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 1 The CHPS Concept<br />
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Volunteers have to relate to the committee as a team and as their supervisors and partners.<br />
They also relate to VHC as individual community members and family. Volunteers also<br />
discuss the health programmes with VHC and implement them.<br />
Both the VHC and the CHV have to talk and discuss health issues with the CHO. They refer<br />
patients to the CHO. Along with community members they help keep the CHO compound<br />
clean and help with health education among other things.<br />
What comes across very clearly is that VHC members see volunteers as partners in the<br />
delivery of health care. The Committee helps elect the volunteers and exercise oversight<br />
responsibility over them. The VHC also gives them their job description and supervises their<br />
work. Together, VHC members and volunteers see each other as members of the same team<br />
working for the health of the people.<br />
The CHO acts as the health provider at the community level. The CHV/VHC report to the<br />
CHO on all health matters (Box 1.3.2). The CHO in turn reports to the sub district and<br />
district teams. Let’s draw this relationship.<br />
Figure 1.3.2: A CHO and a health committee discuss community health at a routine meeting.<br />
Exercise 1.3.3: Group work<br />
Objective<br />
1. To discuss how to relate with people at<br />
the community level<br />
Time: 10 minutes.<br />
Questions<br />
1. What roles do the CHV and VHC play<br />
when working with CHO that shows they<br />
are relating well?<br />
2. How do these relationships help with the<br />
work of the CHO and the volunteers?<br />
Instructions to the Facilitator<br />
1. Lead the volunteers in the<br />
discussions on how they have<br />
been relating to the CHO<br />
2. Assist participants to draw<br />
Figure 1.3.3 on a flip chart<br />
3. Use the suggestions below for<br />
the discussions<br />
4. Discuss the effects of the CHO<br />
and volunteers relating well.