This manual outlines some of the practical and organisational considerations required to set up support groups for survivors of domestic violence in a way that enhances their safety and self esteem. It also presents three possible models, any of which can be used as basis for running such groups. Two of these models are facilitated support group programmes and the third model is that of an un-facilitated self-help group. It looks at some of the practical and organisational considerations required to set up support groups, the roles and responsibilities of the facilitator and the co-facilitator skills, knowledge training and experience that are needed to run support groups for survivors of domestic violence, how to plan, promote develop and manage a support group, group policies and protocols and how these can contribute to maintaining the proper environment necessary for survivors of domestic violence. It provides ‘how–to’ guides for running sessions for the two different facilitated models that are known to work effectively.
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Primary health care is at the heart of the plans to transform the health services in South Africa. This document provides an integrated package of essential primary health care services available to the entire population will provide the solid foundations of a single, unified health system. It as the driving force in promoting equity in health care. The document sets out the norms and standards that are to be made available in the essential package of primary care services, for individuals to see what quality of primary care services they can expect to receive. It also acts as guidance for provincial and district health authorities to provide these services. The document contains norms and standards for clinic and community services. A noorm is defined as a statistical normative rate of provision or measurable target outcome over a specified period of time.
A standard is defined as a statement about a desired and acceptable level of health care. Standard setting takes place within specific dimensions of quality -- acceptability, accessibility, appropriateness, continuity, effectiveness, efficiency, equity, interpersonal relations, technical competence and safety. The most important dimensions have been chosen for each service.
THE PUSH JOURNAL is an objective, free full-text online clipping service. It's a great tool for journalists covering issues related to AIDS/HIV, reproductive health, issues relating to women and girls, global population or refugee issues and the environmental, medical and family issues which surround them. If you work with slow or unpredictable Internet connections, you can choose to receive the full-text news stories in an easy-download text version. Each day's edition of PUSH JOURNAL carries story headlines at the top and complete versions of each story below. PUSH adds no text or commentary.
Professional writing can be a difficult process for development practioners, especially for those who do not have English as a first language. This module is part of the reporting skills and professional writing handbook comprised of eight easy to follow steps covering the entire writing process aimed at creating an understanding of what professional writing is and how to improve these writing skills.
Field workers, managers and consultants working with development projects of all sectors will benefit from this new resource launched by Education, Language and Development Training Programmes (ELD). A UK charity working since 2000 conducting hundreds of training courses for NGOs in Asia, ELD brings a wealth of experience and guidance on what really works in his step-by-step, practical and clearly explained handbook. Reports are an essential project management tool. Effective reporting helps to compare the reality in the field with the plan, aids management thinking and increases transparency. This is not a ‘book about reporting skills’. The Handbook looks at the entire reporting process from setting objectives, through data gathering and analysis tools, to planning, drafting, editing and designing the report. The programme is full of clear explanations and examples, frequent practical exercises, and an extended case study to fully apply all the tools presented.
In 1948 and again in 1976, the United Nations proclaimed long lists of human rights, but the immense majority of humanity enjoys only the rights to see, hear and remain silent. Eduardo Galeano in this poem posits that suppose we start by exercising the never-proclaimed right to dream? Suppose we rave a bit? He asks us to set our sights beyond the abominations of today to divine another possible world.
Developed by Girls Not Brides to promote collaboration between civil society organisations and parliamentarians, this toolkit provides an overview of what child marriage is, and existing international legal instruments that prohibit the practice. It lists concrete examples and recommendations on how parliamentarians can take action, not only in Parliament but in their constituencies and internationally. Parliamentarians are encouraged to take action through means such as parliamentary meetings, establishing forums and meeting with civil society organisations. The toolkit will be particularly useful to hold governments accountable for their commitment to ending child marriage in target 5.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Health System Trust announces the first edition of the SA SURE Project’s Stories of Change – a quarterly publication presenting case stories that describe how SA SURE Project teams partner with Health Department personnel to apply policy in contextual practice in facilities across the country, and thus achieve sustainable responses to HIV, AIDS and TB. They share these stories to convey the beginnings of good practice: interesting experiences of how key challenges are being addressed using various tools, enterprise and connection to support service quality improvement at clinic level.
Jockin Arputham from the Indian slums came up with an idea to organise marginalised communities in slums to improve conditions for themselves, in the form of a Slum Dwellers union. This organisation now exists in over 30 countries: This video describes how it works in Kenya.
This website is devoted to promoting the principles and practice of social medicine. The goal in developing this site is to put readers in touch with some of the diverse international resources available for health activists and those interested in the interactions between health and society.