PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING SCHOOL

DIPLOMA IN HEALTH INSPECTOR COURSE-II YEAR

Question Bank (Draft)
PAPER II (New Syllabus)
COMMUNICATION AND HEALTH EDUCATION

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 DIPLOMA IN HEALTH INSPECTOR COURSE-II YEAR
Question Bank (Draft)
PAPER II (New Syllabus)
COMMUNICATION AND HEALTH EDUCATION

I. Choose the correct answer

1. In ------------- method of group teaching, there is no active participation from learners:Ans.(a)
a.Lecture b.Group discussion c.Symposium d.Role play
2. ------------- method of group teaching, may fail to change the health practice of people :Ans.(a)
a.Lecture b.Group discussion c.Symposium d.Role play
3.--------------- is a teaching aid which consists of a series cards :Ans.(b)
a.Flannel graph b.Flash card c.Booklet d.None of these
4.In ----------method of health education people learn by exchanging their views and experiences:Ans.(d)
a.Syposium b.Work shop c.Role play d.Group discussion
5. Optimum number of members in an effective group:Ans.(b)
a.10-12 b.6-12 c.10-20 d.10-15
6.Optimum number of speakers in panel discussion:Ans.(b)
a.10-12 b.4-8 c.10-20 d.10-15
7.In panel discussion---------introduces topic:Ans.(a)
a.Chairman b.Recorder c.Member d.All
8.Success of panel discussion depends on----------- Ans.(c)
a. Member b.Recorder c. Chairman d.All
9.----------- is a series of speeches on the selected subject by experts Ans.(b)
a.Panel discussion b.Symposium c.Lecture d.None
10.In ------------method of group teaching there is no discussion by experts Ans.(b)
a. a.Panel discussion b.Symposium c.Group discussion d.None
11. .----------- consists of a series of meetings Ans.(b)
a.Panel discussion b.Work shop c.Lecture d.Seminar
12.Teaching method Role play ends with a ---------- Ans.(a)
a.Discussion b.Acting c.Lecture d.None of these
13.----------- are generally less effective in changing human behaviour Ans.(b)
a.Group discussions b.Mass media c.Work shops d.None of these
14.---------- are the most widely distributed of all forms of reading material Ans.(b)
a.Book b.Newspaper c.Magazine d.Weekly
15.Health exhibitions are conducted in connection with ---------- Ans.(d)
a.Fairs b.Festivals c.Mass campaigns d.All
16. ------------------- is a skill for communication Ans.(d)
a. Appreciation b.Recognition c.Approval d.All
17.------------- is a type of communication which uses accepted form, rule or custom Ans.(a)
a.Formal communication b.Informal communication c.Non-verbal communication d.None of these

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18. Another name for feedback is ---------- Ans.(c)
a.Audience Response b.Reply c.Both (a) and (b) d. Message
19.------------------ is a type of motivation Ans.(b)
a.Reflection b.Identification c.Compensation d.None of these.
20.A type of communication in which receiver has the chance of asking questions and clearing doubtsAns.(b)
a.One-way communication b.Two – way communication
c.Non-verbal communication d.None of these.
21.------------------ communication takes place between two or three people or in small groups such as a family
Ans.(a)
a.Face-to-face b.Mass c.Both d.None of these
22.Personal contact is ------------- communication Ans.(a)
a.Face-to-face b.Mass c.Both d.None of these
23. In---------- pattern of communication, leader communicates to members through certain other persons in the
chain Ans.(b)
a.wheel b.Chain c.All-channel d.All
24.Discussion group is an example of ----------------- pattern of communication Ans.(c)
a.wheel b.Chain c.All-channel d.All
25. The new approach in teaching-learning process is to focus on ---- Ans.(b)
a.Teachers b.Learners c.Both d.None of these
26. -------------- is a communication method in which speakers speak ‘for’ or ‘against’ the statement Ans.(c)
a.Lecture b.Field trip c.Debate d.Simulated learning experience
27.In ----------- method of communication, at the end the chairman takes a vote Ans.(c)
a.Lecture b.Field trip c.Debate d. Simulated learning experience
28……………… is an essential tool of community health Ans.(a)
a.Health education b.Philosophy c.Psychology d.None
29. Objective of health education is------------------ Ans.(c)
a.to influence people b.to win friends c.both d.None of these
30. ----------------- is an area of health education Ans.(c)
a.Human Biology b.MCH and Family Planning c.Both d.None of these
31.Many people in rural areas do not avail the existing community health services because of ------ Ans.(c)
a.Ignorance b.Indifference c.Both d.None of these
32. Hunger is a ---------------------- motive Ans.(a)
a.Primary b.Secondary c.None d.Both
33.Recognition is a ----------------------motive Ans.(a)
a.Secondary b.Primary c.Inborn d.None of these
34. GATHERING technique is related to ………..(c)
a.Group dynamics b.Community organization c.Counselling d.None of these
35.Conviction leads to -------------------- Ans.(d)
a.Action b.Adoption c.Acceptance d.All

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36.Important word in communication is --------------- Ans.(a)
a.Sharing b.Adoption c.Interest c.Motivation
37. Sharing process is called ----------------- Ans.(a)
a.Communication b.Psychology c.Sociology d.None
38.--------------- is a purpose of communication Ans.(d)
a.Information b.Propaganda c.Entertainment d.All
39.-------------- is the originator of message Ans.(a)
a.Communicator b.Audience c.Channel d.Message
40. Conveying a message to audience is followed by ----------- Ans.(d)
a.Acceptance b.Rejection c.Remembrance d.Any of these
41.In one way communication there is no ------------------ Ans.(c)
a.Feedback b.Participation c.both d.None
42.Education in one way communication is ------------- Ans.(a)
a.Authoritative b.Democratic c.Participatory d.Active
43.------------- cannot provide two way communication as group discussion does Ans.(d)
a.TV b.Radio c.Poster d.All
44.------------------ is a form of verbal communication Ans.(a)
a.Spoken word b.Gestures c.Hand movements d.None of these
45. ----------------- is a non-verbal communication Ans.(d)
a.Smile b.Postures c.Silence d.All
46.------------------ is hearing with understanding Ans.(a)
a.Listening b.Knowledge c.Attitude d.None of these
47.------------- is the key to effective communication Ans.(a)
a.Listening b.Perception c.Attitude d.None of these
48.World health day message 2014 is …………… Ans.(a)
a.Small bite , big threat b.Small family, happy faily
c.1000 cities, 1000 lives d.None of these
49.Average retention rate is more in ………………. Ans.(d)
a.Lecture b.Reading c. Group discussion d.Learning by doing
50.Most effective channel of communication Ans.(c)
a.Mass media b.folk media c.IPC d. None of these
51.Health For All means …….. Ans.(a)
a.Health begins at home b.Nobody would be sick
c.There will be more than sufficient doctors and nurses d.None of these
52. India is declared as Polio free by WHO in the year ….Ans.(c)
a.2000 b.2010 c.2014 d.None of these
53.The best way of learning is …….. Ans.(a)
a.Learning by doing b. Listening c. Hearing d.None of these
54.Story telling is a ………. method of health education Ans.(b)
a.Modern b.Traditional c.One way d. None of these

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55………… discourages thinking: Ans.(b)
a.Lecture b.Propaganda c.Non-verbal Communication d. d.None of these
56.The effectiveness of communication is evaluated by …………. Ans.(b)
a.Team work b.Feed back c.IPC skills d.Questionnaire
57.Film is an example of ………… aid. Ans.(c)
a.Activity b.Three-dimensional c.Projected d. None of these
58.Learning means changing one’s way of ………Ans.(d)
a. Thinking b.Feeling c.Doing d. Any one or its combination or all the three
59.Question – Answer method adopted by a health educator is a ……style of communication. Ans. (a)
a. Participatory b.Non-participatory c.both d.None of these
60.Average retention rate is more in …… method of learning Ans.( a)
a.Learning by doing b.Demonstration c.Lecture d.All
61. Field trip is a ………. method of learning …Ans.( a)
a. Participatory b.Non-participatory c.both d.None of these
62. The slogan for World Health Day -2011…Ans.(a)
a.Combat Drug Resistance b.1000 cities, 1000 lives
c.Small bite;Big threat d.None of these
63. Health education help in desirable change in …Ans.( d)
a.knowledge b.attitude c.practice change d.all the three levels
64.Practice change brings changes at …………level- Ans. (c )
a.Cognitive b.Affective c.Psycho - motor d.None of these
65.Conference can be used as a method in ……………. approach of health education. Ans.( b)
a.Individual b.Group c.Mass d.None of these
66.Poster is a ….. Ans. (c)
a.Mass medium b.Visual communication aid c.Both d.None of these
67.Home visit is a …….. approach. Ans. (a)
a.Individual b.Modern c.mass d.None of these
68. ………… media is evolved from the life style of people . Ans. (b)
a.Mass media b.Folk media c.both d.None of these
69. ……….is an auditory aid. Ans. (c )
a.Radio b.Tape recorder c.Both d.None of these
70. Lecture is a ……. teaching method . Ans. (c )
a.One way b.Group c.Both d.None of these
71. Prevention of Food Adulteration Act is an example of …….. approach in Public Health . Ans. (a)
a.Regulatory b.Service c.Primary health care d.Educational
72. In ------------method of group teaching there is no discussion by experts Ans.(b)
a.Panel discussion b.Symposium c.Group discussion d.None
73………….. is a teaching method in which the way to perform a skill or procedure is presented .Ans.(a)
a.Demonstration b.Field trip c.Group discussion d.None of these

