Community nutrition training manual

 · Ethiopia Community-Based Nutrition Training Guide for HW/HEWs ii ETHIOPIA COMMUNITY BASED NUTRITION Preface to this training guide This training guide is to be used by Master Trainers (MT) when they train Health Workers (HW) Health Extension Workers (HEW) in the regions before the introduction of Community Based Nutrition (CBN) activities. Authors: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health This is the second () edition of the Community Health Worker Training Manual of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health. The training manual provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of CHWs in meeting the health needs of the population, as well as key information and skills the CHWs . This manual will train you on nutrition. As a Nutrition Community Health Advisor (CHA), you will learn to promote good nutrition in your community. This is important since poor nutrition can raise a person’s risk for heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer in a number of ways.

How to Use This Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to provide program implementers with training session modules, job aids, and social and behavior change communication (SBCC) materials to help community volunteers (referred to as ‘activists’) and other frontline workers promote household nutrition and hygiene. This manual will train you on nutrition. As a Nutrition Community Health Advisor (CHA), you will learn to promote good nutrition in your community. This is important since poor nutrition can raise a person’s risk for heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer in a number of ways. Being overweight or obese, having high blood cholesterol, and having high blood pressure are all serious risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer. NUTRITION TRAINING MANUAL: Module 2 – Nutrition Health 6 2. Underweight An individual is underweight when he/she has low weight compared to the average weight of healthy individuals of the same age and sex. It may develop slowly or suddenly depending on the cause of malnutrition. Underweight children can be identified easily if their age.

- Underlying causes (household and community level): Household food security, social care for mothers and children, and the health environment and access to. Engaging Grandmothers to Improve Nutrition: A Training Manual for Dialogue position to support health and feeding practices throughout the community. And also a sub national level district network comprise of more than civil society organizations and youth members as well. This manual prepared by SUN PF.