The primary purpose of this sensible Handbook is to strengthen counselling and communication skills of skilled attendants (SAs) and other well being providers, helping them to effectively talk about with women, families and communities the important thing points surrounding being pregnant, childbirth, postpartum, postnatal and publish-abortion care.
Counselling for Maternal and Newborn Well being Care is split into three predominant sections. Half 1 is an introduction which describes the aims and objectives and the final structure of the Handbook. Half 2 describes the counselling process and outlines the six key steps to efficient counselling. It explores the counselling context and elements that affect this context together with the socio-financial, gender, and cultural environment. A sequence of guiding rules is introduced and specific counselling skills are outlined. Part 3 focuses on completely different maternal and newborn well being subjects, including normal care within the home throughout pregnancy; birth and emergency planning; danger signs in being pregnant; submit-abortion care; support throughout labor; postnatal care of the mother and newborn; family planning counselling; breastfeeding; ladies with HIV/AIDS; death and bereavement; ladies and violence; linking with the community.
Every Session accommodates specific goals and targets, clearly outlining the skills that can be developed and corresponding learning outcomes. Sensible actions have been designed to encourage reflection, provoke discussions, build skills and make sure the native relevance of information. There's a evaluation at the end of each session to ensure the SAs have understood the key points earlier than they progress to subsequent sessions.
