Village initiative (Mukono District)
CDFU in consultation with the District Health Office-Mukono district and Namuganga sub county leadership identified Nsabwa village – Mukono district for implementation of a community communications program on health. This initiative aims at utilizing Strategic/Behavior Change Communication initiatives so as to contribute towards disease prevention, improved treatment seeking behavior and improved health of community members. Nsabwa village is a hard to reach community served by one health centre II.
A community dialogue discussing health issues amongst Nsabwa community members, local leaders, the District Health Educator (DHE- Mukono district) and a CDFU representative was held on 11th August, 2009. In total, 60 community members participated in the dialogue i.e. (35 females and 25 males).
The community utilized participatory approaches to explore health challenges they face. A question and answer session was also held to address key health questions that they had.
The community identified the following as the priority Health Areas:
- Malaria
- Pneumonia
- Respiratory Infections
- STIs including, HIV infection; AIDS
- Skin diseases
- Diarrhea
- Pregnancy related complications
Next Steps
- Undertake a simple baseline to determine knowledge, attitudes and practices before the intervention.
- Design health education interventions based on the baseline findings
- Design consultative/ needs assessment meetings while clustering different populations for example conduct FDGs with particular target groups.
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