Mon, April 15 (MExN): A workshop for staff and frontline workers with the District Health Society and Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) of Mon district was organized by World Vision on Timed and Targeted Counseling and Adolescent Health from April 14 to 15 at DRDA conference hall, Mon. The workshop was attended by the ASHAs and Anganwadi workers (AWW) of T/Chingnyu, L/Sheanghah, Mon cluster, Pongkong, Longkei and Goching cluster.
Timed and Targeted Counseling (TTC) refers to a community health worker/ volunteer approach to extending primary health care counseling to the household level, and is one of the core approaches of World Vision's Global Health and Nutrition Strategy.
• It is timed: During a woman’s pregnancy, messages on maternal, newborn and child health are delivered to the woman and her family. The messages are carefully timed so that she has sufficient time to act on the given messages, but not so early that the messages seem irrelevant or are forgotten.
• It is targeted: TTC is not only targeted in time, but it is also targeted in space. All messages are delivered by visiting a woman’s home so that key decision makers in the family, such as male partners, mother-in-laws and grandmothers, also receive the information. Additionally, the information itself is targeted and individualized, with messages focusing on the circumstances of each specific family.
• It is counseling: Often women face cultural, financial or geographic barriers to adopting healthy practices. In TTC, a community health worker or volunteer engages in discussion with the family to identify barriers to preferred health practices. They then work with the family to negotiate a feasible shift in their behaviors towards these preferred practices based on their individual circumstances.
Based on these factors, the programme was scheduled on the basis of introduction and objective of the meeting, sessions on TTC, Adolescent Health, Baseline findings and discussions.
L. Khobung, Programme Manager, World Vision, Mon during the workshop said, “Children are the gift of God, When God wants to bless a man or a woman, he sanctifies the womb of a mother with a child. And so, the District Health Society, the ICDS and World Vision, Mon are the messengers to work for the children for better health and to remind the parents that children are the blessings from God.” He further added that “we” should work together keeping in view the present stage of our community for the welfare of our society.
Resource persons for the programme were Grace Gangte, Cluster Technical Led, GHY PMO, Dr Supongmenla Walling, DIO, Mon and Eunice Thalih, DCM, NHM, Mon.
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