Table 1 Topics of community workshops led by health animators
Category | Workshop/topica | Learning objective | |
|---|---|---|---|
A. Introduction | 1 | Vision and commitment on malaria | Change of mind-set with regard to malaria control |
2 | Participatory evaluation | Able to evaluate current situation, regarding malaria prevention | |
B. Malaria basics | 3 | Malaria transmission cycle | Able to describe how the malaria parasite is transmitted |
4 | Malaria signs and symptoms | Able to explain the signs, symptoms and burden of malaria | |
| Â | 5 | Malaria diagnosis | Able to explain the importance of early diagnosis and treatment |
| Â | 6 | Malaria treatment and compliance | Able to explain importance of early treatment and compliance |
| Â | 7 | Malaria prevention | Able to outline the available strategies for malaria prevention |
C. Bed nets | 8 | Biting behaviour of mosquito vector | Able to describe biting behaviour and self-protection measures |
9 | Bed net hang-up | Demonstrate skills in proper hang-up of bed net | |
| Â | 10 | Bed net distribution | Able to describe purpose and mechanism of bed net distribution |
| Â | 11 | Bed net use | Demonstrate skills in correct use of bed net to optimize protection |
| Â | 12 | Bed net maintenance and repair | Demonstrate skills in proper maintenance, repair, of bed nets |
D. Various | 13 | Life-cycle and breeding of the vector | Able to describe mosquito life-cycle and breeding sites |
| Â | 14 | Recognizing the mosquitoes | Able to distinguish adult malaria mosquitoes |
| Â | 15 | Risks of contracting malaria parasite | Able to analyze local risk factors of infection |
| Â | 16 | Vulnerable groups | Able to describe vulnerability of pregnant women, young children |
| Â | 17 | Case management, severe malaria | Able to recognize severe malaria, need for hospital admission |
| Â | 18 | Community and health system | Able to explain health system structure and community linkage |
| Â | 19 | Mother and infant care | Able to explain role of mother to recognize severe illness in infants |
| Â | 20 | Malaria prevention (repeat) | See (7) |
| Â | 21 | Bed net maintenance, repair (repeat) | See (12) |
E. Community | 22 | Community-wide malaria control | Able to explain need for collective action, identify players |
23 | Problem analysis | Able to identify problems, causes and effects | |
| Â | 24 | Community action planning | Able to develop a plan of collective actions to control malaria |
| Â | 25 | Songs and drama | Able to explain the role of songs and drama for awareness raising |
| Â | 26 | Participatory evaluation | Able to evaluate progress made, regarding malaria prevention |