Asha
Notes for ASHA Trainers
Part 1
(Includes Content for Rounds 1 and 2 of ASHA training)
Notes for ASHA Trainers
(Includes Content for Rounds 1 and 2 of ASHA training)
Part 1
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Notes for ASHA T rainers
Acknowledgements
The sections on maternal and newborn health in the Notes for the
T rainer are excerpted from SEARCH, Gadchiroli’s Manual on ‘How to T rain ASHA in Home-Based Newborn Care’. The training methodology for Integrated Management of Neonatal Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) package is excerpted from the T raining Module for Health Workers, MOHFW 2003. , Thanks are also due to members of the National ASHA Mentoring Group for their inputs.
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Notes for ASHA T rainers
Session 1
Introduction to the Trainer Notes
These trainer notes are intended for the use of trainers who are responsible for training ASHA and her facilitators in Modules 6 and 7. The notes are organised in three parts. In this first part, the key functions of ASHA and the skills she is expected to gain are reviewed first, followed by maternal, newborn, nutrition and child health, covering all of Module 6 and Part A of Module 7. Part 2 of the Trainer notes for the ASHA trainer will cover management of the sick newborn and selected infectious diseases. Part 3 will cover general aspects of women’s health and other issues. ASHA and ASHA facilitators will be trained in Modules 6 and 7 over twenty days in four rounds of training. Each training round is expected to last for five days with a gap of eight to twelve weeks between the training rounds to allow the ASHA to practice the skills she has learnt in the training. The ASHA facilitators receive additional training on supportive supervision, mentoring and field support for ASHA. This is covered in a separate Module. Training of trainers (TOT) for the ASHA takes place as follows: A core of national trainers train state trainers who are affiliated to state level training sites. These
Part 1
(Includes Content for Rounds 1 and 2 of ASHA training)
Notes for ASHA Trainers
(Includes Content for Rounds 1 and 2 of ASHA training)
Part 1
ii
Notes for ASHA T rainers
Acknowledgements
The sections on maternal and newborn health in the Notes for the
T rainer are excerpted from SEARCH, Gadchiroli’s Manual on ‘How to T rain ASHA in Home-Based Newborn Care’. The training methodology for Integrated Management of Neonatal Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) package is excerpted from the T raining Module for Health Workers, MOHFW 2003. , Thanks are also due to members of the National ASHA Mentoring Group for their inputs.
Notes for ASHA T rainers
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Notes for ASHA T rainers
Session 1
Introduction to the Trainer Notes
These trainer notes are intended for the use of trainers who are responsible for training ASHA and her facilitators in Modules 6 and 7. The notes are organised in three parts. In this first part, the key functions of ASHA and the skills she is expected to gain are reviewed first, followed by maternal, newborn, nutrition and child health, covering all of Module 6 and Part A of Module 7. Part 2 of the Trainer notes for the ASHA trainer will cover management of the sick newborn and selected infectious diseases. Part 3 will cover general aspects of women’s health and other issues. ASHA and ASHA facilitators will be trained in Modules 6 and 7 over twenty days in four rounds of training. Each training round is expected to last for five days with a gap of eight to twelve weeks between the training rounds to allow the ASHA to practice the skills she has learnt in the training. The ASHA facilitators receive additional training on supportive supervision, mentoring and field support for ASHA. This is covered in a separate Module. Training of trainers (TOT) for the ASHA takes place as follows: A core of national trainers train state trainers who are affiliated to state level training sites. These