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74. In the new approach to learning process, the focus is on …… Ans. (a)
a.Learners b.Teachers c.Content d.Society
75. … is a step in learning process. Ans.(d)
a.Observation/ seeing b. Understanding /thinking c. Action/doing d.All
76. ………………. is a method of learning . Ans. (d)
a.Listening b. Reading c.Discovery d.All
77. ………..is a method for evaluating learning. Ans. (c )
a.Test b.Examination c.Both d.None of these
78. ………………..is the first step in planning a health education programme. Ans. (a)
a.Assessing the needs b.Identifying community resources c.Selecting content d.Lesson plan
79.The Alma-Ata Declaration was made at USSR in the year … Ans. (a)
a.1978 b.1988 c.1998 d.None of these
80. Disadvantage of individual approach is …………… Ans. (a)
a.Low reachability b.Decreased effectiveness c.Inadequate feed back d.None of these
81. ………… is a group in which we can give group health teaching - Ans. (d)
a.Mothers b. School children c. Youth d.All
82. Audience remain as passive listeners in ………….. method - Ans. (d)
a.Group discussion b.Role play c.Panel discussion d.Lecture
83. Film is an example of …………..approach in education - Ans. (c)
a.Individual b.Group c.Mass d.None of these
84. ………..is an educational aid in which there is a flannel covered board and illustrations Ans. (a)
a.Flannel graph b.Flash card c.Puppet show d .None of these
85. Exhibitions can be categorized as ………. Approach in health education Ans. (c )
a.Individual b.Group c.Mass d.None of these
86……….. consists of series of cards which are flashed one after another while teaching Ans. (b)
a.Flannel graph b.Flash card c.Puppet show d .None of these
87. In …………….method participants learn by exchanging their views and experiences Ans. (b)
a.Symposium b.Group Discussion c.Seminar d .None of these
88. In group discussion ………. Initiates the subject Ans. (a)
a.Leader b.Member c.Sub groups d. None of these
89. In ……… method speakers sit and discusses a given problem in front of a group or audience. Ans. (d)
a.Symposium b.Group Discussion c.Seminar d .Panel discussion
90.The recommended size of the group in which role play can be used as a teaching- learning method is Ans. (d)
a.10 b.15 c.20 d.25
91. ………….. method shows how a particular thing is being done Ans. (a)
a. Demonstration b.Group Discussion c.Seminar d .Panel discussion
92. ………… is an example of health magazine (Ans. (d)
a.World Health b.Swasth Hind c.Arogya masika d.All
93. ………. Is a mass communication medium available in most of the houses in Kerala Ans. (a)
a.News paper b.TV c.Radio d.All

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94. ……………..is a familiar mass communication medium for most urban women Ans. (c )
a.News paper b.TV c.both (a) &(b) d. None of these
95.Radio talks should not exceed ……….minutes Ans. (a)
a.15 b.20 c.25 d.30
96. . . …… is a communication method which can be used for illiterates Ans. ( d)
a.flash card b. flip book c.flip chart d.All
97. ……… is an indigenous programme in AIR Ans. (d)
a.Story b.News and Prabhath bheri c.Songs and Drama d.All
98. Head Quarters of International Union for Health Education is in …… Ans. (c )
a.Geneva b.Switzerland c.Paris d .None of these
99. …………… promotes creation of national committees and societies for health education Ans. (d )
a.International Labour Organization b.Red Cross
c.Health Promotion Council d. International Union for Health Education
100. ……. Conference held at USSR in 1978, stressed the need for Health for all by the year 2000 A.D. Ans. (a)
a.Alma Ata b.Geneva c.Paris d .None of these
101. ………….. instruction is the best form of education Ans. (a)
a.Individual b.Group c.Mass d.None of these
102. The optimum no. of leaders for an orientation training camp (OTC) is ….. Ans. (c)
a.20-30 b.30-40 c.40-50 d.None of these
103. Silence and smile can be categorized under ……. type of communication.. Ans. (c)
a.Non-verbal b.IPC c.Both(a) &(b) d.None of these
104. A communication barrier Ans. (d)
a.Silence b.Disinterest c.Lack of sinceirity d.All
105. The most common channel of communication is…Ans.(b )
a.Mass communication b. Interpersonal communication [IPC] c.both d. None of these
106. ………….. is a form of play acting using puppets.. .. Ans. (a)
a.Puppet show b.Role play c.Drama d.Street play
107. ……….. is an art of winning friends Ans. (a)
a.Health education b.Sociology c.Psychology d.Philosophy
108. Modern Media used for instant message dissemination.. Ans. (d)
a.News bulletins in TV/Radio b.Face book c.Internet d.All
109. Average retention rate is more in …….. Ans. (d)
a.Lecture b.Reading c.Discussion d.Practice by doing
110. Learning is democratic in ………. communication.. Ans. (c )
a.Two-way b.Participatory c.Both d.None of these
111………. Is the most commonly used one way communication in class rooms. .. Ans. (a)
a.Lecture b.Seminar c.Group discussion d.Learning by doing
112. Teaching by adopting one way communication is ………. Ans. (a)
a.Autocratic b.Democratic c.Both d.None of these

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113. In one way communication messages are passed on without……… Ans. (d)
a.Receiver b.Channel c.Treatment d.Feedback
114. Demonstration is an effective teaching method for …… Ans. (c )
a.Individual b.Group c.Both (a) and (b) d.None of these
115………… is a combined audio visual aid.. Ans. (d)
a.TV b.Computer c.Film d.All
116. ………………….. is the objective of health education .. . Ans. (d)
a. Provide information b.Motivation c.Make use of available health services d.All
117. Different speakers presenting series of speeches on a selected subject in ……….. Ans. (a)
a.Symposium b.Brain storming c.Role play d.None of these
118……….. is a barrier of communication Ans. (d)
a. Badly expressed message b.Lack of clarity c.Too much content d.All
119.Mike publicity is …………. Ans. (c)
a.Audio-visual communication b.Visual communication c.Audio aid d.None of these
120.We can communicate large number of people through ….. Ans. (d)
a.Print Media b.TV c.Mass media d.All
121.Teaching method Role play ends with a ---------- Ans. (a )
a.Discussion b.Acting c.Lecture d.None of these
122. ………. Is the most effectve way of communication.. Ans. (b )
a.Mass communication b.IPC cBoth d. None of these
123. Most effective channel of communication is …Ans.(b)
a.Mass communication b. Interpersonal communication [IPC] c.both d. None of these
124.--------------is the key to attain HFA Ans. (c )
a.Health education b.Health communication c.Primary health care d.None of these
125…………… is a form of verbal communication Ans. (a)
a.Spoken word b.Gestures c.Hand movements d.None of these
126.---------- are the most widely distributed of all forms of reading material Ans. (b)
a.Book b.Newspaper c.Magazine d.Weekly
127. . ……..is a counseling skill Ans..(d)
a.Sympathy b.Criticism c.Socialism d.Empathy
128…… is a communication pattern in groups .Ans...(d)
a. wheel pattern b. Chain c.All- channel d.All
129…...is the traditional method of communication- Ans…..(c)
a. word of mouth b.verbal c.Both d.None
130. …………………..is the originator of a message …..Ans.(c)
a.Source b.Communicator c.Both d.None of these
131.One way communication is otherwise known as …………method - Ans. (a)
a.Didactic b.Socratic c.Written d.None
132.Mass communication has less scope for … Ans...(c)
a.feed back b.audience response c.both d.None of these

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133.……………. is the Socratic method of communication . Ans. (b)
a.One way communication .b.Two way communication c.Both d.None of these
134Feed back ….the effectiveness of communication . Ans.. ( a)
a.increases b.decreases c.both d.None of these
135.One way communication means messages are passed on with no… Ans. ( c)
a.feed back b.audience response c.both d.None of these
136.Feed back is otherwise known as … Ans.(a)
a.audience response b.message c.both d.None of these
137.Silence is a ………communication.. Ans. (b)
a.verbal b.Non-verbal c.formal d.informal
138..……… is a telecommunication media. Ans. (c)
a.Telephone b.Telegraph c.Both d. None of these
139. Villu pattu is an example for …… media . Ans. (a)
a.traditional b.modern c.both d.None of these
140. Misinterpretation is a ……… Ans.…(a)
a.Communication barrier b.Distortion c.both d.None of these
141. Listening is a ………..skill in communication.. Ans. (b)
a.verbal b.Non-verbal c.formal d.informal
142.Flow of information from audience to sender is known as ... Ans. (c )
a.Feed back b.audience response c.both d.None of these
143.Enabling process that helps people to understand better and solve their problems is… Ans..(d)
a.Health education b.House visit c.Shramadan d.Counselling
144. Gossip circles are examples of …Ans.(b)
a. Formal communication b. Informal communication c.one way communication d. None of these
145. ………. Is direct communication Ans..(c)
a.Radio b.News paper c.Face-to – face communication d.None of these
146. A barrier in communication where in communicator is using unfamiliar words and pictures Ans..(a)
a.Misinterpretation b.Psychological c.Environmental d.None of these
147. News spread fast by …….. type of communication(Ans.b)
a.Formal b.Informal c.Both d.None of these
148. One way communication is ………(Ans.b)
a.Active b.Passive c.Both d.None of these
149. ……… is the life and blood of a health organization (Ans.a)
a.Communication b.Philosophy c.Both d.None of these
150. The Honourable Minister for Health & Family Welfare in the Union Ministry (Ans.a)
a.Shri.Harsh Vardhan b.Shri.A.K.Antony c.Shri.Rajiv Gandhi d.None of these
151. The Honourable Minister for Health in Kerala (Ans.a)
a.Shri.Harsh Vardhan b.Shri.A.K.Antony c.Shri.V.S.Sivakumar d.None of these

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II.Fill in the blanks
1.Health education cannot be effective without--------------(Audio/Visual/AV aids)
2.--------- is a teaching aid in which each card is “flashed”as the talk is in progress(Flash card)
3.In group discussion proceedings are recorded by ---------(Recorder)
4. In panel discussion ----------opens the meeting and welcomes group(Chairman)
5. In ----------method of group teaching, the emphasis is on individual work within the group (Work shop)
6. In role-play size of the group should not be more than ---- (25)
7.---------- is a group teaching method which shows how a particular thing is done (Demonstration)
8.For the education of general public we employ ---------- media (Mass)
9.---------- media are very useful in reaching large numbers of people (Mass)
10. Radio talks should not exceed ----------- minutes (15)
11.In one way communication there is no ------------ (Feedback)
12.Verbal communication means communication with the use of ----------(Language)
13.Learning is ------------- in one way communication (Passive)
14.---------- communication may not be as persuasive or personal as the spoken word (Written)
15.Silence is a ----- communication (Non-verbal)
16. Participation in health education is based on the psychological principle of --------------
(Active learning)
17.Health education aims at bridging the gap between ---------- and--------- (Health knowledge and health practice)
18.To educate means to cause -------- (Learning)
19. Propaganda means to ----------- a particular doctrine (Spread)
20.The fears of a mother about pregnancy can be dispelled by ---------(Health education)
21.------------ education prevents accidents(Safety)
22.Health education to be effective should be based on -------- needs (Health/felt)
23. ……….. is a visual communication aid(Chart/graph/pictogram/table/map/poster)
24.---------- learning is better than passive learning (Active)
25.Personal involvement is more likely to lead to ------------- (Personal acceptance)
26.In the process of behavioural change individual first goes through the stage of ---- (Awareness )
27……….. is the core of all community health activities (Communication)
28. If we educate mothers, it means we educate--------( Family)
29.Training to the people who have been recruited for a particular job… (Induction/orientation training)
30. Regular training to the staff for improving knowledge and skill -- (On the job training)
31.Listening is hearing with -------(Understanding)
32…………. is the key to attain HFA (Primary health care)
33.Mass approach uses -----media(Mass)
34.------------------ approach places people’s health in people’s hand(Educational approach)
35.BCC makes people to change -----------(Behaviour)
36. ………. communication is more persuasive than written communication. Ans.(Spoken)
37. Newly evolved term for health education is ….. Ans. (Health promotion)
38.………… drives to action. Ans. (Motivation)

