Training of Roma Health Mediators in Reproductive Health

• Sufficiently interesting to attract and maintain group attention
• Adapted to the location
Emphasize the importance of:
• Collecting and organizing visual aids in advance
• Practicing using the visual aides in advance (if necessary)
6. How can I evaluate the effectiveness of my session? Short term? Long term?
Short term, by:
• The number of people and level of participation/expressed interest
• The quality of responses to questions posed
Long term, by:
• Changes in people’s behavior
Add that:
• During the session, the mediator can:
o Observe the group to see if the subject interests them and if they understand the
message.
o Ask open questions to assess what women have learned/what the message meant
to them.
o Ask a member of the group to resume what has been said.
• After the session, the mediator should:
o Note if the number of people attending future sessions increases.
o Note if people seek additional information
o Ask herself if the group does what she anticipated in her objective for the
session.
o Ask herself: "How can I improve?"
III.
USING GROUP DISCUSSION (40 minutes)
Explain that participants will prepare and facilitate group education sessions, using group
discussion as their method.
Explain that you are going to demonstrate how to conduct an educational session using
group discussion (15 minutes).
[Note to trainer:
• The following example of a group discussion is simply an outline. When you
demonstrate such a discussion with the participants, you will very likely ask
additional relevant questions; and the group may well ask interesting questions
and/or add other information that is not included in this brief outline.
• As indicated in the principles for preparing an educational session, the questions
listed under “3” below represent the main themes of the message and serve to:
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RFHI/JSI Romania Training of RHMs in Reproductive Health Session 15: Group Education