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Advocacy for <strong>Health</strong> However, advocacy in CHPS is based on facts and what has worked well for other people. As committee members, one of your main responsibilities is to argue forcefully, using facts, to persuade community members to adopt healthy lifestyles based on evidence of strategies that promote health such as CHPS. The following exercise will assist us in practising advocacy, Exercise 3.2.1. Exercise 3.2.1: Demonstration Objective 1. To demonstrate how to advocate on an issue Time: 15 minutes Questions 1. What did you see? 2. What did you hear? 3. Is it happening in our community? 4. Why is it happening? 5. Have you experienced it? 6. What can we do about it? 7. What skills do you need to be able to advocate effectively? Skills and Techniques Needed for Advocacy Instructions to the Facilitator 1. Guide participants to role-play how they would advocate a community health issue such as the use of ITNs. 2. Use the SHOWED approach to process the role-play. 3. Discuss and help participants identify advocacy techniques. Every member of the VHC ought to have the skills to advocate effectively. To become a good advocate you have to be very informed about the issue you plan to advocate for. You should be able to identify advocacy issues. In addition, you should have the skills to meet and persuade the person who has the power to act on the issue. To meet leaders who have the power to act on an issue, the VHC can use a variety of settings to reach these leaders (Table 3.2.1). For example, if a village needs a pit latrine, a member of the VHC may discuss the issue with the District Chief Executive when he attends the village festival. Table 3.2.1: Ways of Meeting Leaders Formal settings Meetings, seminars Informal settings Festivals, public gatherings, funerals, naming ceremonies Indirectly Colleagues, friends, school mates, spouse, relatives Apart from identifying and meeting the person who has the power to act on the issue, the VHC members should be able to use the various advocacy techniques to persuade the person to act. Table 3.2.2 shows a list of various advocacy techniques the VHC can use to convince decision-makers to act on an issue. 159
Module 3 The Work of the <strong>Health</strong> Committee 160 Table 3.2.2: Techniques for effective advocacy 1. Identify yourself State your name and identify yourself. Provide other information about who you are if it is relevant to the issue 2. Be specific Clearly describe the issue and what should be done 3. Be confident You are more likely to be taken seriously if you are confident about what you are saying 4. Be polite Speak in a friendly, non-threatening manner. If you are rude your message will not be received 5. Be concise Keep it only to one issue. Communication that focuses strongly on one argument is the most effective 6. Be timely The day and time should be appropriate. Your message is more likely to be considered if it is immediately relevant 7. Be factual Make sure the information you provide is accurate so use facts and statistics 8. Identify your role People are more likely to assist if they know you are prepared to help in addressing the issue Topic 2 Advocacy for community health Advocacy for healthy living Every person wants to live a healthy and happy life. Yet we often adopt behaviours and lifestyles that do not promote this. If people have the right information, skills and resources they are more likely to change. Unfortunately, sometimes people may not have the information, skills or resources to enable them to change. As a result they would need members of VHCs to advocate on their behalf. Figure 3.2.1: A CHO taking district political leaders out on a transit walk through a community.
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