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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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