Participatory Learning and Action: Tools for Community Development

Course Content
Community empowerment & participation are crucial in order to achieve sustainability of any community health programme. This course will provide students with the opportunity to develop skills in participatory learning and action (PLA) methods and to understand and apply the theoretical foundations of PLA to primary health care. Topics include: Theoretical perspectives (e.g.critical theory); PLA methods (e.g. ranking, community mapping, time lines, Venn diagrams, visioning),; case stuties.

Learning objectives, training objectives
• Differentiate the principles of underlying participatory, collaborative & action-oriented approaches
• Critique examples in the application in terms of culture, gender & human rights
• Apply PLA methods to conceptual management approaches

Target Audience
Public health practitioners, medical doctors, nurses, policy makers, programme/project planners, managers, paramedical staff, social scientists, educators

Qualifications
English proficiency

Certifications
University of Heidelberg; tropEd

Local Organizer
Short Courses in International Health Programme

Notes
Registration deadline:none - first come, first serve; please keep in mind the time you need for travel and visa arrangements.

Ms. Nandita Rothermund