Community Health Workers Training Namulaba

TRAINING OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW)

(Adopted from notes taken during CHW Training in Namulaba by Dr Sam Kalibala)

INTRODUCTION
The course is supposed to take place for 6 months and will take place every First Monday of
every month.
After completion of the course the participants will be awarded with certificates but the training
is expected to continue going on as other courses will come on.

The agenda of the training

Every training day we shall have a facilitator on a given topic(s).
After that it will be a participatory discussion.
Today being the first day one of the topics is about Community Health Workers
The participatory discussion will be about outcomes from community seminars that were held.

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER

Who is a community Health worker?

1. A responsible member of the society.

2. A person who has knowledge on disease, its cause, and how it can be prevented.
3. A person who can advise members of the community about disease, prevention and
where to find care.
4. A community health worker is a person who is approachable to the community.
5. He /she is a person who is welcoming and who poses all the communication skills.

HEALTH
What is Health?

Its not just the absence of disease but its the complete wellbeing: 1) physically, 2) emotionally,
and 3) socially.
The body, mind and person to person interaction should be in harmony to attain good health.
When one of the three aspects of health isnt satisfied it will bring an imbalance thus leading to
poor health.
As a community health worker you are expected to explore all these circles in order to help your
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clients attain good health.

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 DISEASES
Infectious Diseases

What are the various contacts which cause/transmit disease?

How can we prevent further transmission of diseases through air?

How can we prevent further transmission of diseases through air?

How can we reduce or prevent the spread of body contact diseases in humans?

Diseases which are not infectious

We have been discussing communicable diseases that are transmitted due to physical contact to
one another.
Another type of diseases are the non communicable diseases these are brought about as a
result of the peoples life styles or behavior.
Please give examples of such diseases

What are the causes of blood pressure?

What should be done to reduce such disease?

What else brings about pressure?

How do the fatty foods affect the body?

What can we do as community health workers to prevent blood pressure?

What other diseases do affect the human body as a result of behavior?

What brings ulcers?

What can we do in the community as community health workers?

How can we manage diabetes as a disease?

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