A Positive Deviance/Hearth Nutrition Program (PD/Hearth) is a home- and neighborhood-based nutrition program for children who are at risk for protein-energy malnutrition in developing countries. The program uses the “positive deviance” approach to identify those behaviors practiced by the mothers or caretakers of well-nourished children from low-resource families and to transfer such positive practices to others in the community with …
The Household and Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (HH/C-IMCI) Framework: A FacilitatorÕs Guide for Conducting Country Meetings on HH/C-IMCI
The purpose of this guide is to assist NGOs, ministries of health, and bilateral and multi-lateral organizations in implementing a two-and-a-half-day workshop on household and community IMCI (HH/C-IMCI).
The Household and Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (HH/C-IMCI) Framework: A Facilitator’s Guide for Conducting Country Meetings on HH/C-IMCI
The purpose of this guide is to assist NGOs, ministries of health, and bilateral and multi-lateral organizations in implementing a two-and-a-half-day workshop on household and community IMCI (HH/C-IMCI).
Child Survival and Health Grants Program Technical Reference Materials
Technical Reference Materials (TRMs) are a series of modules designed to reflect the essential elements to be considered when implementing the given intervention or strategy—important resources that CSHGP grantees should consult when planning their interventions. The TRMs are also the standard technical materials for USAID Population Health and Nutrition Officers around the globe. The TRMs are regularly updated with state-of-the-art …
Community Case Management Essentials: A Guide for Program Managers
Known as community case management (CCM) of sick children, this approach utilizes trained and supervised community members linked to facility-based services to deliver life-saving interventions for sick children, in partnership with their families. Health program managers are introduced to the basics and readers are guided through the process of designing and managing a high-quality CCM program.
Nutrition Program Design Assistant: A Tool For Program Planners
This tool includes a workbook and reference guide and is designed to help program planning teams—including those designing Child Survival and Health Grants Program or Title II food security program proposals—in the design of the nutrition component of their programs. The design assistant provides guidance on how to compare and contrast approaches and select the most appropriate combination of community-based nutrition …
C-IMCI Program Guidance: Community-based Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
An overview of the community-based integrated management of childhood illnesses (C-IMCI) framework consists of three elements and a multi-sectoral platform that focus on specific behaviors and practices of health workers and caregivers of young children. Included in this document: the history of C-IMCI’s development, its elements, benefits and rational for use.
Barrier Analysis Facilitator’s Guide
Tool for improving behavior change communication in child survival and community development programs. This Facilitator’s Guide has been written for trainers to teach others about Barrier Analysis and/or to learn the technique themselves. It guides trainers through a step-by-step process for conducting the analysis and provides background information on the technique as well as some basic information on behavior change …
Scale and Scaling Up: A CORE Group Background Paper on Scaling Up Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services
This paper briefly summarizes definitions, approaches and challenges to achieving “scale” in community-focused health programs, as discussed at the 2005 CORE spring meeting and the USAID CSHGP mini-university. This paper is meant to harmonize a vocabulary for use by NGOs and their partners as they further discuss, debate and analyze how NGOs and their partners can reach more people with …
Reaching Communities for Child Health: Advancing Health Outcomes through Multi-Sectoral Approaches
The purpose of this paper is to explore how multi-sectoral approaches are used within community-based child health and development programs and the evidence-base to support that use. The paper seeks to answer three questions: 1) how do NGOs define a multi-sectoral platform; 2) how do NGOs implement a multi-sectoral platform to achieve better or more sustainable health outcomes; and 3) …