Guide for Community Assessments on Women's Health Care - ICRW

Chapter C:
Facilitating <strong>Community</strong>
Assessment Workshops
Introduction
This chapter explains how to conduct both a one-day community workshop <strong>for</strong> each stakeholder
group (the workshops are basically the same <strong>for</strong> all groups; variations are indicated in each session as
appropriate) and a joint workshop at the end, where all four stakeholder groups meet together. In the
final workshop (Day 5), the four groups share their findings, work together on problem solving and
develop recommendations <strong>for</strong> action.
The agenda <strong>for</strong> the one-day workshop is as follows:
Session Assessment Topic or Activity Tool/Method Group*
1 Introductions and Breaking the Ice Group Discussion All groups
2 Thinking about Women’s Health Life Cycle Exercise All groups
3 Identifying Women’s Health Problems Body Mapping All except
community leaders
4 Identifying Health Services and Gaps <strong>Community</strong> Mapping All groups
5 Women’s Experience of Health Services Drama Women’s groups
6 Problem Analysis and Problem Solving Group Discussion All groups
7 Evaluation, Follow up and Closing Cardstorm and Circle All groups
*The community assessment on women’s health includes four one-day workshops with each of the following stakeholder
groups: HIV-positive women, HIV-negative and untested women, service providers, and community leaders. The final
(5th) workshop brings all four groups together.
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