Nutrition, Hygiene and Health Promotion Training - OCHANet
Nutrition, Hygiene and Health Promotion Training - OCHANet
Nutrition, Hygiene and Health Promotion Training - OCHANet
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<strong>Hygiene</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Promoter.- plenary presentations by each group- discuss <strong>and</strong> summarise: stress the importance of integration between the sectors as health is a holistic /multidimensionalissue.Trainers guides: key informationExplain to the <strong>Nutrition</strong>, <strong>Hygiene</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Promoters that the health, WASH <strong>and</strong> nutrition team can work effectivelytogether as a team. Some of the things that would need to come out in the integration would include:Development of common team goals <strong>and</strong> objectivesDevelop joint work plans when realisticsystematic sharing of information on public health issuesPlan for joint field visits <strong>and</strong> training where possibleDevelop shared monitoring <strong>and</strong> reporting systemsConduct joint meetingsKey Learning Points:The aim of <strong>Nutrition</strong>, <strong>Hygiene</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Promotion</strong> interventions is to contribute to improved child carepractices so as to prevent childhood diseases, since majority of these diseases are preventable. The precede/proceed theory provides us with a frame work for behaviour change in public healthprogramming. This has proven to have positive results in such interventions, <strong>and</strong> as such is the theory utilisedin the hygiene improvement framework. emphasize the importance of enabling health practices <strong>and</strong> ensure that participants are aware that<strong>Nutrition</strong>, <strong>Hygiene</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Promotion</strong> is not just about passing messages but rather enhancingappropriate behaviour change. Stress the importance of co-ordination between sectors to achieve impact on health especially on theincidence of diarrhoea, malnutrition. Immunizable diseases as well as other water <strong>and</strong> sanitation relateddiseases such as acute watery diarrhoea, cholera etc. Within the WASH sector, Engineers <strong>and</strong> hygiene promoters must work together to ensure that themaximum benefit from the intervention is achieved. <strong>Hygiene</strong> promoters must inform engineers ofcommunity feedback <strong>and</strong> engineers must be prepared to clarify <strong>and</strong> use this feedback to inform the design<strong>and</strong> siting of facilities etc.<strong>Nutrition</strong>, <strong>Hygiene</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Promotion</strong> <strong>Training</strong>: <strong>Training</strong> for Trainers Guide April 2012 13
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