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39.The best way of learning is… Ans. (Learning by doing)
40. Propaganda ……………… thinking (Discourages)
41. …………..is analysis/ diagnosis of the data on level of knowledge, understanding, attitude, beliefs and
practice of the community (Community diagnosis)
42. Disadvantage of individual approach is ……………(Low reachability)
43. ………… is a group in which we can give group health teaching (Mothers/ school children/ youth/ NGOs/
couples/ adolescents etc.)
44. Mass media are comparatively …….. effective in changing human behaviour(Less)
45. Collection and study of certain base line data about the community is known as …….( Base line survey)
46. During health survey in a community ……… is studied (Physical and demographic characteristics of the area/
environmental conditions/ socio-economic conditions/ health problems/health knowledge/ channels of
communication/ leadership/ community resources)
47.Leader of health team at the primary health centre is ……….(Medical Officer)
48. Mass communication has less/no scope for ……….(Feedback)
49. BCC is carried out to change ------- of target community(Behaviour)
50. Check list is used for …………(Evaluation)
51. Power point presentation is a ………………communication .aid (Projected)
52. Adoption is the desired outcome of ………… (BCC)
53…………..is an evaluation tool which contain questions(Questionnaire/ Schedule)
54. Practice change brings changes at ----------- level(Psychomotor)
55. The cognitive level of communication is … Ans.( Knowledge)
56. Active listening means listening with -----------(Concentration)

III.Name the following

1. Three groups of audio-visual aids (Auditory/visual/combined AV)
2. A group teaching method in which group members enact the roles as they have observed (Role play)
3.Four examples of mass media (Poster/health magazine/film/radio)
4.A mass media in which message should be short, direct, noticeable at a glance and easy to understand (Poster)
5.Name a WHO Health Magazine ( World Health)
6. Any three indigenous media-(Katha vartha,prabhat pheries,songs and dramas)
7.An example for indirect communication (Mass media/ radio/TV)
8. A cultural barrier (Custom/belief)
9. Two traditional channels of communication (Story telling/Play acting/ Song with a message/Puppet)
10. Two modern channels of communication (News papers and magazines, exhibition,posters,Radio, TV etc.)
11. Communiction pattern in groups ( Wheel pattern, chain pattern, all-channel pattern)
12. Types of motivation (Identification, compliance , internalization)
13. Any three approaches to Public Health (Regulatory, Service, Health Education and Primary
Health Care approach)
14. Any three Health Education Approaches (Individual, Group and Mass approaches)
15. Any five Adopter categories (Innovators, Early adopters, Early majority, Late majority

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 and Laggards)
16. Any four types of training (Pre-service training, In-service training-Induction/Orientation training, On- the job training,
Refresher training, Carrier development training – Capacity building training, )
17. Any two social motive (Desire for recognition, status)
18.Any two motives which help in health education (Praise and blame,rewards and punishment,desire to be creative)
19.A teaching method in which students are given the opportunity to experience at first hand what they learn in the class
room( Field trip)
20. Two types of motives (Primary and Secondary)
21.Two examples for audience categories (Literate-illiterate/ men-women/large –small groups/urban-rural groups)
22.A health service facility (Family planning services)
23. Four examples for talents in the community (Teachers/parents/community workers/local leaders/student groups/
children)
24. The process that helps people to understand better and solve their problems (Counselling)
25. The most effective way of learning(Learning by doing)
26. Two participatory group teaching methods(Group discussion,panel discussion, symposium, workshop, role play,
demonstration)
27.Three stages in motivation(Interest, evaluation ,decision making)
28. Two examples of graphic aids(Poster,flannel graph, flash card)
29. Two features of micro teaching(Teacher education technique/Aim is to provide training of teaching skills to the pupil
teachers/Each session is of 5 to 10 minutes/ Teacher students present class to a small group of students/A system of
controlled practice concentrating on specific teaching behaviour/ Practising teaching under controlled
conditions/Complexities of education can be reduced/individualized training program/Real teaching/Feedback by criticism
by teacher,preparing video film of entire lesson etc. (Ref.Technology of teaching by N.R.Swarup Saxena, Dr.S.C.Oberoi)
30.Two examples for human resources(Village leader,VHG,Traditional healer, Dais, teachers, children)
31. Two methods for Participatory learning for action (Chapati diagram, relative ranking, fish-bowl technique, seasonality
diagram, village walk)
32.Two approaches in counselling(Counsellor centred/authoritarian, Client centred/non-directive/non-authoritarian
styles)
33.Another name of regulatory approach(Managed prevention, Coercive approach )
34.Spreading a particular doctrine(Propaganda)
35. National Health Mission program which gives 24 hour toll free tele health help line(Disha)

IV.Expand
1. PLA :Participatory Learning for Action 2.RBSK:Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram
3.SID:State Initiative on Disability 4.IEC: Information, Education and Communication
5.IPC: Inter personal Communication 6.CNAA:Community Needs Assessment Approach
7.AV-Audio Visual 8.NHM:National Health Mission
9.HFA:Health For All 10.ASHA:Accredited Social Health Activist
11.WHO: World Health Organization 12.IPPI:Intensive Pulse Polio Immunization
13.DAVP: Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity 14.CHEB: Central Health Education Bureau

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15.IQ:Intelligence Quotient 16.NGO:Non-Governmental Organization
17.ECT: Electro Convulsive Therapy 18.VCTC : Voluntary Testing and Counselling Centre
19.LSD: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide 20. CHEB: Chief Health Education Bureau
21.EQ: Emotional Quotient 22. DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
23.MDP: Manic Depressive Psychosis 24.IPHS: Indian Public Health Standards
25.BCC: Behaviour change communication 26. OTC: Orientation Training Camp
27.UNFPA:United Nations Fund for Population Activities 28.MTP:Medical Termination of Pregnancy
29. S-R: Stimulus-Response 30.NRHM: National Rural Health Mission
31. NMHP: National Mental Health Program 32.MDT:Multi Drug Therapy
33.ICDS:Integrated Child Development Service 34.ARSH: Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health
35.JSY: Janani Suraksha Yojana 36.JSSK: Janani sisu suraksha Karyakram
37.IYCF: Infant Young Child Feeding 38.IMNCI: Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness
39.CPR: Couple Protection Rate: 40.SNCU:Special New Born Care Unit
41.NBSU:New Born Sterilization Unit 42..WIFS:Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation
43.PERT: Programme Evaluation and Review Technique 44. NPSU:National Polio Surveillance Unit
45.VHG: Village Health Guide 46. EAG: Empowered Action Group

V.Write whether True/False(T/F)

1.For effective health education mass media should be used in combination with other methods-T
2.Poster is intended to attract public attention-T
3.Indegeneous media have roots in our culture –T
4Through mass communication health worker can change attitudes and behaviour of people than by any other means. F
5.Health worker is learner as well as a teacher-T
6. Radio talks should not exceed 25 minutes -F
7.A great deal of illhealth in India is due to ignorance of simple rules of personal health-T
8.Health education is the ‘cement’ that binds together the ‘bricks’ of health program-T
9.Health education is not health propaganda-T
10. Poster is intended to bring change in practice-F
11. Learning is an action process-T
13.Practice means repeating behaviour until it is a habit-T
14.Lecture is the most effective way of teaching-F
15. Talks should not be longer than 10-15 minutes -T
16.Lecture is an educational method – T
17. Demonstration has high motivational value-T
18.Frustration and conflict are same-F
19.Habits and customs are different-T
20.Chapati diagram is a participatory learning for action method-T
21.Workshop consists of a series of speeches-F
22. Workshop consists of a series of meetings-T
23. Symposium consists of a series of meetings-F

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24.Field Trip is a non-participatory method of learning-F
25. Counsellors solve problems of others instead of helping others to increase their problem solving capacity-F
26. In wheel pattern of communication, group leader has no role.-F
27. Health is not recognized as a fundamental right(F)
28. Identification is a type of motivation (T)
29.Health education and health propaganda are same-F
30.Rumours and misconception are same –F 31. Goals and incentives are same-T
32. Communication includes whole process of learning-T
33. Information collected during an interviewee is like signpost on the road-T

VI.Match the following(Right answers are given on the right side)

1.Ear phone-auditory aid 2.Specimen-Visual aid
3.Computer- Combined AV aid 4.Lecture-didactic method
5.Group discussion-socratic method 6.Role play- socratic method
7.Panel discussion- socratic method 8.Symposium- socratic method
9.Work shop- socratic method 10.Demonstration- socratic method
11.Role play-Socio drama 12.Health exhibition-Mass media
13.Health museum- Mass media 14.Swasth Hind-Health Magazine
15.World Health- Health Magazine 16.Direct communication-face-to-face
17.Indirect communication-Mass media 18.Channel-Media
19.Silence- Non-verbal communication 20.Cognitive change- knowledge,
21.Affective change- attitude 22.Psycho- motor change -practice
23.Observation-learning 24.Motivation-Interest
25.Audience-target group 26.Communication method- Personal contact
27.Verbal communication-word of mouth 28.Non-verbal communication-Facial expression
29.Discovery -Learning method 30.Regulatory approach- PFA Act
31.Feed back-Audience response 31.Role play-Sociodrama
32.Flannel graph-Khadi graph 33.Symposium-Series of speeches
34. Flash card-Flip Book 35.Spread doctrine-Propaganda
36.Audience-Target Groups 37.Individual approach-Home visit
38. Community resource – Leader 39.Indegenous media-Culture related
40.Indegenous media-Prabhat pheries 41.Poster- Visual aid
42. Work shop- Series of meetings 43. Pre-service training-Basic Training
44.Noise-Communication barrier 45.Talking down to people- Communication barrier
46.Community leader-Resource 47 .Induction training-Orientation Training
48.Inservice training-Orientation training 49.World TB Day-24th March
50. World Health Day-7th April 51.World Population Day-11th July
52. World Mental Health Day-10th October 53.Anti-Leprossy Day-30th January
54.World Water Day-22nd March 55.Safe Motherhood Day-11th April
56.Anti-Tobacco Day-31st May 57.World Environment Day-5th June
58.Blood Donor’s Day-14th June 59.World AIDS Day-1st December
60.World Elderly Day-1st October 61. - Health For All-World Health Assembly

