SOBS 613 COMMUNITY MOBILISATION IN HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

This course is designed to introduce students to commonly used communication approaches at the periphery and help them develop community mobilisation plans. It will demonstrate to students all the necessary steps needed to achieve a successful community mobilization. The course will also introduce students to how to get people and organisations involved in a particular health activity, assume ownership of the activity, develop plans, support the plan, and be engaged in implementing the plan. The course will expose students to the various techniques communities can use to monitor and evaluate activities they implement.