Intervention components | Uganda |
---|---|
Key principles | Village health clubs (VHCs) aiming to improve child health through a community led-forum with the village health team (VHT) as the main focus point. |
Based on five main pillars: | |
• open to all | |
• village owned | |
• intended to support VHT work | |
• strength based (using village assets), and | |
• fun and focused | |
Training and club facilitation | Two VHT club facilitators from each village trained for four days to encourage club members to plan and carry out the club’s activities using an action and planning cycle. |
Accessories and materials | • Picture cards for ranking common child health problems |
Instructional VHC flip books | |
• T-shirts | |
• Membership cards | |
• Stamps and other stationary to help with the establishment and operation of the clubs in the communities | |
Supervisor support and patrons | Village leaders were appointed as patrons and sensitised to support the mobilisation of the communities to join the clubs. |
VHT supervisors, health assistants and sub-county development officers were trained by District Health Educators and Malaria Consortium master trainers in effective supervision skills using a core competency assessment tool, and as trainers of VHTs in the VHC intervention. | |
Numbers of users | A total of 880 VHTs across the eight districts, to facilitate the set-up of 440 VHCs. |