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62. Self awareness-Understanding onesellf

VII. Define
1.Health promotion (process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants and
thereby improve health-)
2.Motivation ( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 8)
3.Team work (Chalkley-Vol-2 p-150-151+Notes)
4.Adoption process ( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 414 + Syllabus P-41)) 5.Health
education ( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 412)
6.Lesson plan :Detailed arrangement of teaching- learning experience for the teacher and learner for a
period/specific period of time such as 20 or 30 or 45 minutes
7.Communication ( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 415)
8.HFA: ( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 422)

VIII.Answer the following in one or two sentences

1. Three main levels at which Health education is carried out (Individual/group/general public)
2.One advantage of individual health education(Participation of audience/ Feedback is possible/most effective
form of education)
3.One disadvantage of individual health education(Time consuming)
4.Any four examples of group(Mother, school children,patients,industrial workers)
5. Objectives of public relations(To attract attention,win belief, impart understanding)
6.Difference between IEC and BCC (BCC creates enabling environment through identifying barriers and carries
out communication activities to overcome them)
7. List out any four functions of communication (Informs, persuades, motivates, educates, entertains, build- up
public opinion, create favourable climate, behavioural change, advocacy)
8.Communication process -Communication is a complex two way process of sharing with components viz.sender,
receiver,channel, message and feedback which results in adoption or rejection of message(Social and
Preventive Medicine K.Park-19th edition-P 756)
9. Significance of folk media in bringing behavioural change among rural community (They are evolved from the
life style of village people , done by people themselves and so effective in bringing behaviour change)
10. Any four features of Strategic communication (Result oriented, multi-channeled,science based, technically
qualitative, client centred, participatory, advocacy related, benefit oriented, programmatically
sustainable, service linked and cost effective.)
11.Interview (Interview is a form of interpersonal communication where the motive is to collect information)
12. Rumours and misconceptions (Rumour is a news which is exaggerated or even baseless. It takes people’s
capacity to decide what is right and wrong. Misconceptions are wrong conceptions related to values,
views and socio cultural life and passed on from generation to generation.Rumours are shortlived while
misconceptions have long term effects. )
13. Seasonality diagram is a PLA technique which tells about various diseases and other health related issues in
various seasons and this helps to carry out planning of health activities effectively

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14. World health day message 2013: ‘High BP, Silent Killer, Global Public Health Crisis’ . High BP is both
preventable and treatable. High BP contributes to the burden of heart disease, stroke, kidney failure,
premature death and disability.
15. Check list :is an evaluation tool. It is a list of questions for evaluation.
16. Primary aim of nutrition education(Remove prejudices and impart good dietary habits)
17.Any four qualities of a public relations officer ( Good judgment, organizing ability, withstanding stress,
commonsense, objectivity, appreciation skill, sense of humor, flexibility, ability to make friends)
18. Teaching learning process -Teaching learning process includes the teacher and learner experiences in order
to bring desirable behavioural changes in the learner /to achieve a goal. In the traditional type of
education teacher was like a dictator and in the new approach, focus is on learners.
19.Micro teaching is a training technique to help teacher /educator / trainees to acquire new skills. Here trainees
present a short lesson on a single concept for 5-20 minutes to a group of 5-10 persons and teacher
reviews to enhance the teaching skill.
20 Curriculum is a set of decisions about what is taught and how it is taught. It determines the general frame work
within which lessons are planned and learning takes place.
21. Significance of leaders in successful health education : Leaders can influence the opinion of people.They know
the pulse of the community. They can identify resources and suggest measures. (See A Text Book for
Health Worker- Chalkley –Vol-1- p 39-40)
22. Two advantages of two-way communication: Receiver has the chance of asking questions and clearing
doubts.This is the most effective type of communication. There is scope for sender to modify the
message based on feedback.
23. Simple evaluation tools in communication (Check list, Survey and health records)
24. Goal in health education: Goal is expected change in behaviour consequent to health education activity. It is
the desirable change in behaviour at cognitive/knowledge , affective/ attitude, psycho-motor/practice/skill
level.
25.People centred approach(People centred approach is the new approach in learning process in which the focus
is on learners. In community health work, there is sharing of knowledge, experience and ideas between
health worker and community.)
26.Adult learning : Adult learning is learning among adults. It is influenced by past experiences. Someties
traditions act as block to learning. They need more motivation to change behaviour than children.
27. Skills required for interviewing(Verbal skills,Listening skills,Non-verbal skills)
28.Story telling as a teaching method: -Story telling is a traditional channel of communication. People have interest
in stories, remember them and pass on the message.)
29. Advantages of AV aids to teachers: ( help teachers to make the message lively and interesting, hold the
interest of the group,overcome language barrier and start discussion)
30.Positive health seeking behaviour(Refer attached notes)
31.Public Health Approaches (Regulatory approach, Service approach, Health education approach and Primary
Health Care approach)

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32.Evaluating health education:( means whether goals are achieved or being achieved as planned, finding out
how well things are being done, any change in programme, methods/skills are required, and whether
plan and methods need to be changed to achieve the goal)
33.Talents in the community for health education( Teachers, parents,community workers, local leaders, student
groups and children are talents in community who play relevant role in spreading messages )
34.Steps in adoption process (Awareness, motivation,interest, evaluation, decision making and adoption)
35.An aim of nutrition education (Remove prejudices and impart good dietary habits)
36. Functions of communication (informs, persuades, motivates, educates, entertains, build up public opinion,
creates favourable climate, behaviour change and advocacy)
37. Purpose of communication: (information, propaganda and entertainment)
38.IPC(Two way flow of information between the sender and receiver in face to face situation is known as
interpersonal communication)
39. PLA techniques ( Participatory learning for action techniques are various techniques of interacting with the
community to identify needs and problems of community with their active participation. Chappati
diagrams, Relative ranking, seasonality diagram and village walk are various PLA techniques)
40. Effective speaking( In effective speaking, the speaker should know the why, what, whom and when
components )
41. How does an A.V aid help to develop and change attitude? (by facilitating to see another view point,
breakdown prejudice, stimulate desire for change and create interest enough to try out the new idea.)
42.General objective of health services(to achieve international goal of HFA )
43.An example of a health emergency in which laws are useful(Control of epidemics, Management of fairs and
festivals)
44.Two principles on which primary health care approach in Public Health works.(Principles of community
involvement, Principle of intersectoral co-ordination)
45. Advocacy(Refer notes) 46.Limitation of individual approach (Reaches less number of people)
47.Community participation: (Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 423)
48.Rumours 49.Micro teaching 50. KAP
51.Positive health seeking behaviour-Qn No.s 48- 52 -Refer notes
52. World Health Day Theme 2014 :The theme is ‘Small bite: Big threat’.
53.Barriers for adult learning(Traditions which promote undesirable health habits, Age factor, tendency to look at
new ideas with a suspicion , difficulty to change behaviour which has been in long practice)
54.Focus group discussion - Refer notes 55.Adopter categories(Refer notes)
56.Advocacy –Refer notes
57.Interviewee: A person subjected for interview. Interviewee gives information during interview
58. Probing questions: Particular kind of questions which allows investigator/counsellor to reach basic reason for
client dissatisfaction
59.Importance of rapport in interview/learning process: Interviewee/ Client/Learner feels confident and shows
enthusiasm to open up facts and feelings.
60. Empathy: (Chalkley-Vol-2 p-156+ Notes on Steps of counselling)
61.Rapport: (Chalkley-Vol-2 p-157)

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IX.Differentiate
1.Communication and health communication ( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 415 +
Social and Preventive Medicine K.Park-19th edition-P 759)
2.Health education and propaganda( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 412)
3.Panel discussion and debate( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 418+ Chalkley-Vol-1
p-64)
4.Panel discussion and group discussion( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 418)
5.Interpersonal and mass communication (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-53)
6.Lecture and group discussion ( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 417-418)
7.Formal communication and in-formal communication (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-52)
8.Traditional and new approach in teaching learning process (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-60)
9.Symposium and Work Shop( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P -418)
10. Adoption and Rejection ( In adoption the beneficiary/ community/client/receiver accepts and start to practice
new idea while in rejection the beneficiary/ community/client/receiver rejects the new idea without
accepting it.-Refer Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 414)
11.Sender and Receiver (Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 415)
12.One way and two way communication- Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 416)
13.Individual and group approach (Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 417)
14.Flip book and Flip Chart (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-70) 15. IEC and BCC-Refer syllabus and notes attached
16. Teacher centred and people centred approaches in teaching-learning process (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-60)

X.Write short notes on the following

1.Approaches in counseling(Chalkley-Vol-2 p-155) + Notes
2.Classification of teaching aids with examples (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-66-67)
3.Feed back and its significance in health communication ( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th
edition-P 416 + Supplementary notes)
4.Barriers to communication and steps to overcome them( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th
edition-P 416 +Chalkley-Vol-1 p-51- + Application question )
5.Role of health worker in motivating a community for desirable change(Chalkley-Vol-2 p-153)
6.How to become an effective speaker
7.GATHER technique in counseling
8.Explain any two methods to involve community partnership (Qn No.s 6-8 –Refer notes)
9.Principles of teaching (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-63)
10.Leadership and health education (Chalkley-Vol-1 p- 39-40 + 77 + Chalkley-Vol-2 p- 154 + Notes)
11.Human relation skill (Chalkley-Vol-1 p- 54)
12.Opportunities for health education- (Chalkley-Vol-1 p- 60)
13.Purpose of AV aids (Chalkley-Vol-1 p- 66+68) 14. Skills required for counseling (Refer Notes)
15.Poster ( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 419)
16.Criteria for selection of teaching aids (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-67)
17.Black board(Chalkley-Vol-1 p-71)
18.Traditional media(Chalkley-Vol-1 p-51 + Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 419)

