Positive Deviance (PD) /Hearth is a home- and neighborhood-based nutrition program for children in developing countries who are at risk for protein-energy malnutrition. The program uses the "positive deviance" approach to identify behaviors practiced by mothers or caretakers of well-nourished children from poor families and transfer those positive practices to others in the community. The Manual explains how to identify at-risk children, conduct a Positive Deviance Inquiry to identify positive practices, conduct nutrition education and rehabilitation sessions in the home, and set up a monitoring and evaluation system. Specific field examples and useful tools are included. CORE's PD/Hearth Manual has been translated into French, Spanish, Indonesian, and Portuguese. These and other PD/Hearth resources are available at http://www.coregroup.org/working_groups/nutrition.cfm
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Applying the BEHAVE Framework: Workshop Guide
This Facilitator's Guide and Participant Binder enable users to easily train staff and partners in a 5-day workshop on the BEHAVE Framework. The purpose of the BEHAVE Framework is to strengthen the strategic thinking that goes into project design, research, monitoring and evaluation. The framework serves as a fairly simple means to lay out the complex decision-making that must go into project design for behavior change. The workshop provides an organized way to develop the concept and thinking skills needed for planning a behavior change project. The Guide is a joint CORE/Academy for Educational Development (AED) product. A French version of the Guide will be available in January 2005 (in CD format only).
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Maternal and Newborn Standards and Indicators Compendium
The Compendium is designed to assist program designers in selecting essential components, actions and appropriate indicators for chosen interventions in maternal and newborn care. It includes five interrelated tables that correspond to the temporal phases of a woman's reproductive cycle: 1) Pre-Conception/ Inter-Conception; 2) Antenatal; 3) Labor and Delivery; 4) Postpartum Care; and 5) Newborn Care. The Compendium provides NGOs with a single source of information to: 1) determine recommended practices and standards of care at the household, community, and health care facility levels to address maternal and newborn care, and 2) identify which indicators are appropriate to use with the different interventions. Endnotes with detailed technical information and essential references are included. The Compendium is a CORE/USAID publication.
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Safe Motherhood/ Reproductive Health Working Group Technical Update: Malaria in Pregnancy
Presentations and resources from a December 7, 2004, CORE Technical Update titled: Malaria in Pregnancy: Latest research, emerging issues, promising interventions and programmatic experiences from Burkina Faso & Tanzania. Speakers included: Judith Robb-McCord, Director, ACCESS Program; Dr. Robert Newman, U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; Patricia Gomez, ACCESS Program Midwifery Specialist; and Rebecca Dineen, JHPIEGO Program Manager.
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Reaching Communities for Child Health: Advancing Health Outcomes for Multi-Sectoral Approaches
Developed by CORE's Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Working Group, this paper explores how multi-sectoral approaches are used within community-based child health and development programs and examines the evidence base to support that use. The paper seeks to answer three questions: 1) How do NGOs define a multi-sectoral platform? 2) How do NGOs implement a multi-sectoral platform to achieve better or more sustainable health outcomes? and 3) How can child health programmers work effectively with other sectors to support community-based improvements in child health? The paper represents the results of a literature review, key informant interviews, an abstract selection process to identify case studies, and a workshop designed to explore the different issues and approaches.
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The CARE Group Difference: A Guide to Mobilizing Community-Based Volunteer Health Educators (World Relief)
This Guide, developed by World Relief, explores the evidence base for the Care Group model, offers criteria to assist project managers in determining the feasibility of using this approach within their own programs, and provides a step-by-step guide for starting and sustaining care groups. A care group is a group of 10 to 15 volunteer, community-based health educators who regularly meet together with project staff for training, supervision and support. Care group volunteers provide peer support, develop a strong commitment to health activities, and find creative solutions to challenges by working together as a group. World Relief pioneered the Care Group model as part of its Vurhonga child survival projects in Mozambique (1995-2003). The Guide is available in hard copy and in CD format.
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Child Health and Development Database: New Entry Instructions Available in French, Spanish
CORE's Child Health and Development Database houses more than 400 evidence-based documents, tools, and other materials developed by the NGO community for work in child health and development. NGO staff can enter tools and documents directly into the database through the CORE web site. The database is searchable by title, subject area, language, country, material type, target audience, and PVO/NGO author. New entry instructions are now available in French and Spanish to encourage field-based staff to submit materials.
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Child Health and Development Database: Concern Worldwide/Haiti Study on HIV/AIDS-Related Discrimination and Stigmatization
New database entries this month include: Etude Comportements, Attitudes et Pratiques sur la Stigmatisation, la Discrimination et le Deni a l'Encontre des Personnes Infectees ou Affectees par le VIH/SIDA su Sein des Etablissements de Sante de la Zone Metropolitaine de Port au Prince (Haiti/Concern Worldwide)
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