|Training Manual in Combatting Childhood Communicable Diseases
Part I (Peace Corps, 1985, 579 pages)| |Module 4: Health
education| |Session 19: Selecting health education strategies|
TOTAL TIME: 1 hour, 30 minutes Once the health educator writes
objectives and considers obstacles, she or he is ready to
develop a health education strategy with the help of the
community. Within health education, there are three main
categories of strategies: 1) Community Organization, 2)
Training, and 3) Communication. Each of these categories include
a number of specific techniques which may be selected and
combined to accomplish a given objective. During this short
session, participants work in small groups to examine each of
the three categories of health strategies and practice selecting
and combining appropriate strategies and techniques to
accomplish sample objectives. In treating the strategy of
community organization, Trainees will be able to draw on what
they've learned during Session 14 about organizing and involving