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19.Diagnosis of health education needs(Chalkley-Vol-1 p-73)
20.Community resources(Chalkley-Vol-1 p-77 + Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 481)
21.Prepare a lesson plan on any topic for 15 minutes (Notes + Chalkley-Vol-1 p-76)
22.Lesson plan (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-76) (Refer Notes attached)
23.Training camps for community opinion leaders (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-77)
24.Aims of health education (Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 412+ Chalkley-Vol-1 p-
59)
25.IPC and its importance ((Refer Notes attached + Chalkley-Vol-1 p-53)
26.Functions of health communication (Social and Preventive Medicine K.Park-19th edition-P 759)
27.Priorities in selecting teaching aids (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-68)
28.Listening (Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 416)+ Notes
29. Informal evaluation techniques in communication (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-58)
30. Approaches to public health (Social and Preventive Medicine K.Park-19th edition-P 759)
31. Adoption process (Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 414)
32.Community resources and health education((Chalkley-Vol-1 p-73+48+ Essentials of community health
nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 481+ Application Question)
33.Interview (Refer notes)
34.Ways of removing misconceptions and rumours using IPC skills(Refer notes)
35. Dos’ & Don’ts of Counselling (Refer notes)
36.Counselling- (Refer attached notes + Chalkley-Vol-2 p-154-158)
37.Curriculum development- Refer attached notes
38.Types of training- Refer attached notes
39.Community partnership- Refer attached notes
40.Comunication Barrier- (Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 416)+ (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-
51)
41.Role and importance of AV aids in Health Education(Chalkley-Vol-1 p-66-69)
42.Group discussion( Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P-418)+ (Chalkley-Vol1 p-64)
43. Village walk- Refer attached notes
44. Health Needs of a community and its significance for a health worker (Application Question)
45.Aims of Health education as laid down by WHO (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-59)
46.Audience category(Chalkley-Vol-1 p-67)
47.Significance of community partnership (Refer notes+ Chalkley-Vol-1 p-40)
48.Communication and change in health behaviour(Refer notes) 49.Roumours and misconceptions.. (Refer notes)
50. Components of Micro teaching (Refer notes) 51. Training- Refer attached notes
52. Feedback (Refer notes+ Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P-416 )
53.Steps of counselling(Refer attached notes)

XI.Write essays on the following

1.Principles of Health Education (Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 414)
2.Explain how will you make any three teaching aids and how will you use them(Chalkley-Vol-1 p-67)
3.The process of planning and implementing health education (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-74-76)

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4.Explain components of communication and the Communication process (Essentials of community health
nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 415 + (Social and Preventive Medicine K.Park-19th edition-P -757)
5.Individual and mass methods of Health communication (Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th
edition-P 417-419) 6.Communication Aids (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-69—73)
7.Types of communication (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-52-53, Social and Preventive Medicine K.Park-19th edition-P -758-
759) 8.Speaking skills (Refer notes)
8.Group health communication methods (Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 417-419)
9. Describe teaching-learning process.Write notes on developing plan of operation (Chalkley-Vol-1 p-60—66)
10.Skills for interviewing and counselling (Refer attached notes) 11. Effective speaking and Active listening
( Refer attached notes) 12.Effective community partnership- Refer attached notes
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(Thanks for all the DHIC institutions for co-operating with this venture of Question Bank preparation)
(Prepared by Sobha Ganesh, Communication Officer, Public Health Training School,
Thiruvananthapuram under the guidance of Dr.J.Padmalatha, Principal, Public Health Training
School,Thiruvananthapuram.)

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DIPLOMA IN HEALTH INSPECTOR COURSE-II YEAR
PAPER II (New Syllabus)
COMMUNICATION AND HEALTH EDUCATION
Supplementary Reading Material/Notes

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 PAPER II (New Syllabus)
COMMUNICATION AND HEALTH EDUCATION
Supplementary Reading Material/Notes

Refer
( A Text Book for the Health Worker-Chalkley-Vol-1, A Text Book for the Health Worker-
Chalkley-Vol-2 , Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition , Social and
Preventive Medicine- K.Park)
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DEFINE
1.IEC – (Information, Education & Communication) –
IEC is a concentrated, preplanned educational endeavour with specific
objectives and programme goals in order to reach specific audience either in
individual, group or mass settings through the skillful use of proper methods
and media.
2.BCC – (Behaviour Change Communication) –
BCC is an interactive process with communities (individual, group or mass
settings) to develop messages and approaches using a variety of channels in
order to bring positive behaviours.
3.Strategic Communication- It is a communication process carried out with
active participation of stake holders/partners and beneficiaries. It takes into
consideration the causes and barriers of behavioural change.
4.Team work
A team is a group of people related with each other to accomplish commonly
shared objectives. Members have common interest.
Team work is defined as work done by a number of associated individuals or
workers who are committed and agreed in doing the work assigned(RCH
module)
5.Mass communication
Reaching large audience simultaneously using mass media such as radio,
TV, films, exhibitions, posters etc.
6.Interpersonal communication(IPC)
Face-to-face sharing of information and feelings with individuals, couples and
small groups is known as IPC.
7.Public Relations
The British Institute of Public Relations defines Public Relations as a
deliberate, planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain mutual
understanding between an organization and its public.

DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN TERMS

1.BCC – (Behaviour Change Communication)
It promotes individual, community and societal behaviour change and
maintain appropriate behaviour. It creates enabling environment through i)
identifying and reducing barriers/blocks 2)promoting benefits/boosters. Thus it
facilitates individual and community to transfer information into desirable
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2.FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION
Focus Group Discussion is a group discussion in which participants talk
with each other under the guidance of a facilitator.
Participants are persons of same interest or experience, (Eg.
Mother/dai/married young person) sit together for group discussion. A
specific subject is discussed. If the participants direct their questions to the
facilitator rather than each other it is not focus group discussion. Number of
participants may range from 6-10.
3. KAP : Knowledge, Attitude and Practice. In health education KAP related to
various aspects of health such as nutrition, family planning, immunization,
personal hygiene, environmental sanitation etc. are very important. The data
related to current knowledge, attitude and practice regarding any health
aspect is to be collected to identify the education points on the new KAP to be
imparted. The education points to be provided depends on the gap between
the current KAP and expected KAP.
KAP assessment through focus group discussion
Focus group discussions help to identify the current knowledge, attitude and
practice related to a particular issue. This facilitates the health worker to
identify felt needs and desired level of knowledge, attitude and practice in the
social situation in which the clients are. Participants also gets a clear idea of
the issue they are facing.

TYPES OF MOTIVATION
There are three methods to motivate the community/ client. They are
1.Compliance: A person is motivated to adopt a change in behaviour by
offering a reward. A woman adopts permanent family planning method in
order to get an incentive. If there is no incentive the individual does not adopt
new behaviour.
2.Identification:People in a community accept a particular behavioural change
since they identify with the health worker/ person who advocates behavioural
change.
3.Internalization: is a method of motivation in which the health educator/helper
convinces the helpee/ client/community the advantages and disadvantages of
a new behaviour. The helpee understands the message and passes mentally
through various stages of adoption. Finally he/she adopts the new behaviour.
Here the desirable change in behaviour is the result of self involvement and
hence long lasting. Eg. A mother brings the first child for immunization due to
identification. During a measles outbreak the immunized child did not get
infected due to timely immunization. Convinced by this fact and internalization
method of motivation, the mother learns that immunization protects children
from vaccine preventable diseases. Mother takes the second child for
immunization promptly due to internalization.

COMMUNICATION AND CHANGE IN HEALTH BEHAVIOUR

Communication brings about changes in behaviour.This facilitates the process
by which the people will willingly come and seek health benefits.This is known
as ‘ positive health seeking behaviour’.
A health worker has to communicate freely with client and community for
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-Informing, educating and motivating mothers, couples and adolescents for a
behaviour change for appropriate health practice.
-Co-ordinating efforts of partners like the panchayats,school teachers,religious
leaders and anganwadi workers to bring about a positive health behaviour
amongst the people.
Thus communication should –Inform
-Motivate
-Educate

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION:

Interpersonal communication means communication with other persons such

as clients, opinion leaders, panchayat president, school teachers etc. For
making your interactions with other persons effective, you have to acquire
certain specific skills and these skills are known as inter personal skills.
Importance of IPC:
IPC has much relevance for a health worker.
-Clients/Receivers/Beneficiaries get answers to their problems without delay
-IPC is a personal form of communication. Client can express their feelings in
face-to-face communication
-It is the most effective form of communication for bringing behavioural
change.
Health worker carries out BCC to bring desirable changes at psycho-motor
level or practice level. Practice to be sustainable, it should be based on
desirable changes in knowledge and attitude. These can be effectively
achieved through IPC.
When a health worker interacts with another person during an informal talk/
with a household during home visit/ with a client during counselling or
interview/with a resistant person for motivation or with a successful adopter
while appreciating he/she is employing IPC.Behaviour change is the expected
outcome of health communication/health education

INTER PERSONAL SKILLS:

1.NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS-Touching with your hands,

movement of the eyes, expression of the face, gestures and movement of
head and hands, posture and body movement, the dress that you wear etc.

2.SPEAKING SKILLS
HOW TO BECOME AN EFFECTIVE SPEAKER?
To become an effective speaker you will need to be clear about the following.
Why do you need to speak?
You should be able to identify purpose of speaking. It may be for-
1.Motivating
2.Giving information about RCH programme/Malaria/TB
3.Collecting information on CPR, Immunization coverage etc.
4. To inform a message to colleagues during monthly review meeting
What is to be spoken?
Before you begin, decide
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2.Whether your information requires examples?
3.What are the points on which you need to emphasise?
4.What message should be repeated?
5.What points you will use to summarise?
Who are you speaking
The way you speak to people will differ with different listeners. You should
decide tone of voice, the subject matter and language according to the
persons with whom you are speaking. You have to communicate with
-Client
-Health Inspector
-Medical officer
-TBAs
-NGOs etc.
When to speak?
The situation and time also influences your speech. Situations may be
-You are speaking to a health worker who is facing resistance
-Speaking to a husband (Who has three children) about sterilization in the
presence of other men
-Speaking to a panchayat member who is interested in the immunization
programme but is involved in local politics.
How you speak?
The way you speak is also important. You have to speak in a different tone
and manner with different persons like ASHA,Village health guides,
couples,males, adolescents, women’s groups etc.
You may be using visual aids like a chart while speaking
You may be using gestures and body movements
Use simple language and avoid technical and difficult words which are difficult
to understand.
You may repeat important points
You may be summarizing important issues at the end.

3.ACTIVE LISTENING
Active Listening means listen attentively or with concentration.
Advantages:
Understand what is being said
Retention will be longer
Develop a mind that can concentrate and understand important information
Take the right decision
Win the trust of others

Some Golden Rules Of Active Listening

1.Do not let your mind wander. Focus on what others are saying and what
they want to convey
2.It is better to take mental notes of what is being said. This will help you
decide what actions need to be taken
3.Do not close your ears to different views other than yours
4.Do not have preconceived notions about others.

