During June and July, 2005 training was provided to field workers in nine blocks - Dehri, Chand, Jehanabad, Makhdumpur, Patarghat, Shankarpur, Kishanpur, Rajauli, Manpur. The preparation work, meetings and formation of committees, was done in June 2005.

HBP Block Training Report

(Compiled by Shivani Saxena)


During June and July, 2005 training was provided to field workers in nine blocks - Dehri, Chand, Jehanabad, Makhdumpur, Patarghat, Shankarpur, Kishanpur, Rajauli, Manpur. The preparation work, meetings and formation of committees, was done in June 2005. The first round of weight measurement was completed in July 2005 with field trainers and activists going door to door and reaching up to the villages. Data collected during this period was consolidated and additional training material was prepared from July 10 through 12. This material was published and used in the block training camps.

Training at the camps was in two forms - Campus Training which comprised questionnaires, presentations, and role play to discuss general issues in malnutrition and Field Training in which a specific case of malnutrition was discussed in detail. Issues covered included woman and child's health, infant diet, immunization, types of malnutrition, children's diseases, nutrition, self-help groups, and goals of the training program.

Dharmendra, Sarita, Dinesh, Anita, and Awdhesh were the main resource people at each site. It is encouraging that majority health workers are women in these blocks. In most cases, the local school, place of religious worship, or community hall was selected as training center, and the Police Incharge, Block Development Officer, or the local Mukhiya was invited as the chief guest or the inauguration celebrity. In blocks such as Patarghat and Manpur where the HBP program is going well, the field team members were complimented for their efforts. In blocks such as Kishanpur and Rajauli where the program was found lacking, more training and specific tasks were provided.