This tool provides a training structure to improve the quality of health care at the dispensary level through training nurses. This document also aims to build capacity of the community committees emphasizing proper management of dispensaries and to incorporate management into the role of the dispensary nurses. … [Read more...] about Preparing Nurses for Facility Management
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Community-Driven Tools for Data Collection and Decision Making: The PISA Action Guide
The PARTICIPATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPRAISAL (PISA) Action Guide systematically introduces and explains the concepts and strategies needed to make well informed, data-based decisions while empowering key stakeholders in the process. The action guide outlines team preparation activities, data collection methods, data analysis and action planning, and team learning & … [Read more...] about Community-Driven Tools for Data Collection and Decision Making: The PISA Action Guide
How to Mobilize Communities for Health and Social Change
This field guide is designed for health program directors and managers of community-based programs who are considering using community mobilization to improve health at the individual, family, and community level. The field guide contains illustrative examples and lessons learned in community mobilization experiences from around the world, focusing on working with disadvantaged … [Read more...] about How to Mobilize Communities for Health and Social Change
CRS Guide to Working with Volunteers
Volunteers are essential to many organizations. This guide is designed to help country programs address programmatic issues surrounding volunteer engagement such as: roles and responsibilities, incentives, recruitment, training and supervision. It includes checklists, tools and frameworks that can be adapted to local contexts to help organizations standardize how they work with … [Read more...] about CRS Guide to Working with Volunteers