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

The enrolment for this course is by invitation for OCA staff only. For more information please contact Amsterdam.DevelopmentOfficer@amsterdam.msf.org

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