About the Course

This training looks at the importance of stories and storytelling for health promotion activities and community engagement. It is a team training that will help you and your team explore the importance of stories through theory, exercises and field work.

Enrolment

This is a self-enrolment course, available to all MSF staff. Click the 'Enrol me' button below.

Certification

No certification. Upon completion of the course, a badge is obtained that recognizes the correct completion.

Target Audience

All Tembo users.

Duration

7 Sessions of 4 hours = 28 hours

Learning Objectives

• Are able to explain the process of MSF Story of Change HP Method.
  
• Can identify and describe what a story is, the different types of stories and their purpose.
  
• Can explain the value of listening and using stories as a health promotion and community engagement method.
  
• Create a story collection plan: objectives (WHY), target group (WHO) questions/interview (HOW),
  
• Can Identify community networks and key community members to spread the stories.
  
• Understand key components of active listening and can apply these skills in collecting stories.
  
• Are able to analyze a story; identifying key characters, themes, perceptions, believes and health seeking barriers and enablers experiences by the community
  
• How to develop a co-created story together with community members and use for the final health promotion story
  
• How to become a good story teller -At the end of the training you and your team will have a final story created in collaboration with the community to be used for future health promotion activities.
  

List of Contents

• Welcome and Introduction
  
• Explain the purpose of the training and the schedule.
  
• CH1: Introduction to the theory of storytelling, setting the objective of the story telling intervention,
  
• CH2: Story collecting skills and theory; active listening, understanding Health Seeking Behavior (HSB) and community networks.
  
• CH3: Creating a story collecting plan
  
• CH4: Collecting Stories in the Field; preparation, consent, recording/notes
  
• CH5: Transcription of Stories; Theory and Analysis of Collected Stories
  
• CH6: Introduction, Theory and Preparation for Co-Creating the Story
  
• CH7: Writing up the final health promotion story
  
• CH8: Sharing the story, developing key discussion points, creating a monitoring and evaluation plan