Participatory Learning and Action: Tools for Community Development

Contenuti (corsi)
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.

Obiettivi didattici, obiettivi del training
• 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

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

Prerequisiti
English proficiency

Certificazioni
University of Heidelberg; tropEd

Organizzatori regionali
Short Courses in International Health Programme

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

Ms. Nandita Rothermund