and Don’ts of<br />
a volunteer) and let participants<br />
answer Yes or No.<br />
2. Use the Do’s (Yes) list to assist<br />
in coming up with the training<br />
needs of volunteers.<br />
Volunteers are selected and trained for specific health work. Anything beyond them they<br />
must refer. Box 3.1.3 is the list of things CHV can and cannot do.