Training on Community Health and Nutrition

Training on Community Health and Nutrition

About the Program

In most developing countries the majority of the population the rural population especially-does not receive even the most basic health care or any nutritional advice. Malnutrition usually stems from poverty and from ignorance of what are the right foods to eat. At the same time it increases the problems caused by the lack of health care because it weakens the body’s defense against disease. This training is aimed at building the skills of the participants to efficiently offer nutrition services to communities, linking them to care and referral. This is expected to empower communities to make informed choices to ensure healthy eating and lifestyles.

Program Objectives

By the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Describe the relationship between nutrition, health and
  development
• Understand the classification of food into different food
  groups
• Understand household food security
• Describe the different nutritional requirements for each
  lifecycle stage
• Know to conduct growth monitoring.
• Understand the different types of malnutrition
• Carry out community nutrition counselling
• Carry out nutrition assessment.

Target Audience

This course is aimed at health managers, community health workers, community health volunteers, nutritionists, development practitioners and other health professionals who are responsible for enhancing community health.

Training Period

• Classroom: 5 Days
• Online 7 Days

The Expedition
Module 1:1 Food Diet and Nutrition
• Food, nutrition and nutrients
• Different nutrients for different foodstuffs
• Balanced diet and child feeding
• Food and nutrition security

1:2 Nutrients and their sources
• Classification of essential nutrients
• Main nutrients
• Micro nutrients
• A balanced diet

Module 2:1 Nutrition Requirements throughout the Life- Cycle

• Introduction to the life-cycle & lifecycle stages:
  Cohort 1 Pregnancy and new born (up to 28 days)
  Cohort 2 Early childhood (29 days -59 months)
  Cohort 3 Children and Youth (5-19 years)
  Cohort 4 Adults (20 -59 years)
  Cohort 5 Elderly (over 60 years)

2:2 Infant and Young Child Feeding

• Global and national recommendations for child feeding during
  the first 24 months
• Benefits of breastfeeding for the baby
• Benefits of breastfeeding for the mother
• Benefits of breastfeeding for the family
• Benefits of breastfeeding for the community

Module 3:1 Food Safety, Storage & Preservation

• The concept of food safety and hygiene
• Food storage and preservation

3:2 Nutrition Assessment Methods

• Anthropometry
• Biochemical/biophysical methods
• Clinical methods

Module 4:1 Common Community Nutrition Problems

• Types of malnutrition
• Common forms of malnutrition
• Classification of malnutrition
• Consequences of malnutrition in community

4:2 Micronutrients Deficiency

• The importance of micronutrients and their deficiencies
• Causes of micronutrient deficiency
• Strategies to control for micronutrients deficiency

Module 5:1 Household Food Security

• Core concepts of food security
• Chronic and acute food insecurity
• Causes of household food insecurity

5:2 Nutrition Education and Counselling

• Behaviour change communication
• Stages of behaviour change
• Nutrition behaviour change communication