H2P Leader's Guide: Teaching Preventive Messages about Influenza
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Offered by the Humanitarian Pandemic Preparedness (H2P) Initiative, this guidebook describes a session to be used by district- or provincial-level trainers to teach community representatives, community health responders, and district and community leaders the "Four Flu-Fighting Behaviors" (Keep your distance, Wash your hands, Cover coughs and sneezes, and Separate the sick) and how to mobilise the community to use them. The suggested time to conduct the complete training session as outlined here is between 3 hours and 4 hours and 45 minutes, if all optional activities are included.
The guide details the elements of the interactive training session, which include pre- and post-tests, charades game, teach-back, mapping, brainstorming, and group discussions.
Several components of the training may be adapted, depending on the audience. For instance, in addition to written version of the pre-test (to assess familiarity with messages to prevent the spread of influenza), a "show of hands" version is available for low-literate participants, if pencils/paper are not available, or if time is very limited. And in the mapping exercise, if it is not possible to provide paper/pencils for each participant so that they can make their own maps, a chalkboard could also work, or a map can be made in the dirt using sticks, stones, and other items.
Launched in 2007 by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the H2P Initiative is an effort to reduce the risk of excess mortality from an influenza pandemic in over 25 countries with a focus on humanitarian coordination and community-level preparedness. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the overall coordinating agency, with participation by the CORE Group, InterAction, and AI.COMM (managed by the Academy for Educational Development, or AED). The United Nations (UN) agencies focus on national-level planning with governments and official technical and operational guidance around pandemic influenza.
The guide details the elements of the interactive training session, which include pre- and post-tests, charades game, teach-back, mapping, brainstorming, and group discussions.
Several components of the training may be adapted, depending on the audience. For instance, in addition to written version of the pre-test (to assess familiarity with messages to prevent the spread of influenza), a "show of hands" version is available for low-literate participants, if pencils/paper are not available, or if time is very limited. And in the mapping exercise, if it is not possible to provide paper/pencils for each participant so that they can make their own maps, a chalkboard could also work, or a map can be made in the dirt using sticks, stones, and other items.
Launched in 2007 by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the H2P Initiative is an effort to reduce the risk of excess mortality from an influenza pandemic in over 25 countries with a focus on humanitarian coordination and community-level preparedness. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the overall coordinating agency, with participation by the CORE Group, InterAction, and AI.COMM (managed by the Academy for Educational Development, or AED). The United Nations (UN) agencies focus on national-level planning with governments and official technical and operational guidance around pandemic influenza.
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Number of Pages
22
Source
Humanitarian Pandemic Preparedness (H2P) Initiative website, February 10 2010.
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