SAFE MOTHERHOOD ACTION GROUPS SMAGs TRAINING IN MWINILUNGA DISTRICT Prepared by: Ernest K. Kakoma Senior Health Promotion Officer NWP/PHO 1 st November, 2012 Intercontinental Hotel - Lusaka
Mar 26, 2015
SAFE MOTHERHOOD ACTION GROUPS
SMAGs TRAINING IN MWINILUNGA DISTRICT
Prepared by: Ernest K. KakomaSenior Health Promotion Officer
NWP/PHO1st November, 2012
Intercontinental Hotel - Lusaka
PROCESS• Supported by Zambia Integrated Systems
Strengthening Program (ZISSP)• Facilitators: American College of Nurse Midwives
(ACNM)• ACNM trained Master Trainers, who trained District
Trainers.• District Trainers capacity building community
members/groups as key players. • Aim: • To institutionalise SMAG as a strategy to improve
mothers’ and newborn lives.
TRAINING OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
• Done in two phases; –1st 2RHCs; Nyang’ombe and Lumwana West, –2nd phase; Kanyihampa and Katuyola.
• Pre-assessment (Baseline) prior to training • Observations:• HMIS does not include some data captured by
the SMAG leaders at community level (eg referrals from the community), • Long distances from Community to RHC,• Lack of transport, etc
FOCUS• Focuses on Home Based Life Saving Skills (HBLSS) methodology- – Urgent referral– Give 1st Line care enroute to HF– Broadens responsibility in emergencies to rest of the community– Emphasises TAKING ACTION at all levels during referral– Stimulates problem-solving– Provides hope that things can change– Learning approach: uses pictures, role plays, content repeated
multiple times in multiple ways (see, hear and do) to enhance retention
– Uses community meetings approach
Flow chart illustration
Materials shared
• Participants received a set of training manuals: – Take action card booklet (Community), – Large picture cards (laminated) (Community),– Pregnant woman and New born registers with
pictures (Community),– Reporting forms (Community),– Basic information booklet (Trainers),– Safe motherhood training manual booklet (Trainers), – Baby information booklet (Trainers), – Facilitators guide (Trainers), and– Woman Information booklet (Trainers),
Results• 82 SMAGs trained both males and females;
Nyang’ombe (20), Lumwana West (20), Kanyihampa (20) and Katuyola (22).
• Methodology used enhances knowledge retention, participation and reflective learning (eg use of story telling, etc).
• Use of picture cards during teaching was very helpful as some participants could not read and write (illiterate).
• Marked improvement by participants from Pre-test to post test
Conclusion• Mobilising communities is very expensive (?).• Due to inadequate resources (human and
financial), communities empowerment with skills and knowledge is one solution to reduce MMR.
• Methodology used make learning a life time experience.
• Recommend that the same be replicated in all the communities.
• Health Care Providers need to oriented.• Thanks to ZISSP, and ACNM, for taking a step
Phase II: SMAGs Master trainers: Central, Copperbelt, Lusaka, Northern, North-Western, Western Provinces
SMAGs in action at Katuyola RHC during role plays
Training at Nyang’ombe RHC
Training at Nyang’ombe RHC
SMAGs at Nyang’ombe RHC
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