How to become an active listener?

Pay attention to verbal and non-verbal messages

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Understand what is being said
Remember what you have heard
Understand the meaning of the information and evaluate the importance
Understand client’s needs after evaluating the message as
-counselling/simple information/motivation/encouragement

INTERVIEWING SKILLS
Interview is a form of interpersonal communication where the motive is to
seek information. In an interview, you ask questions and seek their answers
from the interviewee (the person from whom information is collected). These
answers are like sign post on the road that helps you to get a clear idea about
the problem you are facing.
Skills required are verbal skills, listening skills and non-verbal skills

TECHNIQUES OF INTERVIEW
Understand the problem
Focus on your objective
Ask relevant questions
Interviewing time should be as long as it keeps the interest of the interviewee
Choose a suitable place
Give time to answer
Avoid frequent interruptions
Use simple language
Take down notes
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COUNSELLING
Counselling is a process which helps the client to understand his feelings
about the problem, seek information and gain knowledge and make his own
decisions to solve the problem in the best possible way.

Role of Health Worker as a counsellor

-become a friend to your client
-be a good listener
-be helpful by offering advice
-have good knowledge about your work
-give correct and complete information
-give the facts
-be a good communicator-use non-verbal and verbal skills effectively
-keep in constant touch with your client
-motivate the client
-build self esteem of the client
-avoid biases against the client
-ensure to enable the client to solve his/her problem

Situations for counselling

Following are certain situations for counselling
1.With couples or man/woman who need counselling about different kinds of
contraception

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2.With families of pregnant women at risk
3.With adolescents
4.With parents for child care etc.

Technique for counselling

Every counselling is a unique experience. This is because every client is
different from the other. Each client has a different problem and requires a
different solution. Counselling means building a relationship during which the
client experiences confidence in counsellor to begin with, discuss his
problems with counsellor and goes through a process of finding solutions.
This cannot be possible in just one meeting; regular visits are necessary. The
following seven steps make you understand counseling process easier.

Steps of Counselling
1.Focus your attention on your client
2.Accept the client.Do not show prejudices and interrupt the client.
3.Show empathy. Empathy means counsellor has to identify himself/herself
with the client’s situation. This facilitates better understanding of the problem
4.Do probing-Sometimes client may miss or feel shy to share some
information with the counsellor. Ask probing questions.This will give more
information that the client was not willing to offer earlier. Probing is necessary
to understand the problem better.
5.Plan best possible solution with the client
6.Paraphrasing-Repeat what your client says. This will make her/him feel that
you understand her problem completely.
7.Summarising-This is the last step. Here counsellor list out main points of
discussion. This helps to remember outcomes in a nutshell.

Counselling skills
Good interviewing skills
Eye contact
Appropriate facial expression-It should be in such a way that counselor is
interested and has concern.
Good body posture-It should show that counselor is relaxed
Use verbal propts
Use easy to understand language
Make right body movement cues-Body movement should match with what
counsellor is saying.

Do’s
1.Keep the surroundings neat and clean so that client feels relaxed.
2.Make the client comfortable by being friendly
3.Ensure that your client is relaxed and has confidence in you.
4.Listen with attention
5.Speak in a clear and audible tone.
6.Speak in soft voice especially to children
7.Dress soberly
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Don’ts
1.Do not counsel in dirty surroundings
2.Do not begin counselling immediately
3.Do not stop your client from talking
4.Volume of your voice should not be high
5.Do not dress against dress code of your area.
6.Do not use exaggerated gestures
7.Do not ask close ended questions (Yes/No type questions) if you need more
information
8. Do not bring in personal biases in counseling process
9.Do not forget to thank the client.

GATHER TECHNIQUE
1.G-Greeting - With a smile and in a friendly manner
2.A- Ask open ended questions
3.T-Tell benefits
4.H-Help client make own decision
5.E-Explain
6.R-Return

STYLES /APPROACHES IN DOING COUNSELING

1.Counsellor centred or Authoritarian style:Counsellor gives advices and
makes decisions based on what she/he thinks is best for the client and
expects client to follow the advice. It is completely directed by the counsellor.
2.Client centred/ Non-directive style: Here the counsellor is passive, is mainly
a listener, the client is active and expresses freely. Client tells the counsellor
what he/she wants and after careful reflection and clarification makes own
decision.
3.Non-authoritarian style: This style is neither the counsellor/client controlled.
This style in counselling lies somewhere between these first two styles, it uses
a variety of styles.
i.Direct(take place during the face-to- face interaction with the client)
Client reflection, ventilation of feelings,providing emotional support(through
expression of interest, understanding, assurance and confidence), giving
suggestions
ii.indirect(efforts directed at the client’s environment) involving people who
can be of help [eg.family members; neighbours], referral to appropriate
community resources

RUMOURS AND MISCONCEPTIONS

Rumour is incorrect news. Misconception is related to our values and views
which we hold as a part of our socio-cultural life.

List of rumours
1.Complications developed by some women in the village after IUD insertion
yesterday
2.Children who were immunized recently in the village have become ill
3.A woman in the village had twins after being given red tablets by the JPHN
List of misconceptions/ Old beliefs
1.Sterilisation is only for women since they give birth to children

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2.Sons are important since they support parents in old age
3.Educating girls is not important since their main task is to look after the
family
4.Sex of child is determined by the mother
5.Sterilization for men makes them unfit for hard work
6.Colostrum causes diarrhoea for new born

Diagnosing rumours and misconceptions

Rumours and misconceptions are to be tackled in a systematic way. Before
starting the task of solving the problem ensure the following.
-Identify types of rumours and misconceptions
-Assess how important they are
-Identify the measures needed to deal with them by involving the
community and health team
-Identify the people who believe rumours and strongly believe them
-Find out why these people believe them?
-Prepare a time frame for removing them
-Identify your associates who will help you.

Ways of removing Misconceptions and rumours using IPC skills

Convince by demonstration: The health worker can convince the clients by
showing them the effectiveness of the information that is being given to them
as against their old beliefs. Parents can be shown that good nutrition will
mean healthy children and not malnourished. It can also be shown that
immunization protects children from various diseases and they should not fear
immunization.
Advocacy : The health worker can seek the help of an acceptor of the
program to tell the people about benefits. This is called advocacy. For eg.
health worker can ask an acceptor of the family planning methods to tell the
non-acceptor couples about the usefulness of having a small family by citing
their own case. This will be more acceptable to people in the community and
strengthens the credibility of the program.
Obtain sanction: The health worker can ensure the participation of opinion
leaders in putting an end to rumours in the community
Make a visit : Depending on the spread, the health worker can decide on an
informal visit to the household or organize a group meeting with the key
members of the community.
Sustain motivation : Motivation should be sustained over a long period of time
to be effective. It may not be easy for the health worker to remove a rumour
which a person believes in at once. For this there is a need for constant touch
with clients and communities and motivation from time to time.

EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY

Mobilizing the community is important for the success of any health program.
With the launch of RCH program, our goal is to bring about an effective
change in attitude and behaviour of the people. To bring about this change, it
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health system and involve them in the process of conducting different
programmes at the community level.

Interpersonal skills are necessary for a health worker to form a sustainable

relationship with different groups of people in the community.
Along with best efforts of health worker, feed back also need to be given due
importance, to get desired results. In this context, feedback is a method of
seeking opinions of the people about health services available in the sub
centre. It is an important link in the communication process. Feedback from
your clients, key members of the community and community groups will help
to assess the weakness of the services provided and help in performing better
or for planning a new activity.
To bring about change in the attitude and behaviour of any community , it is
important that community members realize and understand the need for
partnership. Help community members to identify the deficiencies that affect
their health and the need to overcome these through community effort or
individually. Assess and estimate priority areas and actions that need to be
taken.Health team has to form partnership with Panchayats, traditional health
practitioners, NGOs, Private medical partners, Opinion leaders, School
teachers, Self help groups like youth groups or women collectives, Religious
leaders etc. By building partnership with these groups a health worker can
increase community participation in utilizing the health services.
You need to estimate the needs of the community through ‘Community Needs
Assessment’. CNA will help you to prioritize the needs of the community and
work out a plan of action.

HOW TO IDENTIFY PARTNERS?

After identifying important issues and working out a plan of action , you can
decide on the partners you need to work with. This depends on the kind of
health services you are planning to provide. The following will help you to get
an idea on how, when and with whom you can form partnerships.
Eg.1.
Health services: Promoting the use of health services among young couples
Key partners: Father- in- law category and youth groups for motivating men
Time schedule: Can be done throughout the year and especially during the
wedding season.
Eg.2
Health services: Transport for emergency delivery cases
Key partners: Panchayats, Private medical practitioners, Local transporters
Time schedule: Plan a schedule after identifying critical cases who would
need to be taken to referral hospitals.

TYPES OF GROUPS
While trying to form partnerships, you may come across two types of groups
1.The organized groups like panchayats,women collectives,youth groups etc.
2. The unorganized groups like house wives, mother- in – law category,
husband category etc.

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METHODS TO INVOLVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS
After gathering the community partners, you will need to identify the problems
and needs of the community. You can effectively identify the problems and
needs of the community if you interact with the people. RCH program stresses
on the need to help the community decide their own needs themselves. This
is exactly what you will be doing through community partnerships.
Participatory Learning For Action is a method of community participation
which will facilitate to identify community’s needs and ensure community
participation. PLA equips learners to build effectively partnership for
implementation of National Health Programmes
There are many Participatory Learning for Action (PLA)methods of
interacting with the community. They are the following.
Chapatti diagram: Chapatti diagram is used to indicate the relationship of
various institutions, organizations or individuals with each other and with the
village as perceived by the villagers and to analyse complex issues. Chapatti
diagram helps to find out actions needed to improve health service delivery
effectively. Paper is cut into bigger and smaller circular shapes and these are
named here as chapatties. The villagers are asked to identify the various
functionaries in the village. Accessibility of the village to the functionaries and
institutions and contributions of the functionaries and institutions are indicated
by chapatties. In this exercise chapatties or papers are cut in different sizes
of circles to indicate relative importance of institution/ individual to that
particular area/ village.
The size of chapatti shows the importance of person and nearness of
chapatti (distance between chapatti and community)with the community
shows how far the person or institution interacts and influences the
community. Those functionaries which offer tremendous help and influence
community are positioned nearer to the village. Village is represented by a big
chapatti at the centre.

Relative ranking: This can be used to determine the priorities and preferences
among problems identified by villagers. Priority is decided by community
people. The community is asked to identify problems /needs in the
community.The needs /problems identified are written on separate pieces of
paper one by one. With the help of community people/ partners, identified
problems /needs are prioritized and ranks are given. Giving ranks to needs in

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relation to one another is known as relative ranking. Thus relative ranking
determine the priorities to problems and preferences for solving them in the
way people perceive them, for eg.sanitation, lack of safe drinking water,
distance from sub centre, mosquito borne diseases etc. Thus each
problem/need written in piece of paper gets a rank.If there are 10 needs, there
will be 10 ranks, each need is written on ten separate pieces of
paper.Community is represented at the centre.

A student is arranging the cards ( in which

needs are written as directed by community
people) according to priority assigned by
villagers

Seasonality diagram: is a diagrammatic representation showing season

related issues/ diseases/crops- planting-harvesting/festivals etc. which has an
influence on life style. This diagram facilitates health planning based on felt
need.
Steps in drawing a seasonality diagram
Ask the community people
1.to draw horizontal lines and vertical lines as in a tabular column on
ground using a stick/chalk. Write particulars such as crops, disease, festivals,
income or some dimensions of health on the 1st column on the left side. Enter
seasons or months in the 1st row.

Winter Summer Autumn Spring

Crops
Diseases
Festivals

2.Ask the community people to indicate the details in the table during
particular month/ season by stones/sticks.
3. After the community has finished the exercise, copy it on a paper.
Based on this, health education programmes can be planned. Activities on
prevention of diseases / family planning campaigns can be planned and
carried out . This helps in activities on health promotion and prevention of
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Village walk: means purposeful walk in the village in order to initiate actions to
promote health. Village walk is used to locate areas in a village which are not utilizing
the services offered by the health centre or which requires special attention/ with
resources in the community. Village walk is carried out with a group of people to
assess problems of a particular area and initiate actions to promote health. The
group of people include school teacher, village leaders, panchayat representatives
etc. with health functionaries/ study group. The group members to be included in the
village walk will depend on the problem or issue identified such as environmental
sanitation/immunization etc. Plan village walk in advance, contact community
members/ leaders in advance and select a time according to their convenience for
village walk. After village walk discuss with team members on how to improve the
health status of people by drawing a village map and initiating actions for necessary
facilities.
As you take a walk through a village, you will notice the state of certain important
things like drainage, sanitation, location of drinking water sources, distance from the
sub centre etc. Village walks provide a more concrete idea of resources and
problems of a village. It helps to remove doubts and wrong notions about the village.
It helps the community leaders to discuss about how to improve the health status of
the people by creating necessary facilities for it.

Village mapping/Resource Mapping: Village mapping is done followed by a village

walk. Roads, wells, schools, anganwadies, other resources, high risk areas and sick
children are shown in the map
AREA MAP-1

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Right Portion of the Area Map-1 magnifed

PHC
Anganwadi
Village Office
Temple
Mosque

Housing colony
Bridge
Cashew nut factory

Tyre company
Waiting shed

Banyan Tree
Mud road
Tar road

River
Ward No.5
Ward No.4
Ward No.3
Ward No.11
Transformer

Company
Hollow bricks

PPI Booth
Temple Pond

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Benefits of village walk
A village walk can give you the following benefits.
It will sensitize the people on problems
It will increase the confidence of the people in the health system
It provide important information about the key areas of concern.
It will promote new partnership within the community and unite people
together for the cause of the community
At the end of village walk, discuss on
Identification of problems noticed
Together reach an agreement on possible solutions
Identify partners from the communities that have not been represented
Place responsibility (let this be a voluntary effort) on the key members of their
group
Chalk out a plan and prepare a schedule for different plan of action
Agree for subsequent meetings from time to time to ensure that identified
problems are solved.
Fish bowl technique: This is a technique for conducting group discussion with
participation of participants. Here an inner group discusses main problem.
There is an outer group in which members listen to the inner group
discussion. Each member in outer group is assigned with the responsibility of
listening to a particular member in the inner group. Here, the number of
members in the inner and outer group is the same. Optimum number of
participants is ten. Others among the participants who are not assigned with
inner and outer group responsibilities listens to the whole process . After the
discussion the inner group becomes outer group and outer group act as inner
group and carry out the discussion as said above. After conducting both
discussions, as a part of learning process, all can express their remarks on
participation and how it could have been improved.

Skills for developing good partnerships

Co-ordination skills, IPC skills, Interviewing skills

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FEEDBACK -Refer Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th edition-P 416 +
Feedback is very important for a health worker.
Feedback is an important linking system that connects health worker to the
community.
Importance
As a health worker while providing services to the community, the health
worker should get answers to the following questions.
1.Was the programme a success?
2.Is the service being utilized?
3.Which groups in the village do not utilize services?
4.Are the people satisfied?
5.How many people are not satisfied?
6.Was the approach right?
7.Do people understand the message?
8.What are the areas which need more work in future?
The answers you obtain to the above questions are called feedback.
Purpose
The purpose is to know the reaction of the client/community to the services
provided. Reaction can be direct / indirect.
In direct feedback clients express reaction directly to the service provider or
source of communication. This is best way of collecting information about
quality of services.
In indirect feedback reaction is sent to service provider through Anganwadi
worker, Voluntary organizations, Panchayat president and members.
So establish links with different groups in village whch can provide indirect
feedback.
Advantages
-Provides information that helps service provider to improve service.
-Helps to serve people better and win confidence of people. Winning
confidence is important as it will help health worker to convince them better.
-Helps to check whether
-you are able to meet requirements of people or not
-people are able to follow the advice given by you
-your approach is favouring one group and ignoring other groups
-your partners are efficient in providing services to the community
-your activity was able to remove misconceptions and fears from the minds
of people.
-Helps to
-improve delivery and quality of services
-assess the reach and acceptance of various health services
-learn the opinion of the people with regard to the services you provide
-provide inputs for any new activity
-find out fears and anxieties of clients
-learn about rumours and misconceptions that interfere with your services
-understand what people think of you as a health worker

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 HEALTH EDUCATION
CONCEPT OF HEALTH PROMOTION, FIVE PRIORITIES FOR HEALTH
PROMOTION IN 21ST CENTURY
First international conference on health promotion was conducted in
Ottawa, Canada in 1986.This resulted in Ottawa Charter. According to the
Charter for health promotion, health promotion is not just the responsibility of
health sector but it goes beyond healthy life style to well being. Thus there is a
shift of focus from health education to health promotion in the charter.
Definition: WHO’s 2005 Bangkok charter (evolved at 5th International
Conference at Bangkok): Health promotion is a process of enabling people to
increase control over health and its determinants and thereby improve health.

Ottawa conference
identified health
promotion actions.
They are
1.Build healthy
public policy
2.Create supportive
environments
3.Strenghthen
community actions
4.Develop personal
skills
5.Reorient health
services ie. beyond
its responsibility for
providing clinical
and curative
services and
moving into future.

The declaration evolved at 4th International Conference on health

promotion at Jakarta, Indonesia in 1997 included five priorities for health
promotion in 21st century.
They are
-promote social responsibility for health
-increase investments for health development
-consolidate and expand partnership for health
-increase community capacity and empower the individual
-secure an infrastructure for health promotion
Health promotion emblem represents a circle with three wings. It
incorporates five key areas in health promotion such as build healthy public
policy, create supportive environments for health, strenghthen community
actions, develop personal skills and reorient health services and thereby basic
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ADOPTER CATEGORIES
Innovator: is a person who adopts a new behaviour/practice as soon as
he/she comes to know about it. This category constitutes 3% of receivers
Early adopters: adopt the new practice within a short period of its introduction
:13%
Early majority: adopt a new practice after some time;34%
Late majority: adopt new practice later:34%
Laggards: do not accept new practice at all:16%
While conducting health education, method appropriate for each category
need to be adopted.

TRAINING
Training is a learning experience which seeks a relative permanent change in
the trainee which will improve his/her ability to perform on the job. Training
involves bringing desirable changes in skills, knowledge, attitudes and social
behaviour
Definition:
Grossen.J.:Training is a particular way of influencing certain behaviour of
selected groups of individuals within more or less formal situation, planned to
provide environment to influence favourably, the learning related to work task
of the learner
Flippo (1961) :Training is concerned with those activities which are designed
to improve human performance on the job that employees are at present
doing or are being hired to do.

Types of training

Training may broadly be categorized into two types: preservice training and
in-service training. Preservice training is more academic in nature and is
offered by formal institutions following definite curricula and syllabi for a
certain duration to offer a formal degree or diploma. Inservice training, on the
other hand, is offered by the organization from time to time for the
development of knowledge and skills of the incumbents.

Preservice Training/ Basic Training

Pre-service training is a process through which individuals are made ready to

enter a certain kind of professional job such as agriculture, medicine, or
engineering. They have to attend regular classes in a formal institution and
need to complete a definite curriculum and course successfully to receive a
formal degree or diploma. In general there are two types of preservice
training. These are (1) degree level and (2) diploma level

In-service Training :In-service training is a process of staff development for

the purpose of improving the performance of an incumbent holding a position
with assigned job responsibilities. It promotes the professional growth of
individuals.

In-service training may broadly be categorized into five different types: (1)
induction or orientation training, (2) on-the-job training, (3) refresher or

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maintenance training (4) career development training and (5)Capacity building
training. All of these types of training are needed for the proper development
of extension staff throughout their service life.

Induction or Orientation Training. Induction training is given immediately after

employment to introduce the new staff members to their positions. It begins
on the first day the new employee is on the job

Maintenance or Refresher Training. This training is offered to update and

maintain the specialized subject-matter knowledge of the incumbents and
enables them to add to the knowledge and skills they already have.
Maintenance or refresher training usually deals with new information and new
methods, as well as review of older materials. This type of training is needed
to keep employees at the peak of their possible production.

On-the-Job Training. This is regularly scheduled training, such as fortnightly

training and is provided by the superior officer or the subject-matter specialists
to the subordinate field staff.

Career Development Training. This type of in-service training is designed to

upgrade the knowledge, skills, and ability of employees to help them assume
greater responsibility in higher positions.

Capacity building training is the training aimed at developing capacity or skill

to perform job functions. The training provides active participation of
incumbents through various excercises.

CURRICULUM

The curriculum provides the framework and foundation of training.

Farrant (1991): Curriculum is a set of decisions about what is taught and how
it is taught. It determines the general frame work within which lessons are
planned and learning takes place. What will be taught during the course forms
the training content.

Curriculum Development.

Training needs analysis: should be done to determine knowledge, skills, and

attitude requirements and performance deficiencies. The training needs
analysis process can be divided into three distinct analytical phases: job
analysis, task analysis, and knowledge and skill-gap analysis.

Job analysis is a method of determining major areas of tasks where training

may be needed. It involves the dissecting of a job into its component events
or parts. This analysis allows a trainer to better understand what an employee
does in an organization. Job analysis involves the "task identification" of a
particular job. List all component parts of each task. The job analysis helps us
identify major blocks of content to be included in training; the task analysis
helps us understand what comprises an individual block" (Wentling, 1992).

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Both are very important to the curriculum development process. What needs
to be taught and what steps are involved in the process are completed by
these analyses and comprise the major steps in curriculum development.

Knowledge and skill-gap analysis. The knowledge and skill-gap analysis is a

process of determining the training needs of individual employees in relation
to the important tasks-steps or components of tasks identified for training.

The skill-gap analysis determines how skilled or proficient individual

employees are on these tasks-steps or components, how much individuals
differ from desired performance, and whether or not they need training. It
would be a waste of resources and frustrating to the trainer and trainees to
design and deliver training on topics and skills where the trainees are already
able and proficient. The training needs analysis provides many things to a
trainer. The analysis determines the training contents and how deficient the
trainees are in these contents, and the sequence of tasks provides the
sequence of training activity.

Based on training need, curriculum is developed to equip incumbent to

perform tasks and job functions in a better way. Many topics are selected
under curriculum.Many lessons are included under each topic.

The incumbents are facilitated to learn each lesson and facilitator prepares
lesson plan for each teaching-learning session of specific duration viz. 30
minutes/ 45 minutes etc.

LESSON PLAN

A LESSON PLAN FORMAT

Name of teacher:
Class: Division:
Subject: Duration:
Unit: Date:
Topic:
Concepts/Content Analysis
Specific Objectives
Teaching methods and Aids/Media
Previous Knowledge
Introduction
Statement of Aim
Presentation
Content Specification Learning Activity Evaluation

Review
Assignment

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 LESSON PLAN

Name of teacher: ……….

Class: 2nd DHIC Division:A
Subject: Communicable Diseases Duration:20 minutes
Unit: Vector Borne diseases Date:20-03-2014
Topic:Filariasis

CONTENT ANALYSIS
Filariasis is caused by filarial worm. Carrier of the pathogen is mainly culex mosquito.Swelling
of parts affected with pathogen and repeated attacks of fever are the symptoms. The disease
can be controlled by destroying mosquitoes and killing larvae.

OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session
1.Pupils understand the biological terms, facts and concepts related to the topic Filariasis
2.They apply knowledge of the topic in their life
3.They develop skill in observing posters
4.They develop interest in health

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
Pupils have learned the different means by which pathogens are spread. They have also
learned about cholera and leprosy. They have seen patients with filariasis.

TEACHING METHODS and AIDS/MEDIA

Lecture discussion method
Posters showing the picture of filariasis and Black board are the teaching aids

Content Specification Learning Activity Evaluation

Introduction
Pathogens are spread What are the different means
through air, water, food through pathogens are
and insects Recalls spread?

Filariasis and malaria Teacher asks a few Name a few diseases which
Recalls questions spread through insect bite?
_________________ _________ ______________ _________________________

Statement of Aim
We shall study about Teacher states
Filariasis Recognizes
_________________ ________ ______________ ____________________
Presentation
Filariasis-Black board Identifies
(BB)

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Filariasis is caused by Recognizes
a filarial worms-W. What is the causative organism
bancrofti and B.malayi. Teacher states of filariasis?
Filarial worm-BB Identifies
________________ ___________ _______________ ________________________
The larva of worm is Name the vector of filarial
transmitted by culex Recognizes Teacher states worm
mosquito
Culex mosquito-BB Identifies
__________________ ________ ___________ ______________________

Filariasis is also known

as elephantiasis since Teacher introduces
the swollen part of the new term Why filariasis is known as
affected area Recognizes elephantiasis elephantiasis?
resembles the leg of
elephant Identifies
Elephantiasis-BB
_________________ __________ _____________ _____________________
Liquid part of the blood
passes through the Teacher defines Define lymph
walls of the blood Defines lymph
vessel into the
intercellular space. This
liquid is known as
lymph.
Lymph-BB Identifies
________________ _________ ____________ ____________________
Pathogen affects bodily Teacher explains
parts such as legs, Observes symptoms with the
arms and genitals and Poster help of poster
blocks the flow of Explains
lymph. The lymph thus
collected results in the What are the symptoms of
swelling of these parts Recognizes Teacher states filariasis?
of the body,
lymphangitis and
elephantiasis

Another symptom is
repeated attacks of Recognizes Teacher explains
fever
_________________ ____________ ___________ __________________
Control of filariasis is
by 1.early detection of
cases by microscopic
examination of night
blood smears from
healthy individuals in
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Diethyl carbamazine
citrate.The
recommended dose is What are the control measures
6 mg per kg body of filariasis?
weight for 12 days to
be completed in 2 Teacher explains
weeks.
Diethyl carbamazine
citrate(DEC)-BB
3.Control of
mosquitoes and
elimination of mosquito
breeding places
4.Personal Protection
methods
_________________ ______________ _______________________
Annual Mass Drug
Administration(MDA) of
single dose of DEC
tablets for 5 years or Recognizes Teacher introduces What is the strategy for
more for eligible the concept of MDA elimination of lymphatic
population is the of DEC tablets filariasis?
strategy for lymphatic
filariasis elimination

REVIEW
Name pathogen of filariasis
What is the treatment for filariasis?
What are the control measures of filariasis?
What is the strategy for lymphatic filariasis elimination?
ASSIGNMENT
Make house visits in your field work area and find out the measures for eliminating breeding
places of mosquitoes adopted there?
How environmental sanitation contributes to health promotion?

MICROTEACHING
Definition:
Allen and Eve(1968): A system of controlled practice that makes it possible
to concentrate on specific teaching behaviour and to practice teaching under
controlled conditions.
Microteaching is based on following assumptions.
1. The complexities of education can be reduced by microteaching
2. Teaching skills can be developed
3.It is completely an individualized training program
4.It is real teaching
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6.In this method, feedback can be provided by various means such as
criticism by a teacher, preparing video film of the entire lesson etc.
Components
1.Microteaching situation i.e. Size of the class(5-10 pupils in the class), length
of the content (one unit which ranges from 5-20 minutes) and teaching
method
2.Teaching skill such as lecturing skill, skill of black board writing, skill of
asking questions etc.
3.Student teacher is one who undergoes training
4.Feedback devices through video tape, audio tape, feedback questionnaires,
criticism by teacher etc.
5.Microteaching laboratory which has facilities for feedback

World Health Day Message 2014

The theme is ‘Small bite: Big threat’. Mosquitoes,flies,ticks and bugs may be
a threat to your health and that of your family at home and when travelling.
This message highlights on actions we all can take to protect ourselves from
the serious diseases that these vectors can cause. The goal is better
protection from vector borne diseases. The focus of WHO campaign is to
bring about sustainable changes on the behaviour of target community
towards the prevention of vector borne diseases. Most commonly known
vectors are mosquitoes, sandflies, bugs, tics and snails responsible for
attacking a wide range of parasites and pathogens that attack humans.
Mosquitoes transmit malaria, dengue fever, lymphatic filariasis, chikungunya,
Japanese encephalitis and yellow fever. Mites transmit scrub typhus. Sand fly
transmits Kala azar. The focus is on raising awareness about the threat posed
by vectors and vector borne diseases and to motivate families and
communities to take action or bring behaviour changes to protect themselves.

TEAM WORK

A team is a group of people related with each other to accomplish commonly

shared objectives. Members have common interest.
Team work is defined as work done by a number of associated individuals or
workers who are committed and agreed in doing the work assigned. Each
person in the team does a part of work and this part is co-ordinated with the
efforts of others, individually and collectively in the common interest of the
group. Team work needs to be built by concrete efforts and by analyzing the
behaviour of its members. Effectiveness of team work depends on the
commonality of purpose. The capable and effective leadership is the most
crucial aspect of team work.
Read about health team in page :474- Essentials of community health nursing-K.Park-6th
edition.

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Organizations cannot function in isolation. Management of modern
organization has to create and maintain favourable relationship with various

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public connected to it. Every employee of an organization is in public
relations. The art and science of developing reciprocal understanding and
goodwill is public relations.

The British Institute of Public Relations defines Public Relations as a

deliberate, planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain mutual
understanding between an organization and its public.

Through public relations an organization earns public approval for its

policies and actions.Public relations by making information available to the
public facilitate democratic process.

IMPORTANT DAYS RELATED TO HEALTH

Anti-leprosy Day-30th January
International Women’s Day -8th March
World Kidney Day: 2nd Thursday of March
World Water Day-22nd March
World TB day-24th March
World Health Day-7th April
Safe Motherhood Day-11th April
Earth Day:22nd April
World Mother’s Day-11th May
International Day of Family- 15th May
World Schizophrenia Day-24th May
Anti tobacco day-31st May
World Environment Day-5th June
ORT Week-5th-11th June
Blood donors’ Day-14th June
International Day against Drug Abuse and illicit Trafficking- 26th June
Anti Malaria Month –June
World Population Day-11th July
ORS Day-29th July
Breast Feeding Week-1st -7th August
Eye Donation Fortnight- 25th August – 8th September
National Nutrition Week-1st-7th September
World Literacy Day-8th September
World Ozone Day- International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer- 16th September
World Rabies Day-28th September
World Alzheimer’s Day-21st September
World Anti-Rabies Day- 28th September
World Heart Day-Last Sunday of September
Blood Donation Day, International Day for the Elderly-1st October

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 National Sanitation Day-2nd October
World Mental Health Day-10th October
World Sight Day-12th October
U.N International day for Natural Disaster Reduction-13th October
World Food Day-16th October
Global IDD prevention Day-21st October
World Cancer Awareness Day-7th November
World Immunization Day-10th November
National Filaria Day-11th November
National New Born Week-15th-21st November
World Diabetes Day- 14th November
World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse-19th November
World AIDS Day-1st December
World Disabled Day-3rd December
Human Rights Day-10th December

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Prepared by Sobha Ganesh; MSW;B.Ed;PGD(Health Education) ; PGD(Advertising); PGD (Journalism
& Mass Communication),Communication Officer, Public Health Training School,Tvpm.
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