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Table 18 Examples of <strong>HRH</strong> <strong>in</strong>itiative address<strong>in</strong>g socio-cultural considerations <strong>in</strong> the<br />

community<br />

Initiative focus Details Context Reference<br />

Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

Cultural tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

Gender tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> support of ANMs to work <strong>in</strong> tribal<br />

areas <strong>and</strong> work with the community<br />

Course to improve provider <strong>and</strong> women<br />

relationships & communication to improve<br />

abortion care. In-service gender tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g to<br />

strengthen awareness amongst health providers<br />

Karnataka<br />

India<br />

South<br />

Africa<br />

(Intra<strong>Health</strong> 2008)<br />

(Varkey 2006)<br />

Gender sensitivity Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g & tools <strong>in</strong> FP & RH Global (Intra<strong>Health</strong>/Prime<br />

II Project 2003)<br />

Communication<br />

tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

Socio-cult tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

Counsell<strong>in</strong>g tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

Comprehensive counsell<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong> RH course, Part<br />

II focus<strong>in</strong>g on providers attitudes & provision of<br />

care to specific client groups (unmarried women,<br />

men, adolescents)<br />

designed to improve gender <strong>and</strong> culturally<br />

sensitive care among provider teams <strong>in</strong> SRH<br />

With reference to socio-cult b/g of clients <strong>in</strong> *FP<br />

*Adolescent MRH<br />

Field tested<br />

Bangladesh<br />

, Kenya,<br />

Jordan,<br />

Ghana<br />

(Engender<strong>Health</strong><br />

2003)<br />

Bolivia (FHI 1998)<br />

Global (ESD Project 2008)<br />

(FCI 2008)<br />

FGM tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Professional & ethical implications of FGM Global (WHO 2001)<br />

Tools<br />

Materials<br />

culturally relevant materials <strong>for</strong> midwives<br />

counsell<strong>in</strong>g<br />

(ESD Project 2008)<br />

Selection & recruitment<br />

Female health<br />

workers<br />

PHE as commercial<br />

sex workers (CSW)<br />

Ensure adequate numbers of female workers to<br />

provided socially legitimate ways of discuss<strong>in</strong>g<br />

reproductive health issues with female clients<br />

Significant changes <strong>in</strong> knowledge, attitudes, &<br />

self-efficacy of CSWs & managers &<br />

improvement <strong>in</strong> STI cl<strong>in</strong>ic attendance<br />

Thail<strong>and</strong> (Cash 1997;<br />

Velasco 1997)<br />

Philipp<strong>in</strong>es (UNAIDS 1999)<br />

Case studies: Examples of community <strong>and</strong> health workers work<strong>in</strong>g together<br />

A number of <strong>in</strong>itiatives <strong>and</strong> approaches can work to ensure <strong>HRH</strong> <strong>in</strong>volvement <strong>and</strong><br />

community mobalisation. This can <strong>in</strong>clude the development of participatory plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong><br />

evaluation methods, harness<strong>in</strong>g exist<strong>in</strong>g or develop<strong>in</strong>g new community structures such as<br />

village health committees (VHC), establish<strong>in</strong>g new cadres of worker to better l<strong>in</strong>k the<br />

community <strong>and</strong> health services as well as supervis<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g lay health workers.<br />

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