Health Worker Education and Training: Selected Resources
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Raising Awareness for Reproductive Health in Complex Emergencies: A Training Manual
Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium (2002)
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The overall purpose of this Training Manual is to raise awareness of and build support for RH programming in refugee situations. The Manual covers the following topics: Overview of RH, RH in emergency situations, Minimum Initial Services Package (MISP), Overview of comprehensive RH services, Key components of RH services for refugees, Coordination and collaboration in programming, Gender and adolescent issues, and Action planning.
Subject Categories: All Curricula | Integrated Reproductive Health | Refugees & Conflict
Reaching Men to Improve Reproductive Health for All Implementation Guide
USAID (2003)
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This Implementation Guide illustrates examples of how to develop, implement, and evaluate reproductive health (RH) programs that involve men with a gender-sensitive perspective - that is, in ways that promote gender equity and improve health outcomes for men and women. These program examples were presented at the conference, Reaching Men to Improve Reproductive Health for All, held in Dulles, Virginia in September 2003.
Subject Categories: Gender | Integrated Reproductive Health | Men's Reproductive Health
Reducing Maternal Deaths: Selecting Priorities, Tracking Progress. Distance Learning Courses on Population Issues, Course 6
UNFPA (2000)
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This course provides an in-depth analysis of a strategic approach to reducing the continued high rate of maternal mortality in many developing countries. Central to this, as discussed in the first module, is an understanding of the causes of maternal mortality and of the need to make emergency obstetric care accessible to all pregnant women who develop complications. The second module explains how to use process indicators to monitor progress in expanding access to emergency obstetric care. The course also provides guidance on analyzing and developing safe motherhood policy and programs, assessing needs, prioritizing interventions in terms of cost-effectiveness, and monitoring programs.
Subject Categories: All Curricula | Maternal & Newborn Care
Reducing Stigma and Discrimination Related to HIV and AIDS: Training for Health Care Workers
EngenderHealth (2004)
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A two-volume curriculum offering a unique training opportunity for health workers in countries hardest hit by the AIDS pandemic. The training course guides health workers through an investigation of the root causes of stigma and discrimination while helping them to understand their own attitudes about HIV, AIDS, and individuals affected by these conditions and how these attitudes might affect the care they offer. The training also provides a review of clients' rights in receiving health care services, information about the use of standard precautions and proper infection prevention techniques to help minimize the risk of occupational exposure to HIV, and guidance in developing action plans to help the participants put what they have learned into practice at their service settings.
Includes Trainer's Manual and Participant's Handbook
Subject Categories: Community Health | HIV/AIDS, STIs & Tuberculosis
Refugee Health: An Approach to Emergency Situations
Médecins Sans Frontières (1997)
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This book is a collective accomplishment of the different sections of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and has been written to consolidate the broad experience of MSF in refugee programs. It deals with refugees and internally displaced persons, and what a health agency can do to relieve their plight. It focuses on policies rather than on practical aspects and is meant to act as a guide to decision-makers.
Subject Categories: Refugees & Conflict
Refugee Reproductive Health Needs Assessment Field Tools Website
Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium. (2000)
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Five reproductive health needs assessments tools have been developed. These are: Refugee Leader Questions; Group Discussion Questions; Survey (for analysis by computer); Survey (for analysis by hand); and Health Facility Questionnaire and Checklist. The purpose of these tools is to assist relief workers in refugee and displaced person settings in gathering information to assess attitudes toward reproductive health practices and local medical practices/policies, the extent of needed service and the degree to which current services provide what is needed.
Subject Categories: Integrated Reproductive Health | Refugees & Conflict
Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations: An Interagency Field Manual
UNFPA (1999)
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The Field Manual supports the delivery of quality RH services. Technical standards included in the Field Manual are those set by the World Health Organization. In several important areas, the Field Manual provides programmatic direction with frequent reference to additional resource materials that should be obtained and used to ensure comprehensive and reliable RH services for refugees. Field managers of health services in refugee situations are the primary audience for the Field Manual. Community-services officers, protection officers and others working to meet the needs of refugee women, young people and men should also benefit from the guidance offered in the Field Manual.
Subject Categories: Integrated Reproductive Health | Refugees & Conflict
Reproductive Health Model Curriculum, 2nd Edition
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) (2004)
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A comprehensive, 7-module resource designed to assist educators, students, and health care providers with improving reproductive health education and services. As an adaptable teaching tool, the Curriculum can be used in medical schools, nursing schools, physician assistant programs, residency training programs, and as an in-service training tool to strengthen the services of practicing health care providers. The Curriculum emphasizes improving provider-patient communication skills and cultural competence, with special attention paid to psychosocial, psychological, and demographic factors in relation to reproductive health care. The Curriculum, 2nd Edition, includes new information as well as updated medical content and links to thousands of resources. Also included are examples of Curriculum use, a bibliography, and an extensive list of organizational resources in reproductive health.
Subject Categories: All Curricula | Integrated Reproductive Health
Reproductive Health of Young Adults
FHI Contraceptive Technology and RH Series modules
Family Health International (2003)
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The Contraceptive Technology and Reproductive Health Series modules are designed to meet the continuing educational needs of family planning practitioners, program managers, and policymakers in resource-constrained settings by providing information on contraceptive technology and reproductive health. These modules may be used individually for a self-study program or as training presentations for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, or other trained health care personnel. This module is designed to increase the awareness and understanding of the reproductive health needs of young adults among policy-makers, program directors, program planners, and health care providers.
Subject Categories: Adolescent Health | All Curricula
Reproductive Health Training for Primary Providers: a SourceBook for Curriculum Development
IntraHealth International (1997)
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The SourceBook is a unique, modular trainers' resource that provides practical solutions for developing a curriculum for training primary providers to offer high-quality, client-oriented, integrated reproductive health (RH) care services. The SourceBook was developed by PRIME with contributions from IntraHealth International, ACNM, Ipas and PATH. Each module is based on a specific reproductive health job and includes detailed information regarding major tasks of that job, the knowledge and skills required to complete the task, and assessment tools to evaluate the knowledge and skills. The modules also include references to other resources and extensive cross-references to related RH topics in other modules.
Subject Categories: All Curricula | Education & Training Methods | Integrated Reproductive Health
