PRA toolkit sample.pdf - Training and Research Support Centre

MODULE 4:
PEOPLE CENTRED HEALTH SYSTEMS.
Activity 15: Identifying organizations that support health at community level. 48
– Spider diagram
Activity 16: Understanding the health system from the community perspective. 49
– Human sculpture
Activity 17: To explore how community groups and health workers work together 51
to meet community health needs. – Stepping Stones
Activity 18: To establish levels of community participation in different areas of health 53
systems. – Wheel chart
Activity 19: Understanding and strengthening community interactions 55
with health services. – Role play
Activity 20: To establish organizations that exist at community level and who they 59
include. – Stakeholder mapping
Activity 21: To explore how health resources in the community are being shared. 62
– Resource pockets
Activity 22: To review the features of community resource mobilization. – Case study 63
MODULE 5:
COMMUNITY ACTIONS IN PLANNING AND ORGANISING HEALTH
SYSTEMS
Activity 23: To explore the extent to which local mechanisms have the power to 70
influence decisions in health. – The Rifkin diagram
Activity 24: How effectively are community views used in planning? 72
– Incomplete stories
Activity 25: How do communities monitor the effectiveness of health services? 73
– Community exit interviews
Activity 26: How do people and health workers communicate with each other? 75
– Johari’s window
Activity 27: Demonstrating a simple budget. – Question and answer 78
Activity 28: Bringing community priorities into health budgets. – Market place 80
CONTENTS: Participatory Methods for a People-Centred Health System
MODULE 6:
BRINGING COMMUNITY VOICE TO NATIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVEL
Activity 29: To show interests affecting health from community to global level. 86
– Picture case study
Activity 30: To discuss opportunities for effective community engagement with 90
parliaments. –‘From the horses mouth’
Activity 31: Developing an advocacy plan. – Meeting the challenge 92
MODULE 7:
LESSONS LEARNED AND NEXT STEPS
Activity 32: Identifying next steps. – Preparing work plans 98
Activity 33: Evaluation. – Ballots in the hat 99
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