FAMILY HEALTH TRAINING

TRNG COMPONENT WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY NIGERIA"S INSTITUTE OF CHILD HLTH (ICH) & WILL FOCUS ON TRNG OF NURSES & NURSE MIDWIVES TO DISPENSE FP/CHILD H.TH SERVICES. 2 MODEL CLINICS ARE PLNND -- 1 TO BE ESTABLISHED IN AN URBAN AREA OF LAGOS & 1 IN A NEARBY RURAL AREA. SHORT-TERM CONSULTANTS IN NURSING,RESEARCH/EVALUATION & ORGANIZATION OF CLINICS WILL TEACH COURSES,DEVELOP CURRICULA & SUPPORTING MATERIALS & PROVIDE ON-JOB TRNG TO COUNTERPARTS. US PROG DIRECTOR,CONSULTANTS & NIGERIAN COUNTERPARTS WILL COOPERATE IN THE FOLLOW-UP OF TRAINEES,PROMOTING THE PROG TO STATE HLTH MINISTRIES & UPON REQUEST, ASSISTING THEM TO ESTABLISH SIMILAR CLINICS. APPROX 35 NURSES & NURSE-MIDWIVES WILL BE TRND AS FP COUNSELORS AT ICH. COURSEWORK WILL ENCOMPASS HLTH APPRAISAL OF A CHILD,TREATMENT OF MINOR AILMENTS,PREVENTATIVE MEASURES,HLTH EDUC, FP & HEALTH ADMIN. PROG GRADUATES WILL BE COMPETENT TO PROVIDE MOST COMMON CLINICAL CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES INCLUDING PELVIC EXAMINATIONS & IUD INSERTIONS. TRAINEES SELECTED AS SENIOR FP COUNSELLORS WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TRNG IN ORGANIZATION & MGMT OF HLTH UNITS. ALSO SHORT COURSES WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS, DOCTORS, COMMUNITY NURSES & HLTH CENTER SUPERINTENDENTS IN HOW TO UTILIZE FP COUNSELLORS. (TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF 150 IS EXPECTED.) AN FP TRNG MANUAL & AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS WILL BE PREPARED. AN FP TRNG MANUAL & AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS WILL BE PREPARED. AN EVAL PROG IS PLNND IN CONJUNCTION WITH PROJ"S MODEL CLINICS. SMALL LOCAL STAFF OF INTERVIEWERS/EVALUATORS & 1 US SOCIOLOGIST/DEMOGRAPHER WILL COLLECT BASELINE DATA IN THE CLINIC AREA & CONDUCT SURVEYS TO DETERMINE PROG"S CH STAFF MEMEBERS WILL RECEIVE 1 YR US NONDEGREE TRNG IN PUBLIC HLTH ADMIN. USAID ALSO PROVIDES CONTRACEPTIVES, CLINIC EQUIP & SOME LOCAL COSTS. HOST-COUNTRY WILL PROVIDE PERSONNEL & FACILITIES. FORD FOUNDATION WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PERSONNEL DEVLPMENT & TRNG. PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES ARE NIGERIAN HLTH PERSONNEL AND CLIENTELE OF NEW MCH/FP CLINICS.