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Unit 6 Assisting the CHO to Provide Services Introduction The Community Health Officer provides services in the home, during outreach, and at the community health compound. The services include treatment of minor ailments, as well as antenatal and postnatal care. Volunteers have various roles to play in all these settings. In Unit 1 of this module we discussed the role of the volunteer during a home visit. In this unit you will learn about the roles of CHV in assisting the CHO to provide services at the community health compound and during outreach programmes and how to perform these roles effectively. Module Objectives Unit Objectives Unit Topics By the end of this Unit participants will be able to; 1. Organising outreach programmes 1. Describe the volunteer’s role in assisting the 2. Role of CHV during outreach CHO during 3. Role of CHV at the Community Health Com 2. outreach programmes 3. Describe the volunteer’s role in assisting the CHO at the facility level Keywords and phrases Mobilise, target groups, weighing, vaccination, outreach Topic 1 Organising outreach programmes Figure 4.6.1 CHOs and volunteers work closely together to promote community health Outreach means “reaching out”. An outreach program is the act of extending health services or health benefits to a wider section of the population, usually the unreached. Box 4.6.1 summarises key activities that are done before, during, and after outreach programmes. 225
Module 4 The work of Community Health Volunteers 226 Box 4.6.1: Key activities during outreach Preparing for outreach • Discuss with CHO the venue, time and materials needed • Send information to community • Gather materials - benches, tables, water, etc • Package materials for outreach session During outreach • Set up venue • Mobilise community members • Record information in Child Record Book • Give health talks • Guide community members to take part in service delivery • Thank local community people After outreach • Pack and tidy up the place after outreach session • Tally information/data into notebook • Evaluate outreach session Topic 2 Role of CHV during outreach As discussed earlier, the volunteer plays a role in outreach services when the CHO goes on visit to deliver health services (e.g. home visits, ANC, FP). Here the volunteer’s role is to mobilise community members to participate in health delivery activities such as child welfare activities and RCH service delivery. Figure 4.6.2 Part of the duties of a volunteer is to assist the CHO organise ‘outreaches’ Exercise 4.6.1 Objective 1. To discuss the role of volunteers during outreach Time: 10 minutes Question 1. What role should volunteers play in promoting RCH services during outreach? Instructions to the Facilitator 1. Put participants into groups of 5. 2. Let each group list activities that a volunteer does during an outreach. 3. Discuss at plenary and agree on key activities volunteers should do.
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Preface iv The Community-based Heal
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