Report of a training workshop designed to acquaint participants with PRA, give field experience and apply PRA to nutrition-related questions. Concludes that the most important output of the PRA training workshop was the attitude change of the participants.
This collection of articles demonstrates some of the methodological problems which may be experienced in participatory research. This is followed by examples of participatory research, which illustrate general and methodological observations from different sectors and continents. Donors perspectives are the subject of a chapter and finally there is a listing of contacts in participatory research and networking.
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This paper describes the work of YAKSHI, a small NGO in Andhra Pradesh, with an independant tribal peoples' mass organisation. REFLECT was only introduced after suport was given to reactivate a declining indigenous system of community interaction known as the 'Gotti'. The Gottis facilitated the introduction of participatory methodologies associated with REFLECT and ten REFLECT circles started focussing on two issues identified as local concerns : challenging the cash crop economy and looking holistically at health. In each community only a certain number of adults chose to learn literacy which in many other circumstances would have been seen as a failure. However, the article describes how participants perceived it differently, saying that it was only necessary for so many people in the community to be literate, just as it was only necessary for a few households to be able to climb palm trees to tap valuable oil. Promoting participation of women in the Gottis proved difficult initially and the paper outlines the way in which this was addressed.
Summary report of a community health needs assessment carried out in five communities in Ethiopia. Government health staff and community members were involved in identifying and prioritising maternal and child health problems and planning for actions to help solve them. A limited number of maternal and child health behaviours that are critical to the prevention and management of the most important causes of childhood morbidtiy and mortality were used as a focus to guide planning. An integrated household survey was then used to measure the indicators of those behaviours.
Brief report on the methodology and findings of a research project carried out to examine the impact of HIV/AIDS on the lives of children on a commercial farm. The coping mechanisms used by families and children of both AIDs and non-AIDs affected families were investigated and also the pathways of vulnerability to HIV/AIDs infection. The roles of eduation, the AIDS awareness campaigns and economic insecurity in increasing vulnerability were considered.
Report of research supported by Save the Children Fund (UK) that piloted research techniques, for use with children to understand the psychological, social and economic dimensions of the impact on them and their families of HIV/AIDS.
This document describes the methods participatory process used to assess community perceptions of the quality of health care services in East Hararghe and presents the findings of the study.
Stepping stones is a training package which has been developed on HIV/AIDS, communication and relationship skills. This brief report examines what has been achieved in terms of training of facilitators in Zimbabwe and some of the lessons learnt regarding the selection of trainees, content of training and the use of Stepping Stones methodology by those recently trained and the need for follow up.
Stepping Stones is a training package which has been developed on HIV/AIDS, communication and relationshiop skills. This guide is based on the experience of a a number of organisations who have adapted Stepping Stones either during an initial workshop or after using it in the field. The guide includes different types of adaptation that can be made, how to go about the process of adapting Stepping Stones and some practical issues to consider in doing so.
This review examines the implementation, process, outputs and impact of the Stepping Stones training package on HIV/AIDS, communication and relationship skills in two communities in Uganda.