Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council

Figure 1.2.2: A Ghanaian village
Exercise 1.2.4: Role play
Objective
To role-play effective
communication at the
community level
Questions
How you would handle:
1. Auntie Ama?
2. Auntie Ama’s husband?
3. What advice would you
give to both of them?
Case study 1.2.1
Communication Skills
Instructions to the Facilitator
1. Read Auntie Ama’s story in Case Study 1.2.1
to volunteers and guide them to role play the
scenarios below
2. Guide volunteers to role play the scenario
3. Guide participants to use the approach to
sharpen their communication skills
4. Choose any essential health issue. (Refer to
the ‘Community Health Issues’ in Module1
Unit 2 Topic 1 Box 1.2.2 for this exercise)
5. Prepare one group of participants to role-play
demonstrating
• poor communication
• effective communication
6. Let participants observe and process the
role-play using the ‘SHOWED’ Approach.
Auntie Ama and her husband
Auntie Ama has informed you that recently, there have been a lot of quarrels between
her and her husband. The issue is that she has been turning down her husband’s sexual
advances for fear of becoming pregnant. They have five children, the fifth one is six
months old. She comes to you upset, seeking your advice and support.
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