Cloth Health Guides
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Cloth Health Guides
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Health workers will inform mothers, especially those
with limited education or who cannot read, using this series of washable,
easily transportable, and simple-to-use health guides. These
handkerchiefs with drawings, diagrams, and graphs, contain useful health
information, and will be distributed to health care providers throughout
Maharashtra. |
| Name: Expanded Use of Cloth Health Guides |
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| Theme: Health Workers Knowledge |
Region and Country: Maharashtra, India |
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Programme Activities:
Health workers will inform mothers, especially those with limited education
or who cannot read, using this series of washable, easily transportable, and
simple-to-use health guides. These handkerchiefs with drawings, diagrams, and
graphs, contain useful health information, and will be distributed to health
care providers throughout Maharashtra.
The text is structured to encourage an interactive dialogue about these
issues, rather than a lecture. Each illustration is accompanied by questions
to help encourage discussion, key information the audience should know, and
actions they should take. Designed for use in face-to-face counselling and
group education settings to help women learn about their health. It offers
clear, easy-to-understand information on how to stay healthy during
pregnancy, breastfeeding, and continuous feeding, rehydration solutions,
water disinfection methods, and more.
Intended Results:
These cloth guides will be designed and used by health workers and other who
counsel mothers. It can be used for one-to-one counselling or with a small
group. Mothers, especially illiterate and those with minimal education, will
be targeted with these guides which contain illustrations that encourage
discussion. These cloth guides will serve more useful than a flip chart
because they are easily washable, easily transportable, and simple to use.
Programme Management and Implementation:
The cloth guides will be distributed to local health workers, and they will
be provided with a short training on the purpose for the guides. The use and
implementation of the guides will be conducted by the health workers.
Programme Monitoring and Evaluation:
Health workers will monitor and evaluate mothers' reactions to the guides,
how well the guides encourage discussion, and eventually how well mothers are
retaining information taught through this device. They will also monitor and
evaluate the durability of the guides, and other practical issues associated
with the effectiveness of the guides.
Learning and Dissemination:
Related Resources:
January 2005 Series
1985 Series
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