Community PAC Program Facilitator's Manual

This manual, initially funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Bolivia Health Unit, and developed and revised with support from Pathfinder International and  PROSALUD-Partners in Development, is intended to support training of facilitators of the "Community Self-Diagnosis Process" concerning complications of hemorrhages in the first half of pregnancy, a part of the Postabortion Care (PAC) initiative. In this participatory approach, facilitators take on specific roles in each of the sessions detailed in the manual to register, observe, and support participation of community members in order to achieve the established objectives of this 5-stage methodology for community health care empowerment. The process, developed and refined through grassroots community participation, is outlined in step-by-step sessions in this  manual, which includes planning matrices, presentation preparation, and a system of evaluation.

 

The cycle of 5 stages includes:  

• Organise the Community for Action

• Identify and define priority problems during pregnancy

• Drawing up a plan for community action

• Implementation and monitoring of the community action plan

• Participatory Evaluation

Appendices include: a list of participants form, a community PAC survey form, a guide to questions, a cycle of community action, and a guide on taking effective notes in sessions.