. Session 1.7 Nutrition and Health Education

Transcript:. Session 1.7 Nutrition and Health Education:
. Session 1.7 Nutrition and Health Education Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery Training Course for Facility-Based Health Providers By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Define ‘nutrition and health education’ Describe the benefits of effective nutrition and health education Describe channels for providing nutrition and health education to communities Describe the qualities of effective nutrition and health talks Identify steps for organizing and facilitating a nutrition and health talk Session Objectives Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 2 What are nutrition and health education talks? Group Discussion Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 3 A form of social and behaviour change communication Any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve their nutrition and/or health by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes (adapted from WHO) The development of individual, group, institutional, community, and systemic strategies to improve knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviour that contribute to improved nutrition and/or health An interactive meeting in which a health worker or community volunteer talks with a group of individuals in a community on a topic relevant to the nutrition and health issues of that community Nutrition and Health Education Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 4 Increased awareness of services available at the facility and in the community Potential for dispelling rumours/myths Opportunity to learn about the needs and expectations of a community so they can be addressed Increased community ownership of programs and increased cooperation Stronger linkages between health facility and community, helping ensure continuum of care Improved care-seeking practices Nutrition and Health Education: Benefits Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 5 What are some ways that health education can be provided? Group Discussion Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 6 Channels and Considerations Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 7 Adapted from C-Change 2012 What is the facilitator’s role when giving a health talk? What are the qualities of a good health talk? What are the challenges to facilitating health talks well? How can these challenges be overcome? Brainstorm: Qualities of Effective Nutrition and Health Education Talks Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 8 What do you do to prepare for nutrition and health talks? Organizing and Facilitating Effective